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The “Heatwave” special episode of WWE NXT last night on USA Network, was watched by 723,000 viewers on average, including about 235,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.18 P18-49 rating.
This was NXT’s highest total viewership since the “Halloween Havoc” episode on October 26, 2021. This was the highest P18-49 viewership since June 21.
Compared to last week, NXT was up 21% in total viewership. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 38%.
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NXT ranked #5 in P18-49 among cable originals for the day, according to Showbuzz Daily, which is the show’s second-best ranking in its history, only short of the September 18, 2019 episode which was a one-hour airing just before Dynamite debuted.
Including broadcast primetime, NXT this week ranked #19.
America’s Got Talent on NBC (0.73) ranked #1 for Tuesday.
For NXT, F18-49 was up 82% compared to the prior four weeks. P35-49 was up 42%. P18-49 was up 39%. P18-34 was up 36%.
Viewer counts in thousands, calculated from national ratings, for this week’s episode with difference versus the median of the last 28 days in parentheses:
P2+: 723 (+21%)
P18-49: 235 (+39%)
M18-49: 162 (+24%)
F18-49: 79 (+82%)
P18-34: 70 (+36%)
P35-49: 165 (+42%)
Non-P18-49: 488 (+13%)
F12-34: 28 (+30%)
M12-34: 48 (+12%)
P25-54: 268 (+29%)
P50+: 456 (+16%)
Most-viewed YouTube videos from NXT, as of 4pm today:
176,000: Indi Hartwell gets a letter from an old friend
158,000: Mandy Rose vs. Zoey Stark — NXT Women’s Title Match
126,000: Bron Breakker vs. JD McDonagh – NXT Title Match
100,000: Roxanne Perez vs. Cora Jade
98,000: Santos Escobar vs. Tony D’Angelo – Street Fight
81,000: Julius Creed calls out Roderick Strong
69,000: Carmelo Hayes vs. Giovanni Vinci — North American Title Match
53,000: “Big Body Javy” looks to make a splash in his NXT 2.0 debut
51,000: The “SuperDiva” Quincy Elliott is coming to NXT 2.0
49,000: Wendy Choo and Tiffany Stratton have unfinished business
View counts are rounded to improve readability.
This report was written with the assistance of automated programs created by me, then manually edited.
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Brandon Thurston
brandon@wrestlenomics.com
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