The Golden Bachelor lived as much as its title with Thursday’s season finale, scoring its greatest viewers of the season and a virtually three-year excessive for the ABC unscripted franchise.
The 2 hour-plus finale, which noticed 72-year-old widower Gerry Turner suggest to Theresa Nist — a wedding special is about for Jan. 4 on ABC — drew 6.07 million viewers, in accordance with quick nationwide scores from Nielsen (which embrace out of residence viewing). That’s a 15 p.c enchancment on the present’s earlier same-day season excessive of 5.27 million viewers for the Nov. 13 episode.
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It’s additionally the most effective efficiency for any present within the Bachelor universe for the reason that March 15, 2021 finale of Matt James’ season of The Bachelor.
The finale additionally hit a season excessive amongst adults 18-49, averaging a 0.8 ranking in the important thing ad-sales demographic. That’s the most effective same-day efficiency for the franchise for the reason that season 19 finale of The Bachelorette in September 2022.
The Golden Bachelor has gained vital and viewer reward for refreshing the present’s format by specializing in folks over age 60 and seemingly extra real feelings over the course of the season (although, as The Hollywood Reporter uncovered, Turner’s narrative isn’t as tidy because it’s introduced on the present). The sequence is ABC’s second most-watched sequence of the autumn in Nielsen’s seven-day scores, simply behind Dancing With the Stars.
Nielsen figures don’t embrace streaming. Thus far this season, The Golden Bachelor has grown by about 3.8 million viewers and 1.48 scores factors amongst adults 18-49 with per week of multi-platform viewing.
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