Glee Season 6 Premiere Ratings: Not Great, But There’s a Silver Lining! 

Credit: Jennifer Clasen/FOX © 2014 Fox Broadcasting Co. Photo: Rachel and Kurt Take Over New Directions in the Glee Season 6 Premiere: “Loser Like Me/Homecoming”

Glee landed the dreaded Friday 9 p.m. ET timeslot for its sixth and final 13-episode season we knew the ratings for January 9’s long-awaited season opener weren’t going to be great, but we had no idea they’d be this bad. How many people actually tuned in to Season 6 Episodes 1 and 2: “Loser Like Me/Homecoming”? Read on to find out!

Per Entertainment Weekly, the two-hour Season 6 premiere extravaganza was watched by a paltry 2.3 million viewers and earned a disappointing 0.7 rating in the all-important 18-49 demo. Even worse? The Glee Season 6 premiere was the lowest-rated regular episode for a series on a major broadcast network for Friday night. For comparison’s sake, even ABC’s comedy Cristela beat the FOX dramedy by a landslide with 6.7 million viewers and a 1.3 in the key demo.

So what’s the good news we promised? While “Loser Like Me/Homecoming” was easily Glee’s lowest-rated premiere ever (sad face) TVLine points out that the show’s most recent episodes were up 21 percent and a tenth from its May 2014 Season 5 finale (which aired on a Tuesday). It’s not much, but it’s an improvement!

In next week’s installment — Season 6, Episode 3: “Jagged Little Tapestry” — Santana (Naya Rivera) proposes to Brittany (Heather Morris), so hopefully that will lure in some additional Gleeks and boost the show’s dismal ratings.

Will you be tuning in to Season 6, Episode 3 this Friday night? Tell us your plans below!

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