The Ultimate Fighter 13 Ratings: Episodes 1 Through 10 And Finale

The ratings for the last portion of programming for Spike TV’s The Ultimate Fighter season 13 (the lowest-rated season on record) are in. The Finale, which aired on Spike TV at 9 pm. ET and on tape delay on the West Coast, earned a 1.32 household rating. The show also pulled a 1.74 in males 18 to 49 and a 1.95 in makes 18 to 34. The average audience was 1.8 million viewers.

These numbers are, expectedly, down from season 12. Season 12’s finale earned a 1.4 household rating and averaged 2 million viewers. That show peaked with 2.3 million viewers.

The final episode of season 13 of Spike TV’s ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ pulled in a household rating of 0.9. Among males 18 to 49, the show earned a 1.14 rating while among males 18 to 34 the show pulled in a 1.2 rating. The average audience for the episode was 1.2 million viewers.

The average number of viewers for this season is 1.24 million per episode. The season high was 1.5 million achieved both during the series debut as well as episode 5. A season low of 1 million viewers occured during episodes 7 and 9. To date, this is the lowest-rated season ever of the series. UFC President Dana White has also previously indicated the number of episodes for this season with Spike TV were fewer than in previous seasons.

Ratings are in for episode nine of Spike TV’s thirteenth season of ‘The Ultimate Fighter’. According to Spike officials, last night’s show earned a 0.9 household rating, a 1.0 in makes 18 to 49 and a .90 in males 18 to 34. The average audience for the episode was 1.0 million viewers.

Spike TV officials note there was strong competition during the time slot. The NBA Playoff game between the Dallas Mavericks and Oklahoma City Thunder on ESPN began at 9:01 p.m. and averaged a 4.96 in males 18 to 49, a 5.10 in males 18 to 34, and pulled a total 7.0 million viewers

Ratings for Spike TV’s ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ continue to hold steady more than halfway through the season. According to reports from Spike TV officials, last night’s episode (the eighth of the season) earned a 1.12 household rating. More specifically, the show pulled a 1.1 in males 18 to 49 and a 1.14 in males 18 to 34. The average audience last night was 1.2 million viewers.

Spike TV officials also note among basic cable networks between 9 and 10 p.m. ET, the show ranked second in makes 18 to 34 behind NBA Playoffs on TNT, game two of the series between the Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat.

The ratings for episode seven of this season of Spike TV’s ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ are in and they’re not exactly pretty. According to Spike TV officials, the show earned a 0.8 household rating. In the males 18-49 and 18-34 demographics, this episode pulled .90. The total average audience was 1.0 million viewers.

Spike TV officials note, however, there was serious competition for the ratings. The NBA Playoffs on TNT (from 7:00 p.m. to approximately 9:40 p.m. ET averaged a 5.04 in males 18-34 and 6.8 million viewers. The coverage peaked with 10.8 million viewers for the final 10 minutes.

Officials at Spike TV tell SB Nation MMA that episode four of season 13 of Spike TV’s ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ earned a household rating of .93. The show drew a 1.24 in males 18-49 and 1.23 in males 18-34, the two most coveted demographics. Overall, the average audience was 1.3 million viewers.

Episode 3 pulled as follows:

The numbers at this point are generally commensurate with those of previous seasons, though slightly lower.

While the comparative time slot is worth noting, the slight uptick likely represents more the high point of a stabilized number rather than the beginning of a trend. However, we will continue to monitor the ratings throughout the season.

I’m late to posting this, but it’s important. Spike TV has released the ratings for the second episode of season 13 of ‘The Ultimate Fighter’. They’re down from episode one:

Recall that the debut episode for season 13 is the lowest-rated debut of any season of TUF to date. Mike Fagan speculates about the cause for the depressed numbers: