Featuring the Season 21 opener of THE BACHELOR up against NBC's highly-promoted premiere of Celebrity Apprentice, ABC won the first Monday of the New Year in Adults 18-49 (1.8/6), beating NBC by 38% (1.3/4 for Apprentice/The Wall), CBS' regular original Monday lineup by 50% (1.2/4) and Fox' MasterChef Celebrity special by 100% (0.9/3). In addition, ABC beat NBC on the night by 171% in Adults 18-34 (1.9/7 vs. 0.7/3).
ABC's
THE BACHELOR returned as Monday's #1 TV series with Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and across all key Women. The
ABC unscripted show was also most social broadcast series on Monday with over 933,000 interactions (includes Twitter/Facebook).
The Bachelor (8-10pm - 6.6 million and 2.1/6 in AD18-49): Ranking #1 in each half-hour with young adults from 8-10pm, the season premiere of
THE BACHELOR won its 2-hour slot over NBC's Celebrity Apprentice opener by 35% in Total Viewers (6.6 million vs. 4.9 million) and by 62% in Adults 18-49 (2.1/6 vs. 1.3/4) with season high for
ABC in the time period.
The Bachelor held steady with its year-ago opener in Adults 18-49 (2.1/6 vs. 2.2/7 on 1/4/16) and grew with Adults 18-34 (+10%), Men 18-34 (+40%) and Men 18-49 (+8%), scoring a 3-year high in Adults 18-34 and 6-year highs in the 2 Men demos - since 1/6/14 and 1/3/11, respectively
Jimmy Kimmel Live: Here for the Right Reasons (10-11pm - 3.6 million and 1.1/4 in AD18-49): At 10pm, ABC's
JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE special for
THE BACHELOR premiere was up over its 2016-17 Late-Night season average by 1.3 million viewers (3.6 million vs. 2.3 million) and by 120% Adults 18-49 (1.1/4 vs. 0.5/3). In viewers and young adults, the Jimmy Kimmel special delivered ABC's 2nd-highest numbers in the Monday 10pm time period this season.
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