<\/noscript>On Monday, January 16, Chelsea Houska and Cole DeBoer\u2019s Down Home Fab premiered on HGTV network.<\/p>\n
HGTV has a lot of name recognition, but for most TV viewers, it\u2019s fairly niche. That\u2019s not a bad thing, but it means that it\u2019s seldom going to dominate a timeslot like a major cable channel will.<\/p>\n
However, the Monday night premiere reportedly brought in 678,000 viewers.<\/p>\nChelsea\u2019s signature style has always been popular with fans. (Photo via Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe lead-in was a rerun of Fixer Upper: Welcome Home<\/em> from 2021, which had 711,000.<\/p>\nWhile we\u2019re sure that it wasn\u2019t just a case of 33,000 viewers changing the channel (more people than that tuned out, while others tuned in), that\u2019s not bad for a new show. Especially when we\u2019re comparing it to Fixer Upper<\/em>.<\/p>\nWhat is really grabbing people\u2019s attention, however, is how these debut numbers compare with a certain other show.<\/p>\nChelsea and Cole have made the leap fromMTV to HGTV. (Photo via Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nFor years, now, we have been covering Teen Mom<\/em> and the show\u2019s declining ratings.<\/p>\nNo matter how much MTV seeks to breathe new life into the franchise, interest in actually sitting down and watching episodes has dwindled.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not just about the cast, either. The culture has changed. Sure, people are still interested in witnessing the horror of generational trauma play out on camera, but maybe interest isn\u2019t what it was in the heyday of Teen Mom<\/em>.<\/p>\nChelsea Houska and Cole DeBoer recently bought some new property. (Photo via Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSo, what is the best comparison to this new HGTV show?<\/p>\n
Teen Mom: Family Reunion<\/em> is currently airing. This season premiered on January 3.<\/p>\nJust this week, the show featured what we grudgingly refer to as the grandma brawl. For months, the powers that be were trying to pump up interest in the show by teasing this moment.<\/p>\nBest marriage on reality TV? Chelsea Houska and Cole are so smitten with each other.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe episode\u2019s title ended up being \u201cDouble Mama Drama.\u201d And, as we noted, it aired the same week as Chelsea and Cole\u2019s premiere.<\/p>\n
How many people tuned in?<\/p>\n
274,000. Some shows would be thrilled by that kind of viewership. But for an MTV reality series, it\u2019s not much.<\/p>\nChelsea and Cole are the newest stars of the HGTV network! (Photo via Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMeanwhile, Down Home Fab<\/em> raked in about 2.5 times as many viewers.<\/p>\nNo, it\u2019s not a smash hit that everyone is talking about and will watch religiously from week to week.<\/p>\n
But for Chelsea\u2019s new show\u2019s ratings to dwarf those of the franchise that birthed her (so to speak) is a pretty promising sign.<\/p>\nCole and Chelsea stare into the camera here during an appearance on the Teen Mom 2 reunion special.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nTeen Mom has also suffered declining ratings simply for this season.<\/p>\n
It is very normal for a show\u2019s ratings to drop after a premiere. They can pick up after the start of a season, but it\u2019s rare.<\/p>\n
But a 17% drop in just one fortnight \u2014 which is what happened to Teen Mom: Family Reunion this month \u2014 is not great news.<\/p>\nLook at this photo! Just look at how in love Chelsea and Cole clearly are with each other.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThere is always a chance that Home Town Fab<\/em> could follow suit.<\/p>\nOf course, their premiere episode had many more viewers than Teen Mom: Family Reunion<\/em>. So a 17% drop for them would still leave them with over 562,000.<\/p>\nEven if Family Reunion<\/em> didn\u2019t drop any further (by some miracle), Home Town Fab<\/em> would still have more than twice their viewership.<\/p>\nChelsea and Cole on the set of their new HGTV show. (Photo via Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMaybe fewer and fewer people will tune in to watch Down Home Fab<\/em>, which airs on HGTV Monday nights but also airs earlier on Discovery Plus.<\/p>\nSome initial reviews have critiqued the homes as \u201cugly.\u201d We suspect that we\u2019ll need more episodes before we can render judgment.<\/p>\n
But for now, congratulations are in order for Chelsea and for Cole. Their show may not be a \u201chit\u201d in the grand scheme of things, but hundreds of thousands of people are tuning in. Oh, and that doesn\u2019t include the streaming numbers!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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