The season is over, a mountain has been climbed, but are we going up or down the viewership mountain?
The Challenge: Vets & New Threats: Episode 19 was watched by 353,000 live viewers (the 18-49 demographic has not been reported yet). This is a big increase of 112,000 viewers compared to last week, and this was the 8th highest-rated cable show of the night.
We’re still waiting for all the data to be released, but this was a good rebound for the final episode. This season certainly hasn’t been a huge ratings success, and the final episode wasn’t the highest-rated one, but it’s pretty clear that viewers were curious to see the winner and didn’t care much about the first half of the final.
Here are some benchmarks to compare this episode:
Vets & New Threats Episode 18: 241,000 viewers (0.08 rating)
Battle of the Eras Episode 19: 571,000 viewers (0.24 rating)
Stop Being Polite 