WWE NXT last night on USA Network, was watched by 550,000 viewers on average, including about 157,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.12 P18-49 rating.

This was NXT’s lowest total viewership since December 6 and lowest P18-49 viewership since February 7.

Compared to last week, NXT was down 7% in total viewership. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 18% from last week’s 191,000.

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NXT ranked #29 in P18-49 among cable originals for the day, according to Showbuzz Daily. Including broadcast primetime, it ranked #47.

World Baseball Classic Final on FS1 (1.46) ranked #1 overall for Tuesday.

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+: 550 (-7%)

P18-49: 157 (-15%)

M18-49: 110 (-9%)

F18-49: 46 (-29%)

P18-34: 63 (-24%)

P35-49: 93 (-13%)

Non-P18-49: 393 (-2%)

F12-34: 14 (-55%)

M12-34: 57 (+0%)

P25-54: 219 (-5%)

P50+: 351 (-6%)

Most-viewed YouTube videos from NXT, as of 4pm today:

Wes Lee names Dragon Lee for North American Title Fatal 5-Way Match: 105,629

Bron Breakker and Carmelo Hayes take down Pretty Deadly: 82,915

Dragunov and McDonagh’s match ends in a brawl with Wes Lee and Dragon Lee: 58,045

Johnny Gargano challenges Grayson Waller to an Unsanctioned Match: 57,905

Chase U and Schism to face off at NXT Stand & Deliver with high stakes: 40,751

Bron Breakker and Carmelo Hayes to team up against Pretty Deadly: 38,364

Gallus, The Creeds, and The Family agree to an NXT Tag Team Title Match: 36,858

Tiffany Stratton and Gigi Dolin look ahead to Stand & Deliver: 35,108

Tiffany Stratton defeats Indi Hartwell for title opportunity: 30,295

Fallon Henley confronts Kiana James over her alleged infidelity: 29,818

This report was written with the assistance of automated programs created by me, then manually edited.

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The WWE Legends Biography series on Sunday on A&E aired two one-hour episodes, as opposed to the usual one two-hour episode.

At 8 pm, the biography on Jerry Lawler aired and was watched by 350,000 viewers on average, including about 143,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.11 P18-49 rating.

At 9 pm the biography on Paige (Saraya) was watched by 297,000 viewers on average, including about 130,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.10 P18-49 rating.

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WWE Rivals, focusing on Lita vs. Trish Stratus, at 10 pm was watched by 271,000 viewers on average, including about 143,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.11 P18-49 rating.

This was the least-watched three-hour block on Sunday so far this season, which began on February 19.

The Lawler biography ranked #38 in P18-49 among cable originals for the day, according to Showbuzz Daily. Including broadcast primetime, it ranked #67.

The Paige biography ranked #40 in P18-49 among cable originals. Including broadcast primetime, it ranked #67.

Rivals ranked #37 in P18-49 among cable originals. Including broadcast primetime, it ranked #66.

The NCAA college basketball tournament continued to dominate the top ranks on Sunday, across CBC, TruTV, TBS, and TNT.

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The March 19 biography telecasts are averaged together in the tables below.

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WWE Smackdown, Friday on Fox at 8 pm, was watched by 2,258,000 viewers on average, including about 770,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.59 P18-49 rating.

AEW Rampage on TNT with a 12:06 am start, was watched by 474,000 viewers on average, including about 235,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.18 P18-49 rating.

Against college basketball tournament competition, this was Smackdown’s lowest total viewership since January 20.

Rampage had a strong lead-in from the NCAA basketball game on before that averaged a 0.82 P18-49 rating and 2.377 million viewers.

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This was Rampage’s highest total viewership since January 13 and its highest P18-49 viewership since December 23.

Smackdown was the #10 telecast in P18-49 for Friday, going against many NCAA basketball tournament games.

Rampage ranked #26 in P18-49 among cable originals for the day, according to Showbuzz Daily. Including broadcast primetime, it ranked #26.

Compared to last week, Smackdown was down 3% in total viewership. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 7%.

Compared to last week, Rampage was up 6% in total viewership. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 18%.

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:

Smackdown:

P2+: 2258 (-6%)

P18-49: 770 (-3%)

P18-34: 288 (+8%)

P35-49: 482 (-8%)

P25-54: 925 (-4%)

non-P18-49: 1488 (-8%)

Rampage:

P2+: 474 (+18%)

P18-49: 235 (+76%)

M18-49: 149 (+74%)

F18-49: 79 (+63%)

P18-34: 70 (+87%)

P35-49: 165 (+72%)

Non-P18-49: 239 (-7%)

F12-34: 19 (+36%)

M12-34: 62 (+114%)

P25-54: 256 (+24%)

P50+: 211 (-14%)

Most-viewed YouTube videos from Smackdown, as of 4pm today:

Kevin Owens charges in to save Sami Zayn from a 2-on-1 Uso attack: 1,280,299

Rey Mysterio to Dominik: 792,341

Owens to Zayn: 595,168

Charlotte Flair and Rhea Ripley engage in a chaotic brawl: 568,122

Sami Zayn engages in a war of words with Jey Uso: 567,374

Gunther attack causes Triple Threat Title Match at WrestleMania: 538,774

LA Knight gets himself in a backstage altercation with Rey Mysterio: 470,665

Dominik Mysterio & Rhea Ripley take on Santos Escobar & Zelina Vega: 276,349

Xavier Woods vs. LA Knight: 199,927

Morgan & Rodriguez vs. Nox & Emma to qualify for WrestleMania Showcase: 180,723

Most-viewed YouTube videos from Rampage, as of 4pm today:

Is Daniel Garcia playing mind games with Brody King?: 198,262

Raw strength on display from Powerhouse Hobbs: 143,762

Taya Valkyrie makes her AEW in-ring debut: 131,204

Watch: Rey Fenix & Powerhouse Hobbs Make Their TNT Title Match Entrances: 55,043

Can Angelo Parker & Matt Menard persuade The Acclaimed to join JAS?: 54,958

This report was written with the assistance of automated programs created by me, then manually edited.

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Impact Wrestling (8 to 10 pm) and New Japan (10 to 11 pm), Thursdays on AXS TV for each of the last three weeks performed as follows.

February 23

Impact Wrestling
87,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.01

New Japan Pro Wrestling (Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi from New Beginning)
41,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.00

March 2

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Impact Wrestling
95,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.01

New Japan Pro Wrestling (Mercedes Moné vs. KAIRI from Battle in the Valley)
63,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.01

This was New Japan’s highest viewership since January 19 for the Jay White vs. Kazuchika Okada match from Wrestle Kingdom had 79,000 viewers.

March 9

Impact Wrestling
85,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.01

New Japan Pro Wrestling (Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi from Battle in the Valley)
48,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.01

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Women of Wrestling in syndication via CBS Media Ventures for the three most recent episodes we have data for performed as follows:

February 19
330,000 viewers

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P18-49 rating: 0.05

February 26
308,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.03

March 5
306,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.03

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