ABC reports that continuing to build its audience on each week since its premiere, the April 30th episode of the third series of "The Bachelor" scored its highest ratings yet in viewers and across all key adult demos. Versus the prior week, "The Bachelor" was up in Total Viewers (13.3 million vs. 12.9 million), Adults 18-49 (6.4/16 vs. 6.2/15) and Adults 18-34 (7.1/19 vs. 6.8/19).

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"The Bachelor" drew a larger audience than NBC's "West Wing" (13.3 million vs. 13.2 million) and defeated Fox's "American Idol"-fueled combination of "Bernie Mac" and "Wanda at Large" among Adults 18-49 (6.4/16 vs. 5.9/15) to win its time period. Gaining audience throughout its broadcast across all Nielsen measures, "The Bachelor" topped Fox's "Wanda at Large" by 28% among Adults 18-49 at 9:30 p.m. (6.8/16 vs. 5.3/13).

"The Bachelor" again produced ABC's best numbers in the time period since the season finale of "The Bachelorette" in February (2/19/03).

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