‘The Bachelor’ ends controversial season with ratings high
3 years, 9 months ago

‘The Bachelor’ ends controversial season with ratings high

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — ABC “The Bachelor” ended a season that had as much drama off the set as on with its most-watched episode of the year and final appearance of host Chris Harrison — at least for a while. The pre-taped season finale with Harrison reached 6.1 million viewers last Monday and the “After the Final Rose” special, hosted by Emmanuel Acho, was seen by 5.67 million, the Nielsen company said. It’s tough to judge whether Harrison’s absence had any impact on the “After the Final Rose” ratings, because ABC hadn’t done one of those specials since 2018. ABC’s “World News Tonight” led the evening news ratings race with an average of 8.7 million viewers, NBC’s “Nightly News” had 7.1 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5 million. “The Bachelor: After the Final Rose,” ABC, 5.67 million.

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