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WWE Raw last night on USA Network, against the first Monday Night Football game of the season, was watched by 1,710,000 viewers on average, including about 574,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.44 P18-49 rating.
This was Raw’s lowest total viewership since July 4.
Compared to last week, Raw was down 17% in total viewership. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 24% from last week’s 760,000.
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Raw ranked #7 in P18-49 among cable originals for the day, according to Showbuzz Daily. Including broadcast primetime, it ranked #11.
Monday Night Football’s season premiere between the Broncos and Seahawks had a total of 19.8 million viewers and a combined 5.57 P18-49 rating.
The ESPN telecast (2.85, 8.0 million viewers) ranked #1 overall for Monday. The game also aired on ABC with a 2.16 P18-49 rating and an additional 10.3 million viewers. The ESPN2 “Manningcast” had a 0.58 demo rating and another 1.5 million viewers.
The Emmy Awards were also on NBC with a 1.09 demo rating and 5.9 million viewers.
For Raw, P35-49 was down 25% compared to the prior four weeks. P18-49 was down 22%. M18-49 was down 22%. F18-49 was down 21%.
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+: 1710 (-16%)
P18-49: 574 (-22%)
M18-49: 355 (-22%)
F18-49: 221 (-21%)
P18-34: 218 (-19%)
P35-49: 356 (-25%)
Non-P18-49: 1136 (-12%)
F12-34: 104 (-15%)
M12-34: 144 (-20%)
P25-54: 754 (-17%)
P50+: 1041 (-11%)
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Raw, as of 4pm today:
722,000: Edge vs. Dominik Mysterio
598,000: The Judgment Day lay waste to Edge & Rey Mysterio
373,000: The Judgment Day make an offer to Matt Riddle
354,000: Dexter Lumis invades The Miz’s safe space
341,000: Rey Mysterio makes a plea to his son Dominik
267,000: Matt Riddle vs. Finn Bálor
258,000: Johnny Gargano vs. Chad Gable
258,000: Seth “Freakin” Rollins promises to take Bobby Lashley’s title
258,000: Kevin Owens delivers flame-throwing message to Austin Theory
234,000: Rhea Ripley pulls the strings with Dominik Mysterio
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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