'Bachelorette' cleans up with dirt

UPDATED: Andi may have received a marriage proposal from Josh on "The Bachelorette." But runner-up Nick's revelation that he and Andi made love has people talking and bolstered ABC in the Monday ratings.

The "Bachelorette" season finale averaged 8 million viewers, according to updated ratings. The live "After the Final Rose" special, when Nick stunned Andi, pulled in 8.2 million. Andi complained that the information should be private, but the women on "The View" analyzed Nick's chatter.


"Just how much did you love it?" Jenny McCarthy gushed. The "View" studio audience said Nick was wrong to talk. But Sherri Shepherd wondered if Andi also had sex with Josh on "The Bachelorette" while guest host Lara Spencer saw a double standard because no Bachelor had faced such a question.

But now all "Bachelor" and "Bachelorette" hopefuls better be ready for questions about everything. Nick opened that door when he asked Andi: "If you weren't in love with me, I'm just not sure why you made love with me." Nick gave new meaning to the "men tell all."

"That's him showing his colors," Andi added in the E! interview. "Everyone may be talking about it, but it's so over and done and it's been over and done. This happened months ago, so we've already put that behind us. I'd rather people just talk about us and talk about the happy couple. We did it. We did what the show is all about. We are in love."

In a call with reporters, Nick said he wished the conversation had been private. "I did not go into last night expecting to ask her that," Nick said. "I was just so caught off guard by her demeanor. It wasn't so much about the sex, but the level of intimacy that night. And given the situation at the time I made it very clear where I was in my feelings for her and what something like that meant to me. I was just so caught off guard, that it sort of just came out. I didn't want to humiliate her or make her feel that way. I feel very sorry if she did feel that way."

ABC certainly doesn't feel sorry about the ratings. The Disney-owned network won the night in total viewers and the 18-to-49 age group. CBS' dramatic "Under the Dome" pulled in 6.6 million viewers on a night filled with reality contests and sitcom reruns.

NBC's best was "American Ninja Warrior" with 5.7 million viewers, followed by the premiere of "Running Wild With Bear Grylls" with 4.4 million. Fox offered "MasterChef" (5.8 million) and "Hotel Hell" (4.1 million).

The prime-time averages in total viewers: ABC with 8.1 million, NBC with 5.3 million, CBS with 5 million, Fox with 4.9 million and The CW with 700,000 for the Young Hollywood Awards.

In Orlando, the live "Bachelorette" special was tops with 134,738 total viewers, followed by the "Bachelorette" finale with 129,615. Rounding out the top five were "MasterChef" with 118,163, "Running Wild" with 91,183 and "Hotel Hell" with 90,794.

Favorites of the local 18-to-49 age group were "Hotel Hell," "MasterChef," the "Bachelorette" special, "Running Wild" and VH1's "Love & Hip Hop."

That's a lot of reality.