WWE NXT last night on USA Network, was watched by 562,000 viewers on average, including 142,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.11 P18-49 rating.
The debut of MLW Underground on Reelz at 10 pm, was watched by 79,000 viewers on average, including 37,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.03 P18-49 rating.
Going against the State of the Union address on broadcast and cable news, this was NXT’s lowest P18-49 viewership since May 10, 2022 and its lowest total viewership since December 6.
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The State of the Union address started at 9:09 pm and ended at 10:22 pm, so went against most of the second hour of NXT and most of MLW.
LeBron James also broke the NBA scoring record on TNT in the late game that started at 10 pm, which averaged nearly 3 million viewers.
Compared to last week, NXT was down 4% in total viewership. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 19% from last week’s 176,000.
NXT ranked #50 in P18-49 among cable originals for the day, according to Showbuzz Daily. Including broadcast primetime, it ranked #72.
MLW Underground ranked #132 in P18-49 among cable originals. Including broadcast primetime, it ranked #156.
Thunder vs. Lakers on TNT (1.29) ranked #1 on cable for Tuesday.
Viewer counts in thousands for this week’s episode with the difference versus the median of the last 28 days in parentheses:
MLW Underground:
P2+: 79
P18-49: 37
M18-49: 31
F18-49: 6
P18-34: 15
M18-34: 13
F18-34: 1
P35-49: 22
M35-49: 17
F35-49: 5
Median age: 53.1
NXT:
P2+: 562 (-7%)
P18-49: 142 (-22%)
M18-49: 98 (-25%)
F18-49: 44 (-13%)
P18-34: 64 (+16%)
M18-34: 53 (+28%)
F18-34: 11 (-15%)
P35-49: 77 (-39%)
M35-49: 45 (-48%)
F35-49: 32 (-17%)
Non-P18-49: 420 (-2%)
Median age: 58.6 (+2%)
MLW Underground:
Most-viewed YouTube videos from NXT, as of 4pm today:
240,000: Dabba-Kato returns to NXT at Vengeance Day
229,000: Full NXT Vengeance Day 2023 highlights – YouTube
163,000: Dabba-Kato attacks Apollo Crews at Vengeance Day
153,000: Bayley’s digging leads to Toxic Attraction implosion
143,000: Gigi Dolin goes ballistic during Women’s Title Match
75,000: Carmelo Hayes crashes Bron Breakker’s victory celebration
68,000: Breakker hits Waller with a Superplex from the top of the cage
67,000: Kayden Carter hits a crazy cutter on Kiana James
59,000: Wes Lee hits Dijak with an incredible combo
47,000: Dabba-Kato makes impressive return to the ring
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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