This week, Challengers were climbing, but were the ratings?
The Challenge: Vets & New Threats: Episode 8 was watched by 213,000 live viewers and received a 0.08 rating in the 18-49 demographic. Viewership was nearly cut in half, a drop of 199,000 viewers compared to last week, and the demo fell by 0.05. The show was the 8th highest-rated cable show of the night.
This is a terrible outcome for the show, and this is the least-viewed episode of the season so far. Truthfully, numbers have been all over the place this season, but we certainly don’t want to be moving in this direction.
Here are some benchmarks to compare this episode:
Vets & New Threats Episode 7: 412,000 viewers (0.13 rating)
All Stars Rivals Episode 8: 271,000 (0.11 rating)
Battle of the Eras Episode 8: 384,000 viewers (0.15 rating)
Stop Being Polite 
Episodes are too long. The challenges go on forever. Should cut to an hour like All Stars.