Bravo Scores Best Tuesday Prime Among All Key Demos Year-to-Date

By: Nov. 20, 2014
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Bravo Media delivered record ratings on Tuesday night as the season premiere of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" garnered 2 million total viewers and 1.1 million P18-49, up 25 percent and 36 percent respectively from the prior season premiere (11/4/13) and marking its highest-rated season premiere in over three years among total viewers, according to Nielsen. Behind the strength of Tuesday night's season five premiere, Bravo earned its best Tuesday prime in over two years (7/10/12) and was the #1 cable entertainment network during the 9pm hour among P18-49.

Immediately following at 10pm, "Watch What Happens Live," hosted by Andy Cohen with guests Taylor Armstrong, Camille Grammer and Adrienne Maloof, who all appeared in "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" premiere episode, delivered 1.4 million total viewers. Rounding out the night, "The People's Couch" earned 703,000 total viewers, up 19 percent compared to the previous week (11/11/14). Socially, the network ranked as the #2 most social cable reality network in prime with "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" (#2) and "The People's Couch (#4).

This performance continues the recent successes of "The Real Housewives" franchise after "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" season seven debut (11/9/14) earned the network's highest-rated season premiere in Bravo history with over 4.5 million total viewers L3 and 2.7 million P18-49 L3, up 26 percent and 27 percent respectively from the season six premiere.

Tune in tonight at 11pm ET/PT, as "Watch What Happens Live" welcomes Allison Williams and Allison Janney to the clubhouse. "Watch What Happens Live" is Bravo's late-night, live interactive talk show that features guests from the world of entertainment, politics, and pop culture. Hosted by Andy Cohen, the series includes lively debates on everything from fashion, the latest on everyone's favorite Bravolebrities, and what celebrity is making headlines that week. For more information, visit: http://www.bravotv.com/watch-what-happens-live

Don't miss an all new "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" next Tuesday, November 25 at 9pm ET/PT when Kim and some hunky movers help Brandi relocate into her new house, but Brandi is more interested in the guys' abs than unpacking boxes. Kyle and her family jet to Lake Tahoe in a private plane, while Yolanda surprises David with a very special, and very revealing, dinner. Kim and Brandi celebrate being BFFs by dressing up in disguise to spy on Brandi's ex-boyfriend, J.R. For a sneak peek click here

Immediately following at 10pm ET/PT, catch the season finale of "The People's Couch" where everyone's favorite "couchers" will be watching hit shows including NBC's "The Voice" and ABC's "How To Get Away With Murder." Tune in as they share their sentiments - whether good, bad or ugly - on this Fall's buzziest and most talked about "water cooler" series. For more information, visit: http://www.bravotv.com/the-peoples-couch

"The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" is by produced by Evolution Media for Bravo with Douglas Ross, Alex Baskin, Greg Stewart and Chris Cullen serving as executive producers. Toni Gallagher and Robert Carroll are co-executive producers.

"Watch What Happens Live" is produced by Embassy Row with Michael Davies, Deirdre Connolly and Andy Cohen serving as Executive Producers.

"The People's Couch" is produced by Studio Lambert and All3Media America with Executive Producers Stephen Lambert, Eli Holzman, Tania Alexander and Aliyah Silverstein.

Source: Nielsen Media Research, 8P-11P, Live + Same Day and Live + 3 data. RHOATL S7 best season premiere ever based on Live + Same Day data. Social Guide Intelligence; Cable reality networks only, Primetime 8pm-10:59pm, All Episode Types. Social ranking based on number of Tweets.

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