Joey Graziadei’s visits to the hometowns of the ladies of “The Bachelor” Season 28 marked not solely the most-watched episode of his season to this point, however reached a bigger viewers than any episode of “The Bachelor,” “The Bachelorette” or “Bachelor in Paradise” for the reason that finale of Clayton Echard’s season in 2022 when accounting for 3 days of viewing. The one sequence within the franchise to outperform Joey’s since then has been the inaugural season of “The Golden Bachelor.”

The episode’s March 11 airing on ABC averaged a season excessive 3.8 million viewers in response to Dwell + Identical Day information from Nielsen. That quantity rose by 63.9% to six.3 million viewers after three days of delayed viewing, inclusive of Hulu and different digital platforms, per a mixture of Nielsen information and Disney’s personal streaming calculations.

In ranking amongst adults age 18-49, the episode began with a 0.7 and grew by 178% to a 1.9 in Multiplatform + 3 — the second highest this season. “The Bachelor” Season 28 has additionally been aggressive with “The Golden Bachelor” by this metric: Solely the premiere episode of septuagenarian Gerry Turner’s season beat Joey’s hometowns in 18-49 ranking.

Earlier episodes this spring have additionally been profitable for ABC; the March 11 episode marked the eighth week in a row that Season 28 outperformed corresponding telecasts from Season 27, which starred Zach Shallcross.

“The Bachelor” is produced by Warner Bros. Unscripted Tv in affiliation with Warner Horizon. Govt producers embody Claire Freeland, Jason Ehrlich, Bennett Graebner, Peter Gust, Tim Warner, Jodi Baskerville and Jeff Thomas.