The Ultimate Fighter Season 23, Episode 3 drew an average rating of 414,000 viewers Nielsen. While it’s a modest increase from episode 2 it is a 23% decrease from last season.
In the fight of the night, Tatiana Suarez of Team Claudia defeated J.J. Aldrich of Team Joanna via rear naked choke. Team Claudia is up 2-0.
According to Sports TV Ratings, the live + SD viewership drew 243,000 viewers in the adult 18-49 demo.
After TUF, TUF Talk on FSI drew 156,000 viewers which is a 34% increase over last week’s episode of TUF Talk which drew 116,000 viewers.
Payout Perspective:
The NBA and NHL Playoffs were the most-watched sports programs and cable Wednesday night per Sports TV Ratings. Through 3 episodes the series is averaging just 427,000 viewers in live + same day viewership. Last year through 3 episodes, TUF 22 averaged 539,000 viewers. TUF 21 drew 436,000 viewers through 3 episodes. It does seem that the DVR viewing is picking up a lot of viewers which may seem to be the better indicator of who’s watching the show.
I dont watch TUF but I think you all should be careful throwing up ratings numbers too soon. It seems it takes a couple of days sometimes several for real numbers to come out, especially factoring in DVR