We’re back — the Challenge has returned for its 41st season, but only the launch special has aired. How many people tuned in for this preview show?
The Challenge: Vets & New Threats Day Zero special was watched by 198,000 live viewers and received a 0.07 rating in the 18-49 demographic. Its was the 16th highest-rated cable show of the night.
The preview shows don’t really mean much, but I suppose it’s good that this launch special snatched up more live viewers than Battle for a New Champion’s preshow.
Here are some benchmarks to compare this episode:
Battle of the Eras Preshow: 249,000 viewers (0.10 rating)
Battle for a New Champion Preshow: 176,000 viewers (0.06 rating)
Stop Being Polite 
It’s already at 150k’s views on youtube and not counting the people like me who DVR it and watched it this weekend plus the 200k live. it’s easily over 500k and counting which is a great number and we are ready for 42
why do they have the same old vets it’s really sucks to see the same old people get all new people in there. I’m watching the same old stuff it really stinks.