UK TV ratings: The Traitors returns for the BBC with 3 million viewers

Back with a bang, The traitors returned to the BBC last night and was seen by 3 million viewers.

The first EP, which featured 22 candidates and named three as “traitors”, was awaited for months after the overwhelming success of the first EP.

Again under the able guidance of Claudia Winkleman, the show peaked at around 3.1 million viewers, according to nights.tv’s Barb ratings data, as contestants including a psychologist, a chess coach and a British Army engineer to the now popular Scottish castle competed against each other. .

There will be three episodes a week at 21:00 GMT (13:00 GMT), three of which will be released simultaneously on iPlayer, and a second season of Peacock’s US version, hosted by Alan Cumming, will launch soon.

Produced by All3Media with support Squid game: the challenge Creator Studio Lambert kept this series fairly faithful to the end, given its success, with only minor tweaks, including more chances to win “Shields” for “Believers” who don’t want to be eliminated.

While 3M is far behind entertainment giants like us I am a celebrity And come strictly to the dance, That’s quite an achievement for a heavily formatted reality show that’s only aired for two seasons, and the numbers are likely to skyrocket on iPlayer. Then again, BBC bosses may have expected to top last year’s debut EP, which reached 2.9 million, as the pubcaster threw its marketing might behind the series.

Last year’s first episode was supplemented with a useful introduction to an England World Cup match. In what is a rare feat for a multi-episode entertainment show, viewership grew both on iPlayer and linearly over the course of the series. The final was watched by 3.3 million people, which was an incredibly dramatic finish.

The one from the BBC Survivors The reboot launched in October 2023 with 2.5 million, roughly in line with the relaunch of ITV big brother

The traitors I couldn’t get near the most watched program on British television yesterday, the 6pm news.

Unexpectedly, when the BBC planned The traitors The highly-anticipated World Darts Championship final may have lost some viewers as 16-year-old who has taken the country by storm in recent weeks, Luke Littler, lost to Luke Humphries, with an average of 1.2 million viewers and a peak of 2.1 million by the end.

The traitors was also behind the third series of the ongoing ITV drama Mr. Assets vs. the Post Officewhich was seen by 3.5 million people.