Bravo rides Below Deck and Next Gen NYC to summer ratings highs
NBCUniversal data shows Bravo led cable entertainment among adults 18-49 in Q2 and hit a Peacock quarterly high.
By Bianca Rossi · Entertainment Editor
3 min read
Below Deck Mediterranean came charging back with 3.4 million viewers across platforms in its first seven days, according to internal NBCUniversal data cited by Deadline.
The Season 11 opener was up 59% from the Season 10 premiere and marked Bravo’s biggest season or series premiere in more than two years, according to the same data. On linear TV, the episode drew 1.2 million viewers, its strongest premiere showing in two years.
That is only one piece of Bravo’s busy summer. Deadline reported that Bravo’s primetime lineup ranked No. 1 among linear cable entertainment networks with adults 18-49 in the second quarter of 2026, the first time the network has hit that mark in more than a year.
Bravo also had its most-watched quarter ever on Peacock, up 27% year over year, according to NBCUniversal data cited by Deadline.
Peacock gives Bravo a bigger stage
June was Bravo’s best month yet on Peacock, Deadline reported. The month was helped by the ongoing pull of Love Island USA, along with new seasons of Next Gen NYC, Below Deck Mediterranean and The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys.
Those three Bravo titles now sit among the service’s biggest next-day performers for the network.
Next Gen NYC Season 2 currently holds the top spot as Bravo’s No. 1 next-day episode of all time after seven days of Peacock viewing, according to Deadline. Across platforms, the sophomore launch delivered a series-best 3 million viewers in seven days, up 86% from last year’s series premiere, per NBCUniversal.
The Below Deck Mediterranean premiere ranks as Bravo’s No. 2 next-day episode ever on Peacock, according to Deadline.
The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys opened its third season with 2.5 million viewers across platforms in seven days, an 88% year-over-year increase, according to NBCUniversal data cited by Deadline. The episode ranks No. 3 among Bravo’s biggest premieres for next-day titles on Peacock and also reached a series high on linear TV.
In the City joins the summer pack
In the City, a spinoff of Summer House, is also drawing an audience. Deadline reported that the freshman series is among Bravo’s three most-watched new shows of the last five years, averaging 2 million total viewers across platforms over seven days.
The show’s two-part reunion is set to arrive later this month, according to Deadline.
In the City is produced by Truly Original, a Banijay Americas company. Its executive producers are Steven Weinstock, Glenda Hersh, Lauren Eskelin, Jamie Jakimo, Lori Gordon, Tamara Najm Coudurier and Faith Gaskins.
The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys is produced by Jeff Jenkins Productions in association with 3BMG, with Jeff Jenkins, Russell Jay-Staglik, Melissa Bidwell, Brandon Beck, Eric Monsky, Ross Weintraub and Reinout Oerlemans as executive producers.
Next Gen NYC is produced by Truly Original. Below Deck Mediterranean is produced by 51 Minds Entertainment, a Banijay Americas company.
This story draws on original reporting from Deadline.