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MTV’s ‘The Hills’ Revival Marks Second-Highest Rated Cable Premiere of 2019 Among Young Adults

Long-awaited revival couldn’t top ”Double Shot at Love“

| June 25, 2019 @ 3:22 PM
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“The Hills” returned to MTV with a new revival on Monday, marking the second most-watched cable series premiere among young adults of 2019.

With a 0.70 rating among adults 18-34, according to Nielsen’s live-plus-same-day metric, “The Hills: New Beginnings” is only topped by MTV’s “Double Shot at Love with DJ Pauly D and Vinny.” MTV sister network VH1’s “Cartel Crew” currently holds the number three spot.

The long-awaited revival was heavily promoted on the network, including at the MTV Movie & TV Awards last week and the Video Music Awards last fall, and will likely see a lift in delayed viewing.

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On social, “The Hills” topped trending topics on Twitter in the United States Monday night and reached number two worldwide.

The revival reunited much of the show’s original cast, including the once-villainous Spencer and Heidi Pratt, the Kardashian-adjacent Brody Jenner, Audrina Patridge and her on-again-off-again flame Justin “Bobby” Brescia and “The City” star Whitney Port. It also added a couple of big name newcomers to its cast: “The O.C.” alum Mischa Barton and Brandon Lee, son of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee.

The show is produced by MTV and Evolution Media.

“The Hills: New Beginnings” airs Mondays at 10/9c on MTV.

Live TV Musicals Ranked by Ratings, From 'Little Mermaid' to 'Rent' (Photos)

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Turns out ABC’s Tuesday event didn’t flounder among adults 18-49

ABC's "The Little Mermaid Live!" didn't flounder in Tuesday's primetime Nielsen ratings in comparison to the other live (and semi-live) TV musicals that came before it. And yes, that includes the most-recent and lowest-rated event, Fox's "Rent."

Last night's broadcast -- which cut between the 1989 animated film and live performances by the cast, including "Moana" star Auli'i Cravalho as Ariel and Queen Latifah as Ursula -- came in at No. 4 on the list of modern-day, live TV musicals ranked by their ratings among the key adults 18-49 demo. What makes that impressive slot even more impressive for "Little Mermaid" is that it was ABC's first foray into the genre since its rebirth, with all the other specials having aired on Fox or NBC.

Scroll through our gallery to see how each of broadcast TV's modern-day, live musical productions rank by Nielsen numbers. Lowest-rated is first, highest-rated is last.

Also Read: ‘The Little Mermaid Live’ Ratings Blows Fox’s ‘Rent’ Numbers Out of the Sea

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