Return of the Bachelor rejects wins time slot for Ten

Channel Ten’s two hour show featuring interviews with the women rejected by The Bachelor saw off competition from Seven and Nine with 768,000 metro viewers viewers according to OzTam.

The show was first in its timeslot ahead of Beauty and the Geek Australia and How I Met Your Mother on Channel Seven, and stronger than a new episode of Top Gear on Channel Nine.

The Bachelor: After the Final Rose, which also featured an interview with bachelor Tim Robards and his final choice Anna Heinrich, was also the most popular show in Ten’s target ad demographic of people 25-54.

Meanwhile the ABC1’s Aboriginal drama Redfern Now was fourth in its time slot with an average 478,000 metro viewers according to preliminary overnight ratings from OzTam.