Apologies to anyone who took issue with Ryan Seacrest, but it looks like Wheel of Destiny’s Pat Sajak takeover is going well

More than a year has passed since then Ryan Murphy named substitute host Open Passionflower do not follow Pat Sajakcame out of retirement and actually found time in his schedule to take over Autumn TV premiere. The year before its official release, some fans were less positive about the swap for one reason or another, but the first week of episodes went by without a hitch, except for everything Complaints about the new set.

This actually means selling below price. PassionflowerThe first week of Season 42 earned some legitimate star ratings. great game show of all timeThis had to be a huge boost of positivity for Seacrest. (who was easily confident about taking over To be fair, it’s very early on.) How successful has it been?

Especially according to Nielsen (via Deadline), PassionflowerHer debut ep with Seacrest reached a hugely impressive audience of 9.63 million viewers. That was the largest audience for any season premiere dating back nine years to the beginning of 2015, and it certainly surpassed the Season 41 opener, which had 5.68 million viewers. It also surpassed last year’s figures by 63%, well above the 18-49 demographic (from 0.86 points to 0.52 points).

This big total didn’t hold up throughout the week, which is natural, but the syndication industry still celebrated the big success. The first week of episodes ended with an overall average of 8.31 million viewers, while the four episodes aired after the premiere averaged just under 7 million viewers. These numbers reinforce that this week is the best week of the new year WoF eps in the last five years. These statistics were also made Wheel The #1 show of the week among all syndications.

When directly compared to 2023 premiere week numbers, average views increased by 21 percent, from 6.87 million to 8.31 million. Additionally, all ratings across key demographic groups increased by over 10%.

It’s unclear if viewership numbers will drop a bit more in the second and third weeks to determine what will likely happen throughout the season. But if the show features more attempts at million-dollar prizes like this, then “s_y is l_m_t.”

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To be fair to everyone who gives Pat Sajak much more credit Ryan Seacrestlast public partition of old server It drove 11.03 million viewers crazy. So if he decides to come back and team up with Seacrest for an episode, it could possibly break linear TV.

Pat Sajak will actually return to hosting duties soon for ABCs Celebrity Wheel of FortuneThe season was filmed at night before its release from EPS.