NBA playoff lead-in boosts AEW Collision to best ratings of 2024

Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision, which had the benefit of a lead-in from the NBA playoffs, averaged 621,000 viewers on TNT. That’s up 34.7 percent from the previous week and is the largest audience total Collision has done since July 29 of last year. 

Collision drew a 0.21 rating in the 18-49 demo, up 61.5 percent from last week. It’s also the best rating the show has done in that category since July 29 and is the third-highest rating Collision has drawn in its history.

With the lead-in from the NBA, the first 10 minutes of Collision drew a 0.49 rating in 18-49.

AEW Rampage, which aired immediately after Collision, averaged 293,000 viewers. That’s down 26.2 percent from last week, when it followed a Collision episode that averaged far less viewers. This Rampage did start a half hour later, however.

Rampaged drew a 0.09 rating in the 18-49 demo, down 30.8 percent from last week.

The overall audience is Rampage’s second lowest of 2024 to date, while the 18-49 rating is tied for Rampage’s third-lowest rating of the year in that category.

This week, Rampage will again be airing outside of its normal Friday time slot. There will be a live episode of the show after Dynamite on Wednesday.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for both Collision and Rampage, as well as the 10-week averages in both categories. As compared to the recent averages, Collision was up 41 percent in overall viewers and up 61.5 percent in 18-49. Rampage was down 17.4 percent in overall viewers and down 18.2 percent in the demo.