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

[ColePens]

I'm curious what the 10pm replay does on TNT, because it wouldn't shock me, knowing that it was on, if people wait to watch it.

I was never a huge believer that sports besides football has such a major influence over these ratings

This is me. I tape NXT at 8 and AEW at 10 then watch both back to back when i have time.

I thought the same thing. Count both.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

The championship match was bound to decline. People know Moxley, Pac and Omega in the semi-main event.

To the casual observer, the main event was Jericho vs. some guy. They need to stay the course and build the guys who aren't well known on the national stage at this point.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I just don’t think there is a huge appetite for wrestling in the US right now.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

I think there’s more of an appetite for wrestling than there is MMA but they’re both extremely cyclical and neither are filled with big stars to hook people at the moment, but the new kid on the block (AEW) is intriguing to them.

 

[Jussi]

Lana/Bobby Lashley segment gained 69,000 viewers

Of course...

 

[Jussi]

I just don’t think there is a huge appetite for wrestling in the US right now.

There's a far larger appetite for people to look at their phones and not do anything worthwhile.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Teenage boys 12-17 were up 126% for NXT compared to last week.

 

[Jussi]

Teenage boys 12-17 were up 126% for NXT compared to last week.

Io and/or Tegan=ratings!

 

[GKJ]

There's more tweets

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Teens into the stoner dude bro and women into Moxley. Makes sense lol.

 

[boredmale]

Teens into the stoner dude bro and women into Moxley. Makes sense lol.

They need to bring in Joey Ryan for the ladies

 

[Cor]

SD Numbers;
H1 - 2.390M
H2 - 2.493M
A - 2.442M

Ratings By Demo;
18-49 - 0.75
18-34 - 0.55
25-54 - 0.85


"The overnight network TV numbers are in and Friday’s WWE SmackDown on FOX drew an average of 2.442 million viewers with an average rating of 0.75 in the key 18-49 demographic, according to Showbuzz Daily.

This is down from last Friday’s WWE Draft edition of SmackDown, which drew a final 0.7 rating in the 18-34 demographic, a final 1.0 rating in the coveted 18-49 demo, and a final 1.1 rating in the 25-45 demographic. The final viewership for last Friday’s SmackDown was 2.877 million viewers, also down.

The first hour for this week’s show drew 2.390 million viewers with a 0.7 rating in the key 18-49 demo, and the second hour drew 2.493 million viewers with a 0.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

SmackDown averaged a 0.55 rating in the 18-34 demographic, a 0.75 rating in the key 18-49 demographic, and an average 0.85 rating in the 25-54 demographic."

 

[Cor]

Figured we could have a post tracking the "new era". Average Viewership & Key Demo Rating (18-49) [If available]

Week 1:
RAW- 2.571M | (haven't found)
AEW- 1.409M | 0.68
NXT- 0.891M | 0.32
SD- 3.888M | 1.0

Week 2:
RAW- 2.334M (-237K) | (haven't found)
AEW- 1.018M (-391K) | 0.46
NXT- 0.790M (-101K) | 0.22
SD- 2.898M (-990K) | 0.70

Week 3:
RAW- 2.280M (-54K) | 0.74
AEW- 1.014M (-4K) } | 0.44
NXT- 0.712M (-78K) | 0.22
SD- 2.442M (-456K) | 0.75

 

[ColePens]

Just a couple things:

1) I think NXT/AEW were originally thinking 500k-1m, so IMO these are solid figures right? I would assume networks and teams are happy.

2) Shame on anyone who complains about WWE and still watches Raw/SD when AEW/NXT are pretty fn awesome each week.

3) I think WWE should keep NXT off the network for at least a week. That will bump viewers. I have no reason to tune in when I can just catch it next day. It's an on-demand world.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Holy shit at that Smackdown number. They’re already just a tad above what they were doing on USA Network. There’s no way Fox is pleased.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Just a couple things:

1) I think NXT/AEW were originally thinking 500k-1m, so IMO these are solid figures right? I would assume networks and teams are happy.

2) Shame on anyone who complains about WWE and still watches Raw/SD when AEW/NXT are pretty fn awesome each week.

3) I think WWE should keep NXT off the network for at least a week. That will bump viewers. I have no reason to tune in when I can just catch it next day. It's an on-demand world.

AEW was around 400k initial expectations when the deal came to fruition.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Holy **** at that Smackdown number. They’re already just a tad above what they were doing on USA Network. There’s no way Fox is pleased.

THEY’RE ALSO BELOW 1.0 IN THE 18-49 DEMO LOL

 

[Cor]

THEY’RE ALSO BELOW 1.0 IN THE 18-49 DEMO LOL

did the full details of the AEW and TNT deal come out?

TNT probably paid like, a small fraction of the price, and AEW is already doing 70% of RAW & SD in the key demo, and more than doubling the original expectations for average viewership.


FOX paid 5 billion for SmackDown LMAO

 

[M.C.G. 31]

did the full details of the AEW and TNT deal come out?

TNT probably paid like, a small fraction of the price, and AEW is already doing 70% of RAW & SD in the key demo, and more than doubling the original expectations for average viewership.


FOX paid 5 billion for SmackDown LMAO

It was something a while ago. Something about TNT picking up production costs but getting a nice split from advertising or something like that, I’m not totally sure.


I think @GKJ or @Kimi may be able to have a more accurate take on it.

 

[Cor]

It was something a while ago. Something about TNT picking up production costs but getting a nice split from advertising or something like that, I’m not totally sure.


I think @GKJ or @Kimi may be able to have a more accurate take on it.

I think you’re right. It was a smaller trial deal IIRC.

I assume maybe a year? So AEW should be able to get a nice deal if this keeps up into next summer

 

[Emperoreddy]

Just a couple things:

1) I think NXT/AEW were originally thinking 500k-1m, so IMO these are solid figures right? I would assume networks and teams are happy.

2) Shame on anyone who complains about WWE and still watches Raw/SD when AEW/NXT are pretty fn awesome each week.

3) I think WWE should keep NXT off the network for at least a week. That will bump viewers. I have no reason to tune in when I can just catch it next day. It's an on-demand world.

I still amazes me NXT doesn’t seem to pull as much from the RAW or SD audience

 

[Kimi]

It was something a while ago. Something about TNT picking up production costs but getting a nice split from advertising or something like that, I’m not totally sure.


I think @GKJ or @Kimi may be able to have a more accurate take on it.

From what we know of the deal, you are correct. TNT are paying for the production (which is probably going to be in the $20~30m per year range) and they are splitting the ad revenue with AEW. There's no fee being paid to AEW like WWE get for their shows.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

I still amazes me NXT doesn’t seem to pull as much from the RAW or SD audience

NXT is for the hardcore base. I have a hard time believing there are only 700k-800k hardcore fans, though. People are clearly choosing to watch AEW first knowing NXT is on the network 24 hours later.

 

[Jussi]

Holy **** at that Smackdown number. They’re already just a tad above what they were doing on USA Network. There’s no way Fox is pleased.

There was a baseball game going on that seemed to be more interesting on that side of the pond.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

H1 - 2.477m
H2 - 2.373m
H3 - 2.175m

.746 18-49 demo average

h2 did better in the male 18-49 demo than h1