Hard Numbers: ‘RuPaul's Drag Race’ Takes Victory Lap While ‘Don't Forget The Lyrics!’ Forgot To Invite Its Audience To The Premiere
RuPaul- RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars/Paramount+
Contestant: RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars sets a major viewership achievement, according to Paramount+. The streaming service claims the season seven premiere was up nearly 60% from the previous season's premiere that aired last summer. Paramount did not release any numbers, but the spike in viewership is likely due to the excitement over this season being the first in the franchise to feature past winners returning to compete for $200,000—the highest award in the Drag Race history. This season is also the first time the franchise has alternated from its elimination format to a point system to determine the competition winner, providing a fresh viewing experience for its audience.
Meanwhile, on Broadcast–Niecy Nash is the new host of Don't Forget the Lyrics! Fox brought back the game show that originally aired from 2007 to 2011 and was first hosted by Wayne Brady. The show's resurrection on May 23 gained less than favorable ratings with only 2.08 million viewers and a 0.36/4 rating/share. It led slightly ahead of Fox's Beat Shazam, hosted by Jamie Foxx, premiering its fifth season the same day with 1.85 million viewers and a 0.38 rating. Overall, the first five episodes of both game shows performed similarly around 1.8 million viewers with a 0.3 demographic rating. For comparison, the first five episodes of Fox's The Masked Singer averaged 4 million viewers with a 0.7—This may make Fox regret bringing Don't Forget the Lyrics! Back from the dead.
The classics Family Feud and Let's Make a Deal made slight waves in ratings— but only slight. Family Feud very briefly ended Jeapordy's nine-week streak falling back 2% to a 4.9 in the women 18-49 demographic, while Jeopardy fell behind 8% to a 4.8 live-plus-same-day national rating, according to Nielsen. In hard numbers, that equals 5.99 million and 5.87 million, respectively. But Jeopardy regained the lead the following week. Let's Make A Deal experienced a significant viewership increase in the second week of June compared to previously reported weeks. Let's Make a Deal 1 and 2 reported an over 99,000 and 166,000 increase in viewers, respectively. Overall, this month, Family Feud averaged a 5.0 rating while Let's Make a Deal continued its rating habit average of 0.3.
Harris Faulkner - The Faulkner Focus/Fox News
Informative: Audiences welcomed the return of NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt on June 13, with an average viewership totaling 6.39 million for that week and averaging 1.02 million in adults 25-54.
The View and The Talk accumulated higher viewership in June's first half compared to May. Overall, the View averaged 0.3 in the women 18-49 demographic with a viewership average of 2.2 million, and The Talk scored similarly with a 2.0 rating and viewership average of 1.47 million. Meanwhile, in syndication— Tamron Hall averages 0.7 in the demographic market (856,000 views), and Entertainment Tonight continued its routine of averaging 2.0 for all of June, equaling 2.4 million viewers in that demo.
At the cable news desks—The Faulkner Focus leads the pack, reaching 12% of the objective adults 25-54 demographic for May— with the highest average of 1.6 million viewers. Don Lemon Tonight hit 24% of the aim demographic with an average viewership of 537,000. For the first time, The Reid Out with Joy Reid did not meet the one million mark in views for May, falling 4% from April to an average of 998,000 and only hitting 11% of the target demo. The Chris Salcedo Show saw a steady 9% climb from April to an average of 246,000 viewers, reaching 12% of the target demographic. Coming last in the news race here, Making Money with Charles Payne gained a 20% increase in views compared to April but still ranked as one of the lowest of last month's cable news programs, reaching 1.25% of the demographic with a viewership average of 167,000.
Ziwe is the underdog of late-night talk— The season 2 premiere is available to watch entirely on Showtime's official YouTube channel and currently has over 310,000 views. The last five episodes to air on Showtime garnered 130,000 views collectively.
From Left to Right: Lesa Milan, Sara Al Madini, Chanel Ayan and Nina Ali - Bravo/The Real Housewives of Dubai
Docusoap: Bravo takes The Real Housewives franchise to an international level— but was it worth it for the low ratings? The Real Housewives of Dubai is the first franchise set outside the U.S. produced and aired on Bravo. Premiering on June 1, the first three episodes averaged 690,000 viewers with a 0.19 demographic rating. To compare, the sixth episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta single-handedly amassed 1.05 million views with a 0.31 in the target demographic.
Menudo: Forever Young - HBO Max
Docuseries: HBO Max released Menudo: Forever Young for streaming on June 23. Early screened reviews state the four-episode docuseries will tackle the darker side of the 80s Latin American boyband experience with many former members involved with the project. Check back here at A Hot Set next month for the rating averages of the series.
Faith Jenkins - Divorce Court
Court: All-around— it's slow in the courtrooms, your honors. The monthly rating average for the goal demographic for Divorce Court, Judge Mathis, and People's Court are 0.4, 0.5, and 0.8, respectively.
Fernanda Kelly and Ysaac Alvarez
International: The morning radio show, Levántate con Ysaac Alvarez conquers their local market, regardless of language, among AQH target demographic P18-49 and 25-54, according to Univision. The radio program features Emmy Award winner Fernanda Kelly and Ysaac Alvarez as hosts and has ranked number one in the last three months, according to Uforia.
