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Impact Wrestling last night on AXS TV, was watched by 60,000 viewers on average, including about 13,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.01 P18-49 rating.
New Japan Pro Wrestling on AXS TV at 10 pm, was watched by 46,000 viewers on average, including about 8,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.01 P18-49 rating.
Both programs were opposed by the first NFL regular season game, between the Bills and Rams, airing on NBC. Showbuzzdaily hasn’t reported broadcast ratings yet for Thursday.
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This was Impact’s lowest total viewership since November 25, 2021 and its lowest P18-49 viewership since December 30, 2021.
This was New Japan’s lowest total viewership since July 28.
Compared to last week, Impact was down 42% in total viewership. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 55% from last week’s 29,000.
Compared to last week, New Japan was down 19% in total viewership. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 20% from last week’s 10,000.
Neither Impact nor New Japan ranked in the top 150 cable originals, according to Showbuzz Daily.
CNN Special Coverage on CNN (0.28) ranked #1 on cable for Thursday.
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:
Impact:
P2+: 60 (-44%)
P18-49: 13 (-54%)
M18-49: 9 (-65%)
F18-49: 4 (+0%)
P18-34: 2 (-60%)
M18-34: 2 (-43%)
F18-34: 1 (+100%)
P35-49: 11 (-52%)
M35-49: 8 (-64%)
F35-49: 3 (+0%)
Non-P18-49: 47 (-41%)
New Japan:
P2+: 46 (-9%)
P18-49: 8 (-6%)
M18-49: 3 (-62%)
F18-49: 5 (+900%)
P18-34: 4 (+60%)
M18-34: 0 (-100%)
P35-49: 4 (-38%)
M35-49: 3 (-54%)
Non-P18-49: 38 (-7%)
Median age: 61.2 (-5%)
This report was written with the assistance of automated programs I created, then manually edited.
Subscribers have exclusive access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.Brandon Thurston
brandon@wrestlenomics.com
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