RHONJ Reunion Highest Rated Houswives Episode

Article from New Jersey News Room.

BY LINDA MOSS
The Jersey girls have beaten the ladies of New York City, Atlanta and Orange County.

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"The Real Housewives of New Jersey" continued to pull in record-breaking ratings for Bravo Monday night, with the show's reunion special becoming the highest-rated episode in the "Real Housewives" franchise history in all the key demographics and the No. 1 cable telecast for the day among adults 18-to-49, according to Nielson Media Research.

Part One of the reunion special drew 3.9 million total viewers and 2.7 million adults 18-to-49, with double-digit increases from last week's record-breaking finale, up 15 percent and 18 percent, respectively.

Monday's special marked the series' second consecutive week of earning Bravo's highest Monday telecast ever and the highest telecast of the year among total viewers, making Bravo the No. 1 network on television in its time slot among adults 18-to-49.

The episode, which featured all the New Jersey housewives under one roof for the first time ever this season, also bolstered Bravo's Monday night ratings. It helped the cable network earn its highest-rated Monday primetime ever among adults 18-to-49, averaging 1.2 million viewers in that demographic.

Bravo's Andy Cohen, who hosted Part One of the reunions, will also serve that role for Part Two of the supersized reunion special, airing next Monday, Sept. 6 at a new time, 9 p.m., immediately followed by the series premiere of "Thintervention" with Jackie Warner at 10:15 p.m.
On the heels of the record-breaking ratings success of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" Bravo also announced Tuesday that it will pick up a third season of the New Jersey reality show as well as a fourth season of its Big Apple counterpart, "The Real Housewives of New York."