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WWE Raw last night on USA Network, was watched by 1,599,000 viewers on average, including about 526,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.40 P18-49 rating.
Compared to last week, Raw was down 4% in total viewership. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 10% from last week’s 583,000.
P18-49 was the lowest since July but total viewership was on par with two weeks ago.
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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 #14.
Monday Night Football with the Rams vs. 49ers on ESPN and ESPN2 had a combined audience of 12.5 million viewers and a 3.90 demo rating. ABC did not air an NFL game on Monday, unlike in recent weeks.
The third hour of Raw saw about 17% of the viewership tune out.
For Raw, F18-49 was down 17% compared to the prior four weeks. P18-34 was down 16%. F12-34 was down 16%. M12-34 was down 15%.
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+: 1599 (-5%)
P18-49: 526 (-10%)
M18-49: 338 (-6%)
F18-49: 186 (-17%)
P18-34: 176 (-16%)
P35-49: 350 (-10%)
Non-P18-49: 1073 (-4%)
F12-34: 89 (-16%)
M12-34: 119 (-15%)
P25-54: 669 (-8%)
P50+: 956 (-5%)
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Raw, as of 3pm today:
410,000: Braun Strowman vs. Chad Gable
343,000: Seth “Freakin” Rollins attacks Bobby Lashley and Mustafa Ali
310,000: Daniel Cormier lays down the law on Matt Riddle and Seth “Freakin” Rollins
290,000: Angelo Dawkins vs. Solo Sikoa
285,000: AJ Styles & Rey Mysterio vs. Finn Bálor & Damian Priest
261,000: AJ Styles gets attacked by The Judgment Day after Rey Mysterio storms out
213,000: Damage CTRL unleashes a vicious ladder attack on Belair, Bliss and Asuka
209,000: Dexter Lumis continues to torment The Miz
178,000: Alexa Bliss vs. IYO SKY
173,000: Bobby Lashley vs. Mustafa Ali
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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