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

[Unholy Diver]

Dave claims live west coast cost them 8% which would put the number at 742k which is better but not amazing.

Competition definitely a factor but I have to imagine you would want to be around 800k for the first episode after a successful PPV.

Next week is where I am curious because silly or not, this episode created some buzz so they should see a bump next week.

Where they anywhere near as bad last year vs the Nba/Nhl playoffs?

 

[Emperoreddy]

Where they anywhere near as bad last year vs the Nba/Nhl playoffs?

Was 863K .28 demo this time last year against some pretty stiff NBA competition as well

 

[Khelandros]

 

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[FriendlyGhost92]

RAW hurting bad from losing Punk/Rhodes/Rollins/Rock right as the NBA/NHL playoffs are ramping up.

 

[Khelandros]

 

[Jussi]

Trick Williams = ratings$$$$

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

What the hell was on from 8-845 to cause that wacky ass pattern lol.

Neither an NHL or NBA game would've ended that early on a weeknight.

 

[Khelandros]

 

[Fro]

So weird...Dynamite has been good for several weeks...don't understand the ratings...NHL game was mid, NBA was a blowout...

 

[Unholy Diver]

So weird...Dynamite has been good for several weeks...don't understand the ratings...NHL game was mid, NBA was a blowout...

What you consider good, the casual fan might not. AEW has it's core fanbase, and is struggling to attract anything more

 

[Emperoreddy]

Claudio vs Cage bled a bunch of viewers, think it was the lowest quarter of the show.

 

[GKJ]

Second lowest number of the year behind last week

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Second lowest number of the year behind last week

That's honestly not bad for a taped episode but yeah, I expect ratings to be down for the summer.

 

[Khelandros]

 

[GKJ]

That's honestly not bad for a taped episode but yeah, I expect ratings to be down for the summer.

Ratings always drop after Wrestlemania

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Ratings always drop after Wrestlemania

Yeah, but I expect it compounded considering all the injuries/people taking time off.

 

[Khelandros]

 

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[boredmale]

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I really don't get why TBS/TNT are airing these shows back to back, they basically are going to tire out the audience. AEW really needs to cut down the hours of programming each week(by at least 1 hour). At worse they could dedicate the Friday Night show to Women(ratings can't do much worse at this point)

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

I really don't get why TBS/TNT are airing these shows back to back, they basically are going to tire out the audience. AEW really needs to cut down the hours of programming each week(by at least 1 hour). At worse they could dedicate the Friday Night show to Women(ratings can't do much worse at this point)

Same reason USA wants RAW at 3 hours even though it's harmful for the rating and the product... Broadcasters need content badly, and pro wrestling is relatively cheap on the broadcaster's end.