Based on your responses to my post asking to share your thoughts on the series’ debut, on average, you folks weren’t too high on it. But enough tuned in on Monday night – 2.5 million in total to be exact. 

As always, the question to be answered is whether most of them will stick around.

VH1 spins the numbers, via press release:

VH1 Series Premiere of “Hit The Floor” Ranks #1 Among Women 18-34 and Women 18-49 in Its Monday Night Premiere Slot on Cable; 2.5 Million Total Viewers Tune in to Series Premiere and Encore Airing of VH1’s New Scripted Series “Hit the Floor” on Monday Night

New York, NY- May 29, 2013 – VH1’s premiere of its new scripted series “Hit The Floor” ranked as the #1 cable program in its time slot among Women 18-34 and Women 18-49 during its 9:00PM* premiere on Monday, May 26.

VH1 scored with the Monday night premiere of its new scripted series “Hit the Floor,” averaging a 1.8 in the Women 18-34 demo, a 1.5 in the Women 18-49 demo, a 1.0 in the Adult 18-49 demo and a 1.1 in the Adult 18-34 demo.

The series premiere episode at 9:00PM* drew in 1.5 million total viewers to VH1. When combined with the 11:00PM* encore episode, over 2.5 million total viewers were introduced to the Devil Girls on VH1’s “Hit the Floor” on Monday Night.

The “Hit The Floor” debut quickly engaged fans across social platforms generating 6 national trending topics and ranking as one of the most social series across all of television for the evening.