As far as ratings are concerned, 'Rent' came up short
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Although the revival of the live TV musical is still of relatively recent vintage, if the ratings are anything to go by, the novelty of the rescued-from-the-mothballs format appears to have worn off.
According to preliminary Nielsen data, Fox’s production of the celebrated Jonathan Larson musical “Rent” delivered the lowest ratings for a broadcast musical in television history. Sunday night’s three-hour event averaged 3.42 million viewers and a 1.4 rating, which works out to around 1.8 million adults 18-49, putting it a few pegs beneath the previous low established by Fox’s “A Christmas Story Live!” in Dec. 2017.
The adaptation of the holiday movie and basic-cable staple drew 4.52 million viewers and a 1.7 rating, which translates to 1.98 million members of the Fox target demo. Final live-same-day results for “Rent” will be available on Tuesday morning.
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