Apparently ratings weren’t sky high for the premiere episode of TUF 13 featuring Brock Lesnar and Junior dos Santos. It looks like ratings were at a 1.0 with 1.5 million viewers in comparison to their all time season’s highest rating of 2.9 when Kimbo Slice was cast in TUF 10. Regardless, the PR machine himself, Dana White took to the Underground Forum according to Fightline.com and worked his damage control with this post:
SINCE WHEN IS 1.5 MILLIONS VIEWERS BAD?
People have been saying it is dead since season 4.
Sit back and watch b—–s or don’t. TUF isnt going anywhere!!!! deal with it.
For me? I was watching the season finale of Top Chef that night. So there went my viewing but last night, I totally watched TUF 13. No, I didn’t. It was the cast reunion episode of Top Chef, but next week, Spike TV 9/8 (CST), I’m watching.