[QUOTE=Benfiquista;351027][B]ChallengeMania: the Road to Rivals II - MTV[/B]
0.560 million viewers, #26; 0.392 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21
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Not a good rating for the pre-show, but did anyone really expect it to be close to the million mark? And to the freakshows out there who are already worried about ratings don't look into it too much because Battle of the Exes pre-show rating was 624,000, and we all know how great that season was rating wise.[/QUOTE]
This just gave me a mini heart attack. Thought those were the ratings for the season premiere
"The Bridge" on FX at 10 PM last night (Rivals II's "ratings rival") brought in 3.04M viewers. [url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/07/11/the-bridge-premiere-delivers-3-04-million-total-viewers-on-fx/191557/?utm_campaign=WP%20%3E%20Twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter]The Bridge Premiere Delivers 3.04 Million Total Viewers on FX[/url]
[QUOTE=Calinks;352826]For a split second there I thought it was saying Rivals brought in 3 million. I was like :numbness: :emmersed:[/QUOTE]
Same! I was, like, NOOOOOO WAY!
From TV By the Numbers...
[QUOTE]Still More Ratings Delays
Categories: 1-Featured,Broadcast TV,Cable TV
Written By Robert Seidman
July 11th, 2013
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Wednesday cable numbers and broadcast finals are delayed until Friday morning. We'll post them as soon as we see them.
We know you are eager to see these numbers and appreciate your patience. The post-holiday weeks are always stressful for everyone who pays attention to the ratings. Hopefully everything will be caught up and back on a normal schedule sometime Friday.[/QUOTE]
Those are pretty good numbers compared to Real World: Portland and Battle of the Seasons. I just hope it doesn't drop and keeps increasing in the coming weeks.
The important part [QUOTE]The premiere of The Challenge: Rivals II and the premiere of The Bridge tied as the top cable original Wednesday night, with both shows earning a 0.9 adults 18-49 rating. [/QUOTE]
Just for comparison Seasons premiered to - 1.145M total, 0.7 A 18-49
...and that season came off Exes(one of the highest rated seasons in the last couple of years..)
For me It is very disappointing because the episode wasn't really that bad If you ask me It's better than the premiere of Rivals/Cutthroat/Exes/Seasons/FM 2/Duel 2/...
[QUOTE=RMD1;352920]That's [B][I][U]huge[/U][/I][/B] for the series. See what you can do when you actually advertise a television show MTV?[/QUOTE]
No, it is not huge. It's a good number when one compares it to recent history, and I applaud it for what it is -- a start. I know of a couple of old cast members whose episodes averaged over 2M in the smaller 18-34 demographic. That, for me, is the gold standard.
Really, you call what they did "advertising?" They spend almost nothing on promotion. Imagine what the number could be if they had spent a little cash on non-mtv cable commercials. Many of those FX viewers watch The Bridge in record numbers could have been watching the challenge, if they had even known about it. I can't give MTV a free pass as quickly as you appear ready to do.
It does show the significance of certain castmembers and even though no substance the ct diem preview prob brought in a lot of casual viewers based on the demographic even though we all know the age range of viewers is more broad. Didnt seasons max out at like 1 million?
from what i have been seeing an reading from the past seasons, this one seems to be about the same or slightly higher than the others. The others also seem to get better as the season went on in general so hopefully that happens with this one too.
[QUOTE=V1man;352927]No, it is not huge. It's a good number when one compares it to recent history, and I applaud it for what it is -- a start. I know of a couple of old cast members whose episodes averaged over 2M in the smaller 18-34 demographic. That, for me, is the gold standard.
Really, you call what they did "advertising?" They spend almost nothing on promotion. Imagine what the number could be if they had spent a little cash on non-mtv cable commercials. Many of those FX viewers watch The Bridge in record numbers could have been watching the challenge, if they had even nown about it. I can't give MTV a free pass as quickly as you appear ready to do.[/QUOTE]
You cant deny that this can be a saving grace for the challenge. That's what I was calling huge, not the numbers.
This is a lot more than MTV usually does for the challenge.
V1 I think you expect the show to get the same numbers as before dvr, online viewing, on demand, even more competition, and an outdated ratings system. Rarely anyone in the shows demographic watches the ahow the night it airs so the ratings are skewed. That is a good number.
[QUOTE=V1man;352927]No, it is not huge. It's a good number when one compares it to recent history, and I applaud it for what it is -- a start. I know of a couple of old cast members whose episodes averaged over 2M in the smaller 18-34 demographic. That, for me, is the gold standard.
Really, you call what they did "advertising?" They spend almost nothing on promotion. Imagine what the number could be if they had spent a little cash on non-mtv cable commercials. Many of those FX viewers watch The Bridge in record numbers could have been watching the challenge, if they had even known about it. I can't give MTV a free pass as quickly as you appear ready to do.[/QUOTE]
Well we also don't know the demographic rating, which is what you say is all that matters, so we can't really decide anything yet
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