ratings The season five premiere of Jon and Kate Plus 8 delivered the best ratings in the series history Monday drawing 9 8 million total viewers including 4 3 million in TLC s target W18 49 demo The premiere also delivered the highest ratings in TLC history among W18 34 9 1 M18 34 3 6 and P18 34 6 3 The previous record holder was the season four finale which aired March 23 2009 and drew just over 4 6 million viewers including 2 07 million W18 49 The premiere ratings were higher than anything on television Monday night beating all of the broadcast networks