Ratings have been moving up — did CT’s return elevate them higher?
Episode 14 was viewed by 497,000 people and received a 0.19 rating in the 18-49 demographic. This is a decrease of 31,000 viewers, and the demo went down by 0.02. It was the sixth-highest-rated cable show of the night, one spot higher than last week.
Compared to the rest of the season, this is decent viewership, but production was probably banking on this being the peak episode. The Challenge remains MTV’s second-highest-rated show for a second week in a row. The second half of the RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 16 premiere brought in 592,000 viewers with a 0.21 rating last Friday.
Here are some benchmarks to compare this episode:
Episode 13: 528,000 viewers
Ride or Dies Episode 14: 558,000 viewers
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