‘The Golden Bachelor’ Premiere Sets Another Audience Record For ABC & Hulu In 35-Day Viewing

EXCLUSIVE: The Golden Bachelor continues to collect ratings roses in its inaugural season.

The premiere episode has now reached a combined multi-platform audience of 13.9M viewers across its debut telecast on September 28 and its rebroadcast on October 3, after 35 days of viewing on both linear and streaming.

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The September 28 debut alone has tallied 11.68M viewers in delayed multi-platform viewing, which is up 7M from its live + same-day audience of around 4.4M. That’s the largest multi-platform audience for any series in The Bachelor franchise (The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Bachelor in Paradise) in more than three years, since The Bachelor: After the Final Rose in March 2020 (the season led by Peter Weber).

Among adults 18-49, the debut telecast has grown 502% over its initial rating to a 3.73, marking the highest multi-platform rating for The Bachelor franchise since a February 2021 episode of Matt James’ season of The Bachelor.

The Golden Bachelor premiere has also set a streaming record as ABC’s most-watched episode of an unscripted series ever on Hulu after 35 days of viewing. According to the network, the episode has managed 3.91M views (where views are defined as hours viewed divided by runtime).

The debut episode of The Golden Bachelor has been setting records since it aired, ranking as the highest-rated premiere on Hulu for any series in The Bachelor franchise and as the network’s No. 1 series premiere ever on the streaming platform in Live+3.

And it’s not just the premiere. Hometown dates also proved to be a popular episode, raking in the largest L+3 audience of the season.

The Golden Bachelor finale airs November 30 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC. So far, the series has not been renewed for another season (and no word yet on any spinoffs, like The Golden Bachelorette).

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