Wednesday, June 17, 2026

“The Bachelorette” Without Chris Harrison, Week 2, Drops Another 11%, 18% in Key Age Group

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“The Bachelorette” is not having a great summer.

ABC’s latest chapter of the idiotic dating show dropped 11% last night from last week in overall viewers, 18.37% in the key age demo.

The show is down to about 3.3 million fans who care what happens to these insipid people.

The participants are no different than in the past, but host Chris Harrison has been replaced by two bland women who were once in the competition.

Last night, Katie, the current Bachelorette, sent home one guy, then freaked out when another guy said the others were there “for the wrong reason.” Meaning, they were there for fame. Well, d’uh! Isn’t that why everyone is there?

It’s time to shut this whole operation down. Maybe the continuous drop in ratings will just make it happen naturally.

Chris Harrison? Playing golf, I would guess, with his multi million dollar settlement.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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