This Week in Bachelor Nation: The Traitors: New Blood's NBC ratings slide, and Mikayla Matthews says she's done with The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Jenn Tran's soft launch takes the top Parasocial Play of the Week.
BachelorClues and PaceCase start State of the Game with the first ratings for The Traitors: New Blood on NBC. The premiere drew a 0.33 in the 18-49 demo. Episode 2 fell to a 0.28, and raw viewers dropped about 25%, which put the show well behind Big Brother for the night. In Bachelor Nation News, Mikayla Matthews shuts down hopes of a Mormon Wives return, Taylor Frankie Paul hands her Instagram to her assistant, the Love Is Blind: Boston cast is revealed, and Golden couple Joan Vassos and Chock Chapple star in a sleep apnea implant commercial. The Top 5 Parasocial Plays feature Charity Lawson and Dotun Olubeko, Joe Vanella's Traitors watch party, Kelsey Anderson and Joey Graziadei, and Mikayla Matthews' munchies reel. Jenn Tran's mystery-man soft launch takes #1, and Taylor and Daniel Hastings' dog is the Parasocial Creature of the Week. In Screams from the Pit, BachelorClues finds comfort in Jesse Palmer's college football commentary, and a Pit member shares an I Love Cleveland supercut from Pilot Pete's season.
CHAPTERS
(00:00) Intro: Did Pilot Pete Jump the Timeline?
(01:36) Taylor Swift's "Cleveland" & I Love Cleveland Merch
(05:37) State of the Game: Is The Traitors: New Blood a Hit?
(18:48) Bachelor Nation News: Mikayla Matthews Won't Return to Mormon Wives
(21:05) Taylor Frankie Paul's Assistant Takes Over Her Socials
(22:16) The SLOMW Wars: Has MomTok Imploded?
(27:44) Love Is Blind: Boston Cast Revealed
(30:02) Joan Vassos & Chock Chapple's Sleep Apnea Commercial
(34:01) SLOMW Wars Headline Game
(36:50) Top 5 Parasocial Plays: #5 Charity Lawson & Dotun Olubeko
(38:25) #4 Joe Vanilla's Traitors Watch Party
(39:25) #3 Kelsey Anderson & Joey Graziadei
(42:01) #2 Mikayla Matthews Mocks the New M&M
(43:07) #1 Jenn Tran's Soft Launch
(47:58) Parasocial Creature of the Week
(49:02) Screams from the Pit
(49:36) PaceCase's Scream: What Love Island Taught Her About Consent
(52:32) BachelorClues' Scream: Dark Lord Palmer Calls College Football
(56:55) Pit Scream: The I Love Cleveland Supercut
(01:02:01) Watching the I Love Cleveland Video
EPISODE FAQ
Is Mikayla Matthews returning to The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives?
No. Even after Taylor Frankie Paul announced she was leaving, Mikayla Matthews said she won't be coming back because her concerns about how things were handled haven't changed.
How were the ratings for The Traitors: New Blood's premiere?
The Traitors: New Blood Episode 1 drew a 0.33 in the 18-49 demo and about 2.58 million viewers on NBC. Episode 2 fell to a 0.28 and about 1.9 million, placing second for the night behind Big Brother.
What was Game of Roses' top Parasocial Play of the Week?
Jenn Tran's Instagram soft launch, in which a mystery man pulls her in for a kiss just off camera, took #1 in the Top 5 Parasocial Plays of the Week.
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