Bravo’s ‘Blood, Sweat & Heels’ Debut Sets Ratings Mark

Bravo’s Sunday night lineup drew the network’s best audience ever among all key demos, led by the premiere of reality series Blood, Sweat & Heels.

The series, which follows several women vying for elite status among New York’s fashion, real estate and media circles, garnered a network series premiere record 2.5 million viewers and 1.4 million adults 18-49, according to network officials.

Also pacing Bravo’s Sunday ratings boon was veteran series The Real Housewives of Atlanta, whichearned a franchise high among total viewers with over 4.5 million viewers and more than 2.7 million viewers 18-49. The show ranked as the top show on cable among all key demos for the day.

Also Sunday, Bravo’s Thicker Than Water scored a series high Sunday in its season finale, drawing 2.3 million viewers and more than 1.2 million adults 18-49, while Fashion Queens hit a series-to-date high with 1.5 million total viewers and 802,000 adults 25-54, said the network.

R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.