WWE Raw ratings up, beats everything other than NFL

WWE Raw on Monday averaged 1.47 million viewers and drew a 0.48 rating in 18-49, beating everything other than the NFL on television.

Raw was fourth for the night on cable and finished ahead of everything but Monday Night Football on network TV. The number has to be considered good because the game featured the Kansas City Chiefs, a top draw, against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The game did 10.86 million viewers and a 1.92 in 18-49 on ABC, 8.79 million viewers and 2.79 in 18-49 on ESPN, and 977,000 viewers and 0.31 on ESPN2 for a total of 20.63 million viewers and a 5.02 in 18-49.

Raw was up three percent in viewers from last week (against both the NFL and the World Series), but up 14 percent in 18-49, so the show skewed much younger.

The next highest rated entertainment show, 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way, did 631,000 viewers and 0.12 in 18-49 while Below Deck, a longtime hit that in the past would be competitive with Raw, was down to a 0.09 and 475,000 viewers.

Raw was down four percent in viewers and up three percent in 18-49 from the same week last year.  But factoring in the change in the cable universe, the true percentages are up two percent in viewers and up 13 percent in 18-49.

However, last year was a three-hour show. If you only take the first two hours last year vs. the same true audience rating with less homes this year, it’s actually down one percent, or basically the same.

The two hours were:

• 8 p.m. 1.48 million
• 9 p.m. 1.45 million