Yee-ouch! TVByTheNumbers reported the ratings for Wednesday’s episode of The Real World St. Thomas, and things aren’t looking too hot right now. The season premier pulled in a total of 1.201 million viewers. This could very well be the lowest rating for any Real World premier.
Hopefully the season will rebound, because I do think the season looks good. The 1.2 million viewers translates into a 0.6 rating in the 18-49 demo.
To be fair, all MTV shows are down right now. America’s Best Dance Crew did poorly this season, and Teen Mom has lost a full 1 million viewers since its premier 2 weeks ago. Still, the ratings suck. And The Real World needs to see things turn around right about now.
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Wow, surprised the ratings were so slow, thought everyone was ready for another season of Real World. How do these numbers compare to the challenges?
They’re low, even compared to the challenges. Battle of the Exes averaged around 1.8 million viewers per episode.