Portrait Artist of the Year (Ovation): Ratings Recap

UPDATED 2021: 'Portrait Artist of the Year,' on Ovation, premiered October 18, 2015 to a zero rating with 2,000 viewers. In its run it never hit above a zero rating, and never averaged more than 43,000 viewers. It hit a viewership-low 1,000 viewers for its first season finale on November 29, 2015, but averaged 16,000 viewers for its second season finale on February 7, 2016. A third season premiered in 2018 and despite finally having an episode register a 0.01 rating, it still wasn't able to crack 10K viewers on average. A fourth and final 11-episode season aired from January 1-8, 2019, but I have no ratings information for it.

Portrait Artist of the Year Season 1 Ratings (2015)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Oct. 18, 2015	0.002	0.00
Oct. 25, 2015	0.007	0.00
Nov. 1, 2015	0.006	0.00
Nov. 8, 2015	0.011	0.00
Nov. 15, 2015	0.024	0.00
Nov. 22, 2015	0.010	0.00
Nov. 29, 2015	0.001	0.00
Average	0.009	0.00

Portrait Artist of the Year Season 2 Ratings (2015-16)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Dec. 6, 2015	0.004	0.00
Dec. 13, 2015	0.010	0.00
Dec. 20, 2015	0.004	0.00
Dec. 27, 2015	0.043	0.00
Jan. 3, 2016	0.010	0.00
Jan. 10, 2016	0.022	0.00
Jan. 17, 2016	0.009	0.00
Jan. 24, 2016	0.010	0.00
Feb. 7, 2016	0.016	0.00
Average	0.014	0.00

Portrait Artist of the Year Season 3 Ratings (2018)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Oct. 1, 2018	0.005	0.00
Oct. 2, 2018	0.006	0.00
Oct. 3, 2018	0.005	0.00
Oct. 4, 2018	0.002	0.00
Oct. 5, 2018	0.017	0.01
Oct. 8, 2018	0.006	0.00
Oct. 9, 2018	0.018	0.00
Oct. 10, 2018	0.015	0.00
Oct. 11, 2018	0.007	0.00
Average	0.009	0.00

Source: Nielsen Media Research