WWE Raw ratings up for draft episode
The Raw draft episode against strong competition held up better in the ratings than SmackDown did, averaging 1.69 million viewers and drawing a 0.55 rating in 18-49.
Raw was fourth on cable for the night, beating everything but the NBA on TNT. The Celtics vs. Heat game against the first two hours did 2.69 million viewers and a 0.83 in 18-49 on TNT. The Lakers-Nuggets game against hour three did 3.96 million viewers and a 1.30 and another 568,000 viewers and 0.23 on TruTV. Inside the NBA also beat Raw, although it was on after Raw, with Raw being second in the time slot.
Tampa Bay vs. Florida in the NHL playoffs did 1.22 million viewers and a 0.41 against the first two hours. Hour three went against the Dallas vs. Las Vegas game that did 988,000 viewers and a 0.35.
The NBA and NHL numbers were way down from last year on the same week, with the NBA down 34 percent and NHL down 57 percent from the same Monday last year against the WWE Draft.
Raw was up five percent in viewers and five percent in 18-49 from last week. The high points of the show were the two segments involving CM Punk and Drew McIntyre.
Even though the competition was much stronger last year, Raw was down five percent in viewers and up three percent in 18-49 from the same week last year.
The show grew strongly in hour two, and hour three, while falling, even against the Lakers game, wasn’t far behind hour one.
Raw beat every show on network television. Below Deck on Bravo at 0.19 was the second-highest rated entertainment show.
For total viewers for the night, Raw was 14th behind three NBA-related shows and 10 news shows.
The three hours were:
- 8 p.m. 1.68 million viewers
- 9 p.m. 1.75 million viewers
- 10 p.m. 1.62 million viewers
