The Challenge: Rivals II - Ratings Discussion

Benfiquista;351027 wrote:
ChallengeMania: the Road to Rivals II - MTV 0.560 million viewers, #26; 0.392 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21 via 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.

This just gave me a mini heart attack. Thought those were the ratings for the season premiere

UrbanTactics;352704 wrote:
This just gave me a mini heart attack. Thought those were the ratings for the season premiere

Lol me too!

Tuesday's cable ratings were only posted this morning, so perhaps tomorrow morning they will be released.

"The Bridge" on FX at 10 PM last night (Rivals II's "ratings rival") brought in 3.04M viewers. The Bridge Premiere Delivers 3.04 Million Total Viewers on FX

For a split second there I thought it was saying Rivals brought in 3 million. I was like :numbness: :emmersed:

Calinks;352826 wrote:
For a split second there I thought it was saying Rivals brought in 3 million. I was like :numbness: :emmersed:

Same! I was, like, NOOOOOO WAY!

Who Knows

Sharknado may have rated higher!

From TV By the Numbers...

Still More Ratings Delays Categories: 1-Featured,Broadcast TV,Cable TV Written By Robert Seidman July 11th, 2013 ... 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.

Challenge: Rivals II mtv 10:00 pm 1.574m 0.9 18-49

Challenge: Rivals ii mtv 10:00 pm 1574 0.9

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

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.

That's really good.

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..)

So the premiere was 1.574 or what?

Fullback12;352916 wrote:
So the premiere was 1.574 or what?

Yeah, in total viewers and 0.9 in the 18-49 demo

Wow this is really good especially compared to the recent Real World seasons. Hope it continues to grow.

Not bad, not bad at all. Much better from last season, I really wish this season brings in as many viewers as Exes did.

That's huge for the series. See what you can do when you actually advertise a television show MTV?

Those are good ratings for the Challenge. The key will be whether it maintains, rises, or dips in the coming weeks.

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/...

RMD1;352920 wrote:
That's huge for the series. See what you can do when you actually advertise a television show MTV?

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.

I've always wondered why the don't advertise on BET, VH1, Oxygen, etc.

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.

V1man;352927 wrote:
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.

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.

Curiosity and lack of google skills compels me to ask. What was the average amounts of viewers for (DAH) I3 vs The Isaland vs Rivals 2?

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.

V1man;352927 wrote:
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.

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