American Pickers ratings drop to lowest numbers in weeks despite Mike Wolfe’s desperate attempts to attract viewers

Despite Mike Wolfe and the show’s efforts to draw viewers, AMERICAN Pickers’ ratings have fallen to their lowest levels in weeks.

American Pickers stars Danielle Colby, Jon Jersey Szalay, Mike, 60, and his brother Robbie.

The U.S. Sun is able to exclusively disclose that 521,000 people saw the November 20, 2024 edition of Surfs, Signs, Savage.

In the episode, Robbie and Jersey went to a historic homestead in Vermont to look at vintage cars, while Mike flew to Southern California to inspect surfboards and uncommon signs.

This is a decrease from the 582,000 viewers of the Picken Wall to Wall episode on November 13.

547,000 people watched the November 6, 2024, episode of Carnival Cashout.

With only 442,000 viewers, the October 30 episode of DIY Delorean had the season’s lowest ratings.

On October 23, 566,000 people watched the third episode of Season 26 of The Great Razooly, which experienced a modest increase in viewership.

On October 16, Wolfemen vs. The Automations, the season’s second episode, drew a mere 463,000 viewers.

Mike went through Evel Knievel artifacts on the October 9 launch episode, which drew 565,000 viewers.

As the actor advertised the series on his social media accounts, Mike and the show worked to draw people to the episode.

The latest installment of @americanpickersMike described a sequence of show photographs that aired tonight on @historytv9/8c. I’m searching for rare surfboards and signs in Southern California. Robbie and Jersey are visiting a farmstead in Vermont that has a lot of vintage cars and an observatory.

A local historian, epic collector, and surfing icon even joined American Pickers for the program.

SEASON 25 RATINGS

Season 26’s ratings are significantly lower than those of the previous season.

Part one and part two of the premiere of Season 25 drew 723,000 and 676,000 viewers, respectively.

Eighty thousand people watched the third episode.

The number of viewers reached 948,000 for the show that aired on January 24.

966,000 people watched the episode that aired on February 28.

On March 27, 832,000 viewers watched the season finale.

With Mountain Men, Curse of Oak Island, Tales from Oak Island, and UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd at the top of the ratings chart, American Pickers has fallen to the sixth most-watched series on the History Channel.

FAN REACTION

Throughout Season 26, viewers have been demanding that the show be canceled.

This show must end. It should be canceled. One fan remarked, “It’s a husk of what it was.”

“It was never good,” another person stated. The market for buying and selling was destroyed by this show.

Will American Pickers continue? inquired a third.

MORE PICKERS

However, The U.S. Sun claimed in May 2024 that the series has more seasons left in its contract, despite the ratings issue and fan backlash.

According to the program insider, “they have signed on for three more years and they are filming for Season 26.”

Earlier this month, Mike said that he would shortly begin filming the upcoming season.

MISSING FRANK

Over a million people watched the show when Frank Fritz, an original cast member, was on it.

In March 2020, Franklast made an appearance on American Pickers.

After taking a break to have back surgery, Mike announced in 2021 that he will not be returning to the series.

In a 2021 interview with The U.S. Sun, Frank revealed that he was at odds with his co-star Mike.

Mike explained why Frank did not return to the History Channel series in an interview with People earlier this month.

He clarified that Frank suffered a back injury during the pandemic and had surgery.

“It was the ideal combination of him getting surgery and taking that time off. “Everything changed when he developed an opioid addiction,” Mike added.

Mike claimed to have organized an intervention with Frank’s family members.

They “fought really hard to get him into rehab” and he “never, ever gave up” on his friend, he said, indicating that Frank’s battle with addiction persisted until filming began.

Mike asserted that Frank failed to submit the negative drug tests that production requested.

The network, according to Mike, “just finally made the decision.”

According to Frank’s July 2021 interview with The U.S. Sun, he spent 77 days receiving alcohol consumption treatment at The Abbey Center in Bettendorf, Iowa.

At the time of the interview, he had been sober for eleven months.

HEALTH CRISIS

Then, in July 2022, Frank had a stroke at his farmhouse in Iowa.

Because Frank’s ability to make decisions was “so impaired,” his friends petitioned for a conservatorship and guardianship on his behalf.

Two years later, on September 30, 2024, at the age of 60, he died under hospice care.

Mike and Frankdid reconcile despite their disagreement and termination.

Frank died in hospice care, surrounded by Mike and other family members.

Jerry Gendreau, a close friend of Frank’s, earlier told The U.S. Sun that life hasn’t been the same without the celebrity.

The show is not nearly as fantastic as it was, in my opinion.

“The country is aware that the ratings are not what they were, so it doesn’t have to be me or anyone else who thinks so.

Frank was necessary.

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