‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Revs Up Highest-Rated Season In 3 Years
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 15 went out with a bang. The finale episode, which aired April 14 on MTV, delivered a 0.59 rating in the 18-49 entertainment demographic, according to Live+same-day Nielsen data.
That’s a 17% increase compared to the Season 14 finale on VH1. The episode also had the highest audience share ever for a RuPaul’s Drag Race telecast.
Sasha Colby took home the crown on Friday, closing out the highest-rated season of RuPaul’s Drag Race in three years. The season averaged a 0.49 demo rating, up 17% versus last year’s 0.42 average.
Season 15 debuted in January to its highest-rated premiere in six years with a 0.63 in the demo. That was actually the highest Live+same day rating of any premiere since Season 9, which was the first one to air on VH1 and got a 0.66 in the demo.
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