Mariah's World

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Mariah's World
Mariah's World logo.png
GenreReality docuseries
Starring Mariah Carey
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producers
  • Mariah Carey
  • Stella Bulochnikov
Camera setupMultiple
Running time42 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network E!
ReleaseDecember 4, 2016 (2016-12-04) 
January 29, 2017 (2017-01-29)

Mariah's World is an American reality show that premiered on December 4, 2016 on the E! cable network. [1] Announced in March 2016, [2] the eight-episode series follows the life of singer Mariah Carey as she begins her The Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour around Europe and plans to get married. [3] [4] "I refuse to call it a reality show," said Carey in an interview with The New York Times . She further commented that the goal of the series is for her fans to get to know her personality better and not to show that, "Here I am, getting my nails done." [5]

Contents

Episodes

No.Title [6] Original air dateU.S. viewers
(million)
1"For Love of the Tour"December 4, 2016 (2016-12-04)2.2 [7]
2"Bone of Contention"December 11, 2016 (2016-12-11)0.81
3"Crossing Borders"December 18, 2016 (2016-12-18)0.73
4"Mimi's Anniversary"January 1, 2017 (2017-01-01)0.54
5"Catching Feelings"January 8, 2017 (2017-01-08)0.55 [8]
6"The Show Must Go On"January 15, 2017 (2017-01-15)0.61 [9]
7"Got Me Feeling Emotions"January 22, 2017 (2017-01-22)0.51 [10]
8"We Belong Together"January 29, 2017 (2017-01-29)0.51 [11]

Reception

Mariah's World has received generally mixed-to-negative reviews from television critics. Rotten Tomatoes accumulated a 44% "rotten" rating. [12] Similarly, review aggregator website Metacritic calculated a mean average rating of 51 out of 100, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [13]

Broadcast

Internationally, the series has aired in Australia and New Zealand on the local version of E! in simulcast with the American premiere. [14]

The series has aired in the UK, Ireland and France on the local version of E! on December 16, 2016. [15]

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