The first season of Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge premiered with fairly strong numbers, then dropped off considerably, after the second episode. The summertime TV series still did well enough to score a season two renewal from NBC. Does this sports competition series have the same endurance its contestants display? Cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned.
Inspired by Spartan Race, the demanding obstacle course races, on Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge, groups of friends, families, co-workers, and more must work together as they progress through the taxing obstacle course races. Teams of five compete and push through the pain to try to win $250,000. Season two hosts include decorated U.S. Winter Olympian Apolo Ohno and ESPN radio personality Kelvin Washington. NBC and Telemundo sports reporter MJ Acosta and World Series Champ Nick Swisher serve as course reporters.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly in the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
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For comparisons: The first season of Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge on NBC averaged a 1.05 in the 18-49 year old viewer demographic and a total audience of 3.576 million viewers.
Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you like the Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge TV series? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a third season?
