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TV RATINGS
AEW Dynamite on TBS
Wed, May. 15, 2024: 8:00 to 10:12 pm

672,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.23
Updated with top six cable telecasts and demographic breakdown, including a more specific viewer count in thousands for P18-49 (but the P18-49 rating remains the same), and therefore the “lowest since” line below has been updated.
Reported earlier by PWTorch and F4WOnline.
LOWEST P2+ SINCE JAN. 6, 2021
LOWEST P18-49 SINCE JUN. 24, 2020
Top 6 cable telecasts for Wednesday, by P18-49 rating:
#1. Mavericks-Thunder on TNT: 3,745,000 total viewers; 1.23 P18-49 rating
#2. Cavs-Celtics on TNT: 3,383,000; 1.00
#3. Inside the NBA on TNT: 1,554,000; 0.52
#4. Stars-Avalance on ESPN: 1,558,000; 0.45
#5. Mavericks-Thunder on TruTV: 515,000; 0.24
#6. AEW Dynamite on TBS: 672,000; 0.23
P2+ comparisons:
This episode vs. last week (711,000): -5%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (715,000): -6%
Current 2024-Q2 P2+ average (729,000) vs. 2023-Q2 (855,000): -15%
Current May 2024 P2+ average (695,000) vs. May 2023 (847,000): -18%
P18-49 comparisons:
This episode vs. last week (0.24): -4%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.24): -4%
Current 2024-Q2 P18-49 average (0.25) vs. 2023-Q2 (0.29): -14%
Current May 2024 P18-49 average (0.24) vs. May 2023 (0.30): -20%
Viewer counts for this week’s episode with the difference versus the median of the last 4 non-preemption episodes in parentheses:
P2+: 672k (-5%)
P18-49: 298k (-5%)
F18-49: 105k (-8%)
M18-49: 193k (-8%)
P18-34: 82k (-23%)
F18-34: 35k (-23%)
M18-34: 47k (-24%)
P35-49: 216k (+0%)
F35-49: 70k (+5%)
M35-49: 146k (-2%)
Non-P18-49: 374k (-5%)
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LIVE EVENTS
Data from WrestleTix
AEW Dynamite
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Everett, WA at Angel Of The Winds Arena
Estimated tickets distributed: 3,410
Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q2 AEW Dynamite average: (3,651) vs. 2023-Q2 (5,106): -28%
No market-to-market comparisons available for this city.


DIGITAL
As of 5:04 pm, May 16
Most-viewed YouTube videos on AEW’s official channel:
1.) 165,732 – MUST SEE MAIN EVENT! AEW Continental Champion, Okada, vs FTR’s Dax Harwood!
2.) 163,305 – AEW Champ, Swerve Strickland, faces former Mogul Embassy teammate Brian Cage!
3.) 144,284 – It’s OFFICIAL! TBS Champion Nightingale & Moné sign the dotted line!
4.) 110,981 – IWGP Heavyweight Champ Moxley & Danielson face Fletcher & NJPW TV Champ Cobb!
5.) 107,623 – How did House of Black respond to TNT Champion Adam Copeland’s challenge?
6.) 82,755 – The Cold-Hearted Handsome Devil, HOOK, is BACK!
7.) 66,303 – AEW Women’s Champ, Toni Storm, gets her hands on Outcasts’ Harley Cameron!
8.) 57,965 – The EVP’s, Young Bucks, face former friends Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal!

RECEPTION
As of 6:00 pm, May 16
Event rating:
Cagematch.net voter rating: 8.02 (92 votes)
This episode vs. last week (7.17): +12%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (7.28): +10%
Current 2024-Q2 average (6.91) vs. 2023-Q2 (7.61): -9%
Match ratings:
7.37 (114 votes) – Brian Cage vs. Swerve Strickland
7.35 (111 votes) – Dax Harwood vs. Kazuchika Okada (c)
6.79 (111 votes) – Jeff Cobb & Kyle Fletcher vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Bryan Danielson & Jon Moxley)
5.29 (86 votes) – Harley Cameron vs. Toni Storm
5.12 (98 votes) – The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson) vs. Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal
Ineligible (<5 mins) – Sebastian Wolfe vs. Hook

This report was produced with the assistance of programming scripts created by me.
Brandon Thurston has written about wrestling business since 2015. He operates and owns Wrestlenomics.
