ABC Renewed 'The Bachelor' For 17th Season

ABC has renewed its long-running reality competition 'The Bachelor' for a 17th season.

'The Bachelor' has been a pretty big hit for ABC, it's season premiere was watched by nearly eight million 

viewers. Since its premiere in January, 'The Bachelor' has been able to keep a steady eight-nine million 

viewers. 

Here is the break down of the last five aired episodes:

Episode 08 - March 25 - 8.18 million viewers

Episode 09 - April 1 - 8.05 million viewers

Episode 10 - April 22 - 8.19 million viewers

Episode 11 - April 29 - 9.23 million viewers

Episode 12 - May 6 - 8.87 million viewers.