Better Things (FX): Ratings Recap

UPDATED 2020: FX's 'Better Things' premiered September 8, 2016 to a 0.31 adults 18-49 rating with 671,000 viewers, and concluded its to a 0.24 rating and 547,000 viewers, averaging 0.2 & 474,000 over its first 10 episodes. A second season premiered in 2017 to a 0.17 rating with 528,000 viewers, and dropped a half point on average, to a 0.15 rating, but lost only a bit in viewership, to 459,000. A third season premiered in 2019 and initially appeared to be stable with the first tow seasons, as the premiere episode brought in 0.19 with 450,000 viewers; however, the ratings tumbled and its 12 episodes averaged 0.12 & 334,000. A fourth season premiered in 2020 and dropped even lower, shedding a hundredth in the demo, to 0.11, and falling below 300K viewers (294,000). It was renewed for a fifth season.

Better Things Season 1 Ratings (2016)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Sept. 8, 2016	0.671	0.31
Sept. 15, 2016	0.570	0.21
Sept. 22, 2016	0.382	0.16
Sept. 29, 2016	0.455	0.15
Oct. 6, 2016	0.439	0.20
Oct. 13, 2016	0.406	0.15
Oct. 20, 2016	0.460	0.22
Oct. 27, 2016	0.381	0.16
Nov. 3, 2016	0.426	0.15
Nov. 10, 2016	0.547	0.24
Average	0.474	0.20

Better Things Season 2 Ratings (2017)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Sept. 14, 2017	0.528	0.17
Sept. 21, 2017	0.492	0.19
Sept. 28, 2017	0.498	0.17
Oct. 5, 2017	0.377	0.11
Oct. 12, 2017	0.520	0.18
Oct. 19, 2017	0.502	0.16
Oct. 26, 2017	0.414	0.12
Nov. 2, 2017	0.426	0.13
Nov. 9, 2017	0.499	0.17
Nov. 16, 2017	0.336	0.12
Average	0.459	0.15

Better Things Season 3 Ratings (2019)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Feb. 28, 2019	0.450	0.19
Mar. 7, 2019	0.353	0.11
Mar. 14, 2019	0.337	0.13
Mar. 21, 2019	0.313	0.10
Mar. 28, 2019	0.365	0.13
Apr. 4, 2019	0.418	0.15
Apr. 11, 2019	0.274	0.08
Apr. 18, 2019	0.364	0.13
Apr. 25, 2019	0.256	0.08
May 2, 2019	0.342	0.13
May 9, 2019	0.242	0.08
May 16, 2019	0.289	0.09
Average	0.334	0.12

Better Things Season 4 Ratings (2020)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Mar. 5, 2020	0.302	0.10
Mar. 5, 2020	0.163	0.06
Mar. 12, 2020	0.496	0.17
Mar. 19, 2020	0.268	0.11
Mar. 26, 2020	0.351	0.14
Apr. 2, 2020	0.283	0.12
Apr. 9, 2020	0.287	0.11
Apr. 16, 2020	0.353	0.13
Apr. 23, 2020	0.251	0.08
Apr. 30, 2020	0.186	0.06
Average	0.294	0.11

Source: Nielsen Media Research