WWE Raw last night on USA Network, was watched by 1,815,000 viewers on average, including about 731,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.56 P18-49 rating.
From last week, there was virtually no difference for Raw in total viewership. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 3% from last week’s 752,000.
Raw ranked #4 in P18-49 among cable originals for the day, according to Showbuzz Daily. Including broadcast primetime, it ranked #5.
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This was Raw’s lowest total viewership since March 20.
NBA playoffs on TNT led the the day in P18-49. Raw also went against but outranked NHL playoffs on ESPN and TBS.
Viewership from younger viewers increased going into the third hour, the opposite of the usual trend, while older viewers tuned out as normal.
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+: 1815 (-1%)
P18-49: 731 (-5%)
M18-49: 461 (-9%)
F18-49: 264 (-1%)
P18-34: 281 (-8%)
P35-49: 449 (-3%)
F12-34: 127 (+12%)
M12-34: 182 (-21%)
P25-54: 852 (-6%)
P50+: 994 (+1%)
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Raw, as of 4pm today:
Triple H reveals the World Heavyweight Championship: 1,237,707
Rhodes, Bunny and Mysterio’s battles with The Judgment Day: 698,803
Bronson Reed stands tall over Austin Theory and Bobby Lashley: 414,220
Sami Zayn questions The Usos’ place in The Bloodline: 311,845
Seth “Freakin” Rollins vows to stomp Omos into the mat: 300,558
Cody Rhodes vs. Finn Bálor: 275,836
Cody Rhodes rebukes Finn Bálor and The Judgment Day: 262,204
Jimmy Uso tries to get in the head of Sami Zayn: 235,240
Jimmy Uso alleviates Jey Uso’s concerns: 221,681
The LWO’s new entrance music: 213,095
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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