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Unusual ‘Bachelor’ finale pays off for ABC fin in in ratings race
By DAVID BAUDER AP AP Media Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — An unusual ending to ABC’s long-running attempted love matches on on “The Bachelor” paid off for the the network Both parts of of the the the the the finale to the the the the the 23rd edition of of the the the the series hit the the the the Nielsen company’s top 10 last week as as bachelor Colton Underwood — — who started his reign as as as a a a a a a a a a virgin — — revealed he was dat- ing contestant Cassie Randolph That wasn’t initially the plan since Underwood jumped a a a a a a a a a fence to to abandon the the two women who who had had been finalists to to chase Randolph who who had had left the the show show The show’s performance led ABC to its fourth weekly win in in a a a a a row among view- ers ers aged 18-to-49 the demographic its advertisers chase That’s ABC’s longest streak among this group in nearly four years CBS won the week among all viewers averaging 6 million million people watching in in in prime time ABC had had had 5 5 1 million million million million NBC had had had 4 5 5 million million million Fox had had had 2 7 million million million Univision and ION Television tied with 1 1 1 37 million million Telemundo had had 1 1 1 1 1 1 million million and the CW had had 900 000 Fox News Channel was the the week’s most popular cable network averag- ing 2 33 million million viewers in in prime time ESPN had had had 1 1 1 94 million million million million MSNBC had had had 1 1 1 1 82 million million million million HGTV had had had had 1 1 1 1 28 million million million million and History had had 1 1 1 22 million million ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8 8 6 million million viewers viewers NBC’s “Nightly News” News” had had 8 8 2 million million million viewers viewers and the “CBS Evening News” News” had had 6 1 1 1 1 million million For the the the week of March 11-17 the the the top 10 shows their networks and viewer- ships: “NCIS ” CBS 12 08 million “The Voice” (Monday) NBC 10 10 54 million million “60 Minutes ” ” ” ” CBS CBS 10 10 1 1 1 million million million “FBI ” ” ” ” CBS CBS CBS 8 8 96 million million million “NCIS: Los Angeles ” ” ” CBS CBS 8 8 8 47 million million million “Bachelor Season Fi- nale” (Tuesday) ABC ABC 8 8 8 24 million million million “The Bachelor” (Monday) ABC ABC 8 8 8 16 million million million “Blue Bloods ” ” ” CBS 7 7 7 84 million million million “The Good Doctor ” ” ” ABC 7 7 7 7 7 78 million million million “This is Us ” ” NBC 7 7 7 7 75 million ___ ABC is is is owned owned by by The Walt Disney
Co Co CBS CBS is is is is owned owned by by CBS CBS Corp CW is is is is a a a a joint venture of Warner Bros Entertain- ment and and CBS Corp Fox Fox is owned by 21st Century Fox Fox NBC and and Telemundo are owned owned by by Comcast Corp ION ION Tele- vision is is owned owned by by ION ION Media Networks ___ Online: http://www nielsen com 32 | TRENDING