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The following day, however, things took a turn for the worse. Rodriguez anticipated a dip but described the Saturday ratings as "embarrassingly less"—a shocking 113,000 viewers for the match between the Phantom and the Laces, featuring recognizable stars like Sabrina Ionescu and Britney Griner. He argued that TNT would struggle to justify funding without a substantial viewership increase.
The trend continued into Monday, with the ratings languishing around 120,000 viewers, an abysmal performance compared to other sports broadcasts. Rodriguez accused Unrivaled of not only failing to draw in the audience but also of being so unattractive that viewers who had tuned in had already begun to switch off.