“RuPaul’s Drag Race” has been renewed for Season 10 on VH1, the network announced Thursday.
The reality series has been a hit for VH1 since it moved over from Logo for its ninth season.
The Season 9 premiere hauled in 987,000 total viewers, a new series record. That sum doubled its Season 8 premiere and tripled VH1’s time slot average.
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The show also broke its own Twitter engagement record, per Nielsen Social Content Ratings, trending worldwide throughout the telecast.
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” is produced by World of Wonder Productions with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Mandy Salangsang and RuPaul Charles serving as executive producers. Tim Palazzola serves as executive producer for Logo.
The series airs Friday nights at 8 p.m. ET on VH1.
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"The Big Bang Theory" dominates TV ratings, but the popular CBS sitcom ranks 70th in terms of its delayed viewing. Scroll through our gallery for the 20 television series that see the largest jump one week after they air. (We ranked them by their percentages of growth when going from Nielsen's Live + Same Day TV Ratings metric to its Live + 7 Day measurement.)
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CBS
Rank: 20
Show: Elementary
Net: CBS
Total Viewer Lift: +2.769 million
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CW
Rank: 18 (tie)
Show: Supergirl
Net: CW
Total Viewer Lift: +1.442 million
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Fox
Rank: 18 (tie)
Show: The Mick
Net: Fox
Total Viewer Lift: +1.888 million
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AMC
Rank: 17
Show: Fear the Walking Dead
Net: AMC
Total Viewer Lift: +2.020 million
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NBC
Rank: 16
Show: Shades of Blue
Net: NBC
Total Viewer Lift: +2.827
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ABC
Rank: 15
Show: Conviction
Net: ABC
Total Viewer Lift: +2.171 million
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Fox
Rank: 13 (tie)
Show: Lucifer
Net: Fox
Total Viewer Lift: +2.361 million
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ABC
Rank: 13 (tie)
Show: Secrets And Lies
Net: ABC
Total Viewer Lift: +2.026 million
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CW
Rank: 12
Show: The Flash
Net: The CW
Total Viewer Lift: +1.886 million
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ABC
Rank: 11
Show: How to Get Away With Murder
Net: ABC
Total Viewer Lift: +3.300 million
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NBC
Rank: 10
Show: Timeless
Net: NBC
Total Viewer Lift: +3.369 million
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Fox
Rank: 9
Show: Bones
Net: Fox
Total Viewer Lift: +2.332 million
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ABC
Rank: 7 (tie)
Show: American Crime
Net: ABC
Total Viewer Lift: +1.763 million
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History
Rank: 7 (tie)
Show: Vikings
Net: History
Total Viewer Lift: +1.788 million
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NBC
Rank: 6
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Net: NBC
Total Viewer Lift: +4.525 million
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ABC
Rank: 5
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Net: ABC
Total Viewer Lift: +2.336 million
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ABC
Rank: 4
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Net: ABC
Total Viewer Lift: +2.171 million
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TNT
Rank: 3
Show: Major Crimes
Net: TNT
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ABC
Rank: 2
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Net: ABC
Total Viewer Lift: +6.674 million
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FX
Rank: 1
Show: American Horror Story
Net: FX
Total Viewer Lift: +3.344 million
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You just missed the Top 20 on this one, "Modern Family," "This Is Us" and "Blacklist: Redemption" -- but, at least two of you still kill it in Nielsen TV Ratings! (Sorry, "Blacklist: Redemption.")
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Sorry, ”Big Bang Theory“ and ”Empire“ — your ”live“ TV Ratings are just too strong for this list
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