Off to a rough start?
Debatable. Episode 1 of Rivals 3 was viewed by 656,000 people with a rating of 0.38 in the 18-49 demographic. Nothing stellar, but given the state of MTV it’s not bad. This is also a little higher than the Bloodline premier and than the Real World is doing.
I remember when crazy challenge fans cried about how the show would get 1.4-1.6M viewers a week and fear cancellation. Now a days it’s just sad it’s not even pulling a million a week. I know times has changed and people can watch shows on so many devices now but still it sad.