Variey reports that MTV’s “MMA” reality show “Caged” drew poor ratings in its debut. The show drew 619,000 viewers and only a 0.64 rating in the targeted 12-34 demographic. The series features young, small town males trying to make it in the local MMA promotion. Unbeknownst to the MMA fan hoping to watch young, up […]
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Fuel TV Boasts Ratings for New Year’s Day UFC Marathon & “UFC Tonight” Debut
Fuel TV officially kicked off the new year by airing a 24-hour UFC marathon on New Years Day, followed by airing the debut of “UFC Tonight” on January 3rd. The rating’s boost received by UFC programming was a much needed one for Fuel TV, as it embarks on a mission to increase it’s household reach, […]
UFC 141 Prelims: 1.8 million viewers
MMA Weekly reports that the UFC 141 Prelims garnered an average of 1.8 million viewers in its last live showing on Spike TV. Overall, the UFC Prelims averaged 1.41 million viewers on Spike TV. UFC 141 was the highest rated prelim show on Spike TV since UFC 126 when it received 2.0 million viewers. Payout […]
UFC 141: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we look at a special Friday night event from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada which featured Brock Lesnar versus Alistair Overeem. Overeem kicks Lesnar into retirement There’s a reason why Lesnar went off as the underdog in Vegas. It was uncertain how Lesnar would […]
Countdown to UFC 141: 15,000 viewers
MMA Junkie reports that UFC 141 Countdown garnered just 15,000 viewers on FUEL TV. A replay of the show the same night at 1am ET/10pm PT garnered a dismal 1,000 viewers. The 15,000 viewers received a 0.03 household rating rating among men 18-49 and a 0.0 among men 18-34. UFC 141 aired the week of […]