This isn't true, actually.
The episodes where Barchie were featured and heavily promoted (5x05-5x07) did on average 5% better than the episodes with Bughead (5x02-5x03) and 10% better than those with Varchie (5x08-5x11).
The episodes where Barchie were featured and heavily promoted (5x05-5x07) did on average 5% better than the episodes with Bughead (5x02-5x03) and 10% better than those with Varchie (5x08-5x11).
Bughead and Varchie were both together in 5x01, however that .62 number is a bit misleading and inflated as it was the premiere after a year-long hiatus.
Even then, 5x05 (Barchie shower sex scene) and 5x06 (Barchie car sex scene) still came close with .58 and .57.
Even then, 5x05 (Barchie shower sex scene) and 5x06 (Barchie car sex scene) still came close with .58 and .57.
Comparatively, 5x11 was promoted and hyped as a Varchie and Bughead episode given the plot pf Jughead's disappearance and Veronica/Archie catching criminals
It was the lowest rated epsiode with .44 - and that's after a 5 month hiatus.
People didn't watch because it's the same.
It was the lowest rated epsiode with .44 - and that's after a 5 month hiatus.
People didn't watch because it's the same.
It's now the lowest rated episode this season, only slightly beaten by 5x08 which had blowback from TV Critics on Riverdale going back to the status quo.
https://twitter.com/snowyjay/status/1372375118593232896?s=20
Maybe in 2017 Bughead and Varchie were popular, but that's 4 years ago.
We're in 2021 and the numbers don't lie - people want a mix up.
We're in 2021 and the numbers don't lie - people want a mix up.
And S5 isn't an outlier. Note that in S4 episodes 4x15 - 4x16 included the Jughead fake-death resolution BUT also the Barchie fake dating, it was able to sustain a .66. It dripped after the musical episode 4x17, only to soar back up to .66 again when promoting Barchie again.
There have only been two seasons where Barchie has been treated as an actual possibility and both times it brought in more viewers. No data backs up this thought that having not Bughead/Varchie is hurting the show. If anything, we're seeing the opposite! The Barchie bump is real.
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