WWE NXT viewership and 18-49 demo rating down

Tuesday night’s WWE NXT episode averaged 632,000 viewers on The CW Network, down six percent from last week. Despite that drop, this is the second-highest audience total for the show since October 22.

NXT drew a 0.15 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 21.1 percent from last week and ties the second-lowest rating the show has done in the demo since April 30.

The show went head-to-head with an NBA game on TNT that drew a 0.32 rating in the 18-49 demo and averaged 1.03 million viewers, along with portions of two college basketball games on ESPN that averaged a 0.42 rating in 18-49 and 1.5 million viewers.

As compared to the same week in 2023, when the show aired on USA Network, NXT’s overall viewership was down 4.1 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 16.7 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for NXT, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. The first two weeks are from USA Network airings of the show with the last nine being on the CW. This week’s episode was down 8.6 percent in overall viewers and 21.1 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.