ABC's THE BACHELOR Ranks #1 in Time Slot in Adults 18 - 49

ABC's THE BACHELOR finished #2 in its 2-hour time period with Adults 18-49, while ranking #1 among Adults 18-34 and all key Women demos (W18-34/W18-49/W25-54). Building its numbers from its first to second hour, THE BACHELOR moved up to #1 in Adults 18-49 from 9-10pm to tie Fox's House-driven Alcatraz for the time-period lead. For the 2nd week running, THE BACHELOR stood as Monday's #1 TV show across the Women demos. In viewers and young adults, THE BACHELOR scored its 2nd-highest numbers this season.

Millions of viewers shared the heartbreak of Ben Flajnik when his soulful and heartfelt proposal was rejected by Ashley Hebert in the emotional finale of last season’s “The Bachelorette.” Now Ben is ready to put all the disappointment and hurt behind him in order to move on with his life, his phenomenal success as a businessman and his search for the right woman to be his wife and to start a family with, as he stars in the current edition of ABC’s hit romance reality series.

In other rating's news for ABC, CASTLE more than doubled the audience of NBC's original Rock Center with Brian Williams in the 10 o'clock hour and beat out the NBC news program by 75% in Adults 18-49.

The replay ABC drama grew its overall audience year to year, rising 8% over its year-ago encore in the hour.