Impact Wrestling, Thursday on AXS TV at 8 pm, was watched by 93,000 viewers on average, including about 20,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.02 P18-49 rating.
New Japan Pro Wrestling on AXS TV at 10 pm, was watched by 51,000 viewers on average, including about 9,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.01 P18-49 rating.
That ends New Japan’s two-week streak of outperforming Impact in P18-49 with matches from Wrestle Kingdom. The episode this week featured Keiji Muto’s last match with New Japan.
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Showbuzz Daily hasn’t reported Thursday ratings yet, so we don’t know if either program ranked in the top 150 or how other telecasts performed.
Compared to last week, Impact was down 19% in total viewership. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 9% from last week’s 22,000.
Compared to last week, New Japan was down 35% in total viewership. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 68% from last week’s 28,000.
Viewer counts in thousands, for this week’s episode with difference versus the median of the last 28 days in parentheses:
Impact:
P2+: 93 (-2%)
P18-49: 20 (+18%)
Non-P18-49: 73 (-7%)
Median age: 63.1 (+0%)
New Japan:
P2+: 51 (-19%)
P18-49: 9 (-25%)
Non-P18-49: 42 (-10%)
Median age: 65.0 (+0%)
This report was written with the assistance of automated programs created by me, then manually edited.
Subscribers have exclusive access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.Brandon Thurston
brandon@wrestlenomics.com
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