ABC’s ‘Queens’ Opens To Modest Premiere Ratings

Tuesday (October 19) brought with it the highly anticipated premiere of ABC’s ‘Queens’ – a musical drama that sees its four leading ladies (Brandy, Eve, Naturi Naughton, and Nadine Velazquez) depict a disbanded Hip Hop quartet from the 90’s who regroup to take the music world by storm.

Building buzz for the Zahir McGhee-created jaunt with sizzling music videos and an aggressive promotional campaign to trumpet its arrival, the show’s hourlong premiere also capitalized on being ushered in by the beginning of a new ‘Bachelorette’ season.

With those assets combined, hop inside to see the royal ratings that accompanied the ‘Queens’ unveiling.

Viewership: 1.75 Million

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Following the lowest ratings ever for a ‘Bachelorette’ premiere, ‘Queens’ – despite being the highest rated new show on network television – opened to an audience of 1.75 million. Thanks to garnering one of the largest tallies among female viewers, ‘Queens’ bowed in 7th place among the 12 highest-rated primetime series that aired on network television Tuesday.

For its hour specifically, the show finished third in the viewership race among network competitors (only CBS’ ‘FBI’ and NBC’s ‘New Amsterdam’ scored higher).

‘Queens’ airs Tuesdays only on ABC.

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