Updated with additional information as reported by Showbuzz Daily.
AEW Dynamite Wednesday on TBS, was watched by 880,000 viewers on average, including about 421,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.32 P18-49 rating.
This was Dynamite’s highest P18-49 viewership since October 5 and highest total viewership since three weeks prior on November 9.
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Compared to last week’s rating, which was the lowest in the normal time-slot since June, Dynamite was up 8% in total viewership. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 13%.
Dynamite ranked #6 in P18-49 among cable originals for the day, according to Showbuzz Daily. Including broadcast primetime, it ranked #16.
It’s notable that two of the telecasts that outranked Dynamite were quite short. Ranking #4 was a two-minute college basketball telecast on ESPN (0.37) and a 13-minute NBA Courtside (0.37), also on ESPN.
World Cup soccer with Germany vs. Japan on FS1 led cable originals with a 0.57 P18-49 rating and 4.89 million viewers. As usual, two NBA games on ESPN also were ahead of Dynamite.
For Dynamite, F18-34 was down 31% compared to the prior four weeks. F35-49 was down 30%. M18-34 was up 29%. F18-49 was down 28%.
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+: 880 (-4%)
P18-49: 421 (+7%)
M18-49: 325 (+24%)
F18-49: 96 (-28%)
P18-34: 166 (+8%)
M18-34: 130 (+29%)
F18-34: 36 (-31%)
P35-49: 255 (+3%)
M35-49: 194 (+21%)
F35-49: 60 (-30%)
Non-P18-49: 459 (-13%)
F12-34: 38 (-27%)
M12-34: 138 (+25%)
P25-54: 486 (+5%)
P50+: 425 (-13%)
Median age: 49.2 (-4%)
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Dynamite, as of 4pm today:
1,060,000: An Irate Jon Moxley Demands Answers from William Regal
599,000: The House of Black are Back & They’re Going After Everyone
389,000: Were The Elite Able to Even Up the Best of 7 Series Against Death Triangle?
224,000: The World Tag Team Champs Learn that Not Everyone Loves The Acclaimed
211,000: Who Earned an AEW World Title Opportunity at Winter is Coming?
208,000: Hats Off to Orange Cassidy for Another Successful Title Defense
183,000: Chris Jericho Shows Tomohiro Ishii Why He’s the Best ROH Champion Ever
154,000: A Major Announcement Gives Jamie Hayter & Dr. Britt Baker Added Motivation
98,000: What Happened When Jade Cargill Confronted Bow Wow?
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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