Celebrity Traitors Season 2 Draws Nearly 9 Million Viewers for Record-Breaking Launch
The second season of the BBC reality show attracted a record audience with high drama and eccentric comedy.
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The story so far
6 publishers have covered this in 8 articles since 29 Sept 2026. NME published first, on 29 September at 20:23 UTC; TV | Hollywood Reporter followed 46h 31m later. The most recent article, from Variety, appeared on 2 October at 21:23 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: TV | Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), News Feed (major outlet), Variety (major outlet), NME, Rolling Stone, Deadline.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- NMEWho is taking part in ‘The Celebrity Traitors’ season two?
- TV | Hollywood ReporterThe Record-Breaking ‘Celebrity Traitors’ U.K. Is Back for Season 2: Where to Watch Online From the States
- Rolling Stone‘The Celebrity Traitors UK Season 2’ Isn’t Available in the U.S., But We Found a Way to Stream
- News FeedCelebrity Traitors series 2 — the last bastion of water-cooler TV is stronger than ever
- Deadline‘Celebrity Traitors’ Returns With Biggest Ever Launch Ep Of Nearly 9 Million Viewers
- NME‘The Celebrity Traitors’ fans declare Richard E. Grant a “legend” after chaotic first episode
- Variety‘The Celebrity Traitors’ Scores Record-Breaking Season 2 Premiere With Nearly 9 Million Viewers
- Variety‘Celebrity Traitors’ Star Richard E. Grant Accidentally Reveals He’s a Traitor to Cast in Premiere, Calls It the ‘Biggest Mistake I’ve Made in My Life’
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- ‘Celebrity Traitors’ Star Richard E. Grant Accidentally Reveals He’s a Traitor to Cast in Premiere, Calls It the ‘Biggest Mistake I’ve Made in My Life’ Variety ·
- ‘The Celebrity Traitors’ Scores Record-Breaking Season 2 Premiere With Nearly 9 Million Viewers Variety ·
- Celebrity Traitors series 2 — the last bastion of water-cooler TV is stronger than ever News Feed ·
- The Record-Breaking ‘Celebrity Traitors’ U.K. Is Back for Season 2: Where to Watch Online From the States TV | Hollywood Reporter ·
- ‘The Celebrity Traitors’ fans declare Richard E. Grant a “legend” after chaotic first episode NME
- ‘Celebrity Traitors’ Returns With Biggest Ever Launch Ep Of Nearly 9 Million Viewers Deadline
- ‘The Celebrity Traitors UK Season 2’ Isn’t Available in the U.S., But We Found a Way to Stream Rolling Stone
- Who is taking part in ‘The Celebrity Traitors’ season two? NME
In this story
- Celebrity Traitors
- BBC
- Richard E Grant
- Bella Ramsey
- James Blunt
- Jerry Hall