Last week the ratings fell. This week, we fall some more.
Episode 5 was viewed by 647,000 people and received a rating of 0.41 in the 18-49 demographic. It was still the fifth highest rated cable show of the evening, compared to following episode of Fear Factor which was the 48th highest rated cable show of the night (361,000 viewers, 0.17 rating) or the 11PM Fear Factor which was the 65th highest rated cable show of the night (297,000 viewers, 0.13 rating).
Not a good showing for The Challenge.
Stop Being Polite 
The slowwwww pacing is probably hurting the ratings…