TV ratings for WWE on A&E, April 9: Dusty Rhodes biography, Undertaker-Orton “Rivals” episode

The WWE Legends Biography on Dusty Rhodes, Sunday on A&E, was watched by 461,000 viewers on average, including about 183,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.14 P18-49 rating.

WWE Rivals on A&E at 10 pm, focusing on Undertaker vs. Randy Orton, was watched by 427,000 viewers on average, including about 183,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.14 P18-49 rating.

This was Biography’s highest in both P18-49 and total viewership since the March 5 episode on Chyna averaged 481,000 viewers.

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This was Rivals’s highest in both P18-49 and total viewership since the season debut on February 19 on Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant.

A new WWE block on A&E didn’t air the prior Sunday because of Wrestlemania.

Biography ranked #21 in P18-49 among cable originals for the day, according to Showbuzz Daily. Including broadcast primetime, it ranked #50.

Rivals ranked #20 in P18-49 among cable originals. Including broadcast primetime, it ranked #49.

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:

Biography:

P2+: 461 (+32%)

P18-49: 183 (+27%)

M18-49: 104 (+9%)

F18-49: 79 (+49%)

P18-34: 28 (-30%)

P35-49: 155 (+49%)

Non-P18-49: 278 (+40%)

F12-34: 19 (+36%)

M12-34: 29 (+21%)

P25-54: 256 (+31%)

P50+: 246 (+24%)

Rivals:

P2+: 427 (+49%)

P18-49: 183 (+24%)

M18-49: 104 (-1%)

F18-49: 85 (+93%)

P18-34: 42 (+50%)

P35-49: 140 (+17%)

Non-P18-49: 244 (+43%)

F12-34: 24 (+45%)

M12-34: 29 (+9%)

P25-54: 231 (+15%)

P50+: 211 (+45%)

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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