TV ratings: Impact and New Japan, December 29

Impact Wrestling at 8 pm, last Thursday on AXS, was watched by 89,000 viewers on average, including about 15,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.01 P18-49 rating.

New Japan Pro Wrestling on the same network at 10 pm, was watched by 45,000 viewers on average, including about 4,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.00 P18-49 rating.

This was New Japan’s lowest total viewership since November 24.

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Compared to last week, Impact was up 14% in total viewership. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 32% from last week’s 22,000.

Compared to last week, New Japan was down 8% in total viewership. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 67% from last week’s 12,000.

Impact ranked #136 in P18-49 among cable originals for the day, according to Showbuzz Daily. New Japan didn’t rank in the top 150, as usual.

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+: 89 (+9%)

P18-49: 15 (-32%)

Non-P18-49: 74 (+19%)

Median age: 63.0 (+4%)

New Japan:

P2+: 45 (-23%)

P18-49: 4 (-20%)

Non-P18-49: 41 (-26%)

Median age: 65.0 (+0%)

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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