Ten’s The Bachelor holds up on second outing but Nine steals the night

Last night saw the second episode of Ten’s reality show The Bachelor emerge as the highest rating non-news program of the evening, continuing its strong performance after Wednesday’s premiere.

It was watched by 824,000 metro viewers at 7:30pm according to OzTam overnight metro ratings. It was the highest-rating program across all three of the key ad demographics (16-39, 18-49 and 25-54) however it was slightly down on Wednesday’s premiere audience of 882,000.

The female contestants spent some time getting to know Richie in last night's episode of The Bachelor.

The bachelorettes vied for Richie’s heart in last night’s episode of The Bachelor.

Seven’s Home and Away came in second among non-news programs with 668,000 at 7pm, while The Chase followed with an audience of 626,000 at 5:30pm. ABC’s The Checkout also performed well, grabbing 602,000 viewers at 8pm.

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