The Ratings Thread - a lot of people watched wrestling on Super Tuesday, sort of

[Apex Predator]

Did you put the threads on ignore by accident? They’re still pinned.

Not sure. How do I check that to see if I did?

 

[GKJ]

Not sure. How do I check that to see if I did?

Might have to check your control panel. I don’t think I’ve ever ignored a thread so I’m not all they familiar with it.

 

[Apex Predator]

Might have to check your control panel. I don’t think I’ve ever ignored a thread so I’m not all they familiar with it.

weird now it’s back all of a sudden.

 

[Unholy Diver]

weird now it’s back all of a sudden.

I had it happen before but it was due to a thread being created by someone I had on ignore

 

[Apex Predator]

I had it happen before but it was due to a thread being created by someone I had on ignore

yeah that’s weird I never put anyone on ignore even the most annoying lol.

 

[GKJ]

Smackdown 2.151M/.51

Rampage 540k/.20

 

[Sheppy]

1.38 for RAW

 

[GKJ]

Raw 1.387M/.36. Pre-empted to SyFy, so it achieves record low in total viewers

 

[GKJ]

NXT (on Syfy) 497k/.07

 

[GKJ]

Dynamite had a great rating considering they’re up against the Olympics. 1.129m/.41. For the second time in 3 weeks, highest total since September 29.

 

[yahhockey]

I'm okay with the rating but any 'up against the Olympics narrative may be misguided. Lowest ratings in 14 years or something, most network shows are repeats other than game shows, I would view it as having less competition than a normal week. It might be 11 million across all networks airing the Olympics. I would guess regular tv show viewership is higher than that.

*edit*
AEW ranked #1 among cable originals, ahead of both NBA games on ESPN (0.39, 0.32), Olympics on USA (0.32), and South Park on Comedy Central (0.32), according to Showbuzz Daily.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

I'm okay with the rating but any 'up against the Olympics narrative may be misguided. Lowest ratings in 14 years or something, most network shows are repeats other than game shows, I would view it as having less competition than a normal week. It might be 11 million across all networks airing the Olympics. I would guess regular tv show viewership is higher than that.

*edit*
AEW ranked #1 among cable originals, ahead of both NBA games on ESPN (0.39, 0.32), Olympics on USA (0.32), and South Park on Comedy Central (0.32), according to Showbuzz Daily.

Beating the NBA, South Park and the Olympics (on cable) is a huge deal.

They did advertise in a way to draw a rating. The show did deliver. Let's see if the ratings hold next week.

 

[GKJ]

Beating the NBA, South Park and the Olympics (on cable) is a huge deal.

They did advertise in a way to draw a rating. The show did deliver. Let's see if the ratings hold next week.

The surprise was a big push. They also had a world title match advertised, but even at that, I don’t know why Hangman and Archer even in a deathmatch would draw more interest than Punk and MJF in Chicago.

They also did something that I don’t know they’ve ever done, which is set up something for later in the show. The eye-raiser from last week was that they usually get a bump when they promote CM Punk for literally anything. I wonder how many people were more interested in seeing Punk (and/or MJF) talk rather than wrestle. Or if people didn’t think they’d do the match.

 

[GKJ]

Smackdown. 2.231m/.56

Rampage 549k/.19. Lowest demo since New Year’s Eve, which is only slightly down from last week.

 

[GKJ]

Raw 1.6m/.44 for SyFy. More people figured out where to go

 

[GKJ]

NXT 620k/.11 on SyFy

 

[Jussi]

NXT 620k/.11 on SyFy

 

[GKJ]

Dynamite 869k/.31. Both lowest since December.

Start seems weaker than usual and then went down.

 

[GKJ]

Smackdown 2.173M/.54

Rampage 471k/.20 (moved to 7pm)

 

[GKJ]

Raw 1.825m/.51. Return to USA, post-PPV, title change. Cody Rhodes curiosity? Highest since October 4.

 

[GKJ]

NXT 612k/.12 in return to SyFy.

 

[GKJ]

Dynamite 1.01M/.40. Big rebound from the Olympics, maybe not much effect of news coverage

 

[Jussi]

Dynamite 1.01M/.40. Big rebound from the Olympics, maybe not much effect of news coverage

Things really began to escalate towards the end of the show.

 

[GKJ]

Things really began to escalate towards the end of the show.

Coverage was going on all day in anticipation, but yes, we’ll see if there is an effect tonight.

 

[GKJ]

See how it goes