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WWE Raw last night on USA Network, was watched by 1,594,000 viewers on average, including about 583,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.45 P18-49 rating.
Against NFL games on ESPN and ABC, this was Raw’s lowest total viewership since July 4.
Compared to last week, Raw was down 7% in total viewership. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 1%.
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Raw ranked #5 in P18-49 among cable originals for the day, according to Showbuzz Daily. Including broadcast primetime, it ranked #12.
Vikings vs. Eagles on ABC (3.81) ranked #1 for Monday. Bills vs. Titans on ESPN (2.14) ranked #2. The ESPN game had 6.6 million viewers on ESPN and an additional 1.37 million and 0.47 P18-49 rating on ESPN2.
Edit: ESPN2 was a simulcast of the game itself, not the ManningCast.
For Raw, F12-34 was down 35% compared to the prior four weeks. P18-34 was down 31%. M12-34 was down 30%. P25-54 was down 25%.
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+: 1594 (-21%)
P18-49: 583 (-21%)
M18-49: 364 (-19%)
F18-49: 216 (-23%)
P18-34: 185 (-31%)
P35-49: 398 (-15%)
Non-P18-49: 1011 (-22%)
F12-34: 80 (-35%)
M12-34: 125 (-30%)
P25-54: 681 (-25%)
P50+: 924 (-21%)
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Raw, as of 3pm today:
482,000: Dexter Lumis tries to drag The Miz into the ring during “Miz TV”
475,000: Bobby Lashley vs. Seth “Freakin” Rollins — United States Championship Match
433,000: Rey Mysterio & Matt Riddle vs. The Judgment Day
430,000: Finn Bálor tries to initiate AJ Styles into The Judgment Day
275,000: Dominik Mysterio is proud to be alongside his new family
275,000: Riddle and Rollins agree to battle in a Fight Pit at WWE Extreme Rules
243,000: Kevin Owens vs. Austin Theory
232,000: Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley
219,000: Kevin Owens comes to Johnny Gargano’s aid against Alpha Academy
203,000: Bayley challenges Bianca Belair to a title match at WWE Extreme Rules
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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