TLC’s ‘Sister Wives’ Scores Its Highest-Rated Season Premiere in 6 Years

, that's exactly the dilemma Kody Brown and his wives — Meri, Janelle and Robyn Brown — find themselves in wake of Christine's decision to split from Kody after nearly three decades together and six children. Kody, for the life of him, can't fathom how Christine can move forward with her plan after such a blissful day.It's so unfathomable to him, Kody admits celebrating Ysabel's milestone left him feeling like he's living in a «delusional world.» And, yes, it's all making him sad.«This evening has gone off without a hitch.

months of rumors and whisperings, it was time for the Brown family to face the music on Sunday's. Christine Brown finally tells her fellow sister wives — Meri, Janelle, and Robyn Brown — that she's planning to leave their husband, Kody, and move herself and their daughter, Truely, to be near her family in Utah. The news comes after Janelle announces that she's moving out of her rental home to live in a «fifth wheel» RV on the family's Coyote Pass property in an effort to get the building project moving.

New normal? The Brown family is at a crossroads after Christine Brown finally tells her sister wives about her split from Kody Brown.

, Christine Brown finally addresses the elephant in the room and tells her sister wives face-to-face that she is leaving Kody. The in-person exchange is filmed on their phones because Christine wants to keep the conversation private for the time being. «It's no secret that Kody and I have been in a rough spot for a long time, and I have decided to leave. I'm going to leave Kody,» Christine begins. She goes on to call it a «hard decision,» adding, «But I need to make a choice for happiness.

Breaking up is hard to do! Christine Brown finally tells her fellow sister wives about her and Kody Brown’s split in the upcoming episode of Sister Wives — and she gets mixed reactions.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer 42West’s BHI has promoted two employees to new leadership roles and hired Red Bull’s head of U.S. communications for gaming, Variety has learned exclusively. At the Dolphin Entertainment-owned brand, Jonah Keel has been elevated from vice president to senior vice president, while account director Briana Richard has been upped to VP in her division. In addition to these promotions, 42West/BHI co-presidents Dean Bender and Shawna Lynch have brought on Red Blake Shuster as a new VP. “Since BHI was acquired by Dolphin Entertainment and subsequently merged with 42West in January 2021, the division has experienced high double-digit growth,” Lynch said “We owe a great deal of that success to the leadership skills of Jonah and Briana. They are both client and staff relationship builders that drive the efforts of our best-in-class clients, while simultaneously bringing on new and exciting partners.”

Meri Brown struggled in Sunday's episode of. The 51-year-old first wife of Kody Brown lost her mother, Bonnie, tragically and suddenly. And though the incident happened back in March 2021, it was still painful for Meri to relive her mother's death. «This week's episode documented the day my sweet mom passed away last year,» Meri wrote on Instagram after the episode aired.

The truth is setting in. Kody Brown started to see Christine Brown as her own person as their split became more final on the latest episode of Sister Wives.

for Kody Brown's first wife, Meri Brown. The TLC star stayed mostly quiet as the drama unfolded between her estranged husband and the rest of her sister wives over COVID rules at the beginning of the episode. But about halfway through the episode, Meri was seen in her car rushing to the hospital five hours away. She shares that her mother, Bonnie, had been in the hospital for two days and they realized she was having an extended heart attack.

Kody Brown and his wives on Sunday's The Brown family patriarch was holding firm to his COVID protocols while several of his wives pushed back. Things start off with an update on the relationship between Kody and Christine, who previously told him she wanted a divorce and planned to move to Utah. «I don't wear our wedding rings. I just feel like they're a noose,» Christine tells the camera, holding up her bare fingers. What would have been the former couple's 27th wedding anniversary comes up and Christine says she isn't planning to mark the occasion, shooting down Kody's request to post on social media. «I asked her if we wanted to post anything on social media, in a little way as a test, you know, to protect our kids,» Kody says. «She says no.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Coming off a lot of Emmys love, ABC comedy “Abbott Elementary” went back in session Wednesday with a Season 2 premiere that kept pace with its freshman finale last spring. According to Nielsen’s Live + Same Day data, Episode 1 of Season 2 averaged a 0.5 rating among adults ages 18-49 and 2.8 million total viewers, tying it with “The Conners” Season premiere for ABC’s highest-rated show during Wednesday primetime. That marks a solid start to the new school year for “Abbott Elementary,” which put up a 0.6 rating and 2.8 million total viewers in the comparable Nielsen metrics for its Season 1 finale in April.

Double the moms, double the support! Sister Wives‘ Mykelti Brown gushed over her mom, Christine Brown, and dad Kody Brown’s fourth wife, Robyn Brown, while preparing to give birth to her first child.

Kody Brown‘s older kids have had enough when it comes to his COVID restrictions. Coming off the highest season premiere in six years, Sunday’s episode of TLC’s “Sister Wives” didn’t tone down the drama. In it, the patriarch of the Brown family is at odds with some of his older children who accuse him of favoring his youngest wife, Robyn Brown, amid the pandemic.

Kody Brown's older kids have had enough when it comes to his COVID restrictions. Coming off the highest season premiere in six years, Sunday's episode of TLC's  didn't tone down the drama.

A change is coming! The Brown family geared up for a major shift in their dynamic in the newest episode of Sister Wives as Christine Brown prepared to move away for good.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer As a Sunday night series, the first episode of “House of the Dragon” was only available for streaming during the final three hours of Nielsen’s window for calculating its weekly SVOD ratings for Aug. 15-21. But in that brief period of time, the “Game of Thrones” prequel managed to be watched for 327 million minutes via HBO Max, according to the ratings currency company’s new rankings. “House of the Dragon” premiered Sunday, Aug. 21 at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and was immediately available for streaming on HBO Max at that time. The Nielsen-provided figure here only counts streaming viewership, meaning anyone who watched “House of the Dragon” via HBO’s linear channel or any other platform is not included in the count.

Sharing her side. Christine Brown is finally breaking down why she chose to leave Kody Brown amid her struggles with plural marriage — and isn’t happy about it.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer The Nielsen data for the 2022 Emmys on NBC is in and its not looking good for TV’s biggest night. The awards show was down 25% from last year in total viewers and hit a new record low in ratings. On Monday, the Kenan Thompson-hosted 74th Emmy Awards had a 1.0 rating among adults 18-49, the lowest-ever key demo stat for the Emmys. The previous record low was set by the 2020 show, which aired on ABC, and settled for a 1.3 rating. The following year, the Emmys rebounded to a 1.9. Last night’s show drew 5.9 million total viewers compared with last year’s outing on CBS, which netted 7.9 million. That’s a new low and in stark contrast to the 2021 show, which marked a reversal in the Emmys’ steady decline in audience size. Last year’s Emmys saw a 16% gain of viewership over 2020’s historic drop-off of 12% with 6.37 million viewers.

No longer holding back. As Christine Brown and Kody Brown faced the issues in their relationship, cameras were rolling to capture their split for season 17 of Sister Wives.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Fox’s Susan Sarandon and Trace Adkins-led country music drama “Monarch” didn’t the highest of Nielsen notes Sunday night, but it did manage to keep enough of its NFL lead-in audience to land the network’s most-watched fall scripted premiere in three years. Immediately following an NFL doubleheader, “Monarch” debuted at 7:45 p.m. ET/4:45 p.m. PT to a 0.8 rating among adults in the 18-49 age demographic and 3.8 million total viewers, according to initial Nielsen data. Due to the nature of live sports, these results will likely adjust (likely down) when finalized numbers come in later Monday.