The end is here, but it isn’t over. Are people tuning in to the first half of the final?
Episode 18 was viewed by 521,000 people and received a 0.21 rating in the 18-49 demographic. This is a fairly significant increase of 57,000 viewers from last week, though the demo went down by 0.01. It was the fourth-highest-rated cable show of the night.
This is the second most-viewed episode of the season (behind episode 13), and it’s the third time this season had an episode over 500,000 viewers. It was also MTV’s highest-rated show over the past seven days. It topped RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 16 —episode 6 brought in 482,000 viewers with a 0.19 rating last Friday. Meanwhile, newcomer Jersey Shore: Family Vacation Season 7 (the first one with all the OGs) debuted to 398,000 viewers and a 0.20 rating when it premiered last Thursday.
Here are some benchmarks to compare this episode:
Episode 17: 464,000 viewers
Ride or Dies Episode 18: 669,000 viewers
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