The first two parts of the “Summer House” Season 10 reunion has turned out to be a ratings milestone for the hit reality series.
Per NBCUniversal, part one of the reunion drew the largest Live+Same Day audience in the show’s history. In multi-platform viewing over its first seven days of availability, Part 1 has delivered 3.1 million viewers, another series high and up 43% from the Season 10 average of 2.2 million viewers per episode. Part 2 has delivered 2.6 million viewers in multi-platform viewing after three days of availability.
On Peacock, part one of the reunion ranks as the number one episode of all time for an NBCU next-day series in first day viewing.
Part 3 of the reunion airs June 9 at 8p.m. ET/PT on Bravo. Episodes are available the next day on Peacock.
The interest in the “Summer House” reunion episodes spiked after a scandal erupted among the cast earlier this spring — gossip sites such as DeuxMoi began speculating that castmates West Wilson and Amanda Batula were secretly dating, a development that was controversial for several reasons.
Among them was that Batula had only recently split from her husband of four years, fellow “Summer House” cast member Kyle Cooke — they had announced they were getting divorced in January, weeks before the show’s February premiere. Batula is also close friends with castmate Ciara Miller, Wilson’s ex, and they have a fraught, on-again-off-again dynamic that (as Batula knows well) tortures Miller.
In a post on March 31, Wilson and Batula confirmed they were exploring some sort of… something, in a joint announcement that largely confounded and enraged the Bravosphere. The reunion — taped on April 23, and moderated by Andy Cohen — is the first time the full cast gathered together publicly. Batula and Wilson, who appear to still be together, have faced a firing squad led by Miller, Cooke and their ally Lindsay Hubbard.
In Part 2, Batula couldn’t hack it any longer, and took a long break. But in Part 3 of the reunion episodes, things will only get worse for the new couple.
“Summer House” is produced by Truly Original, a Banijay Americas company, with Steven Weinstock, Glenda Hersh, Lauren Eskelin, Jamie Jakimo, Trish Gold and Faith Gaskins serving as executive producers. Left Hook Media also produces, with Matt Odgers and Scott Teti as executive producers. Sean Clifford also serves as executive producer.
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