WWE Raw ratings up with no preseason NFL competition
Raw last night was up from last week, likely due to having no NFL competition this Monday.
Raw averaged 1.68 million viewers and drew a 0.51 rating in 18-49. The show did steady numbers until 10:15 p.m. and then had a big drop in the last 45 minutes.
Raw was first place on television for the night. The closest cable competition was 90 Day: The Last Resort on TLC at 1,29 million/0.31 while NBC’s American Ninja Warrior topped the network rankings at 3.30 million/0.44.
Raw was still lower than the show had been doing with no football competition in previous weeks as the number two weeks ago was 1.76 million/0.55.
Raw was up five percent from last week against preseason football in total viewers, as well as up three percent in 18-49 and down 14 percent in 18-34.
Although Raw has been beating last year’s numbers routinely, last year on this week Raw did a huge number and this year was down 20 percent in viewers, down 12 percent in 18-49, and down 26 percent in 18-34. Factoring in the loss of homes over the past year in cable, the real drops would be 16 percent in viewers, four percent in 18-49, and 19 percent in 18-34.
The third hour, built around a Becky Lynch vs. Zoey Stark falls count anywhere match, didn’t hold the audience well.
The three hours were:
- 8 p.m. 1.74 million viewers
- 9 p.m. 1.73 million viewers
- 10 p.m. 1.57 million viewers
