"Hardcore Justice" IMPACT Viewership

[Testify]

The 8/15 edition of Hardcore Justice Impact did 1,319,000 viewers, which was up from last week's 1,179,000 but down from 7/18 Destination X Impact, which did 1,494,000 viewers.


PWInsider:

I think it says a lot about TNA's PPV buyrate numbers when you look at what bringing the PPVs to Impact have done. Last month, Destination X did 1,494,000 viewers, up from the 1,190,000 that they did the week prior. Hardcore Justice did 1,319,000 viewers on Thursday, up from 1,179,000 the week prior. The jump was about half of what they did last month, but at least they rose.

The flip side is that if they could only get 140,000 more viewers to tune in this week for a PPV quality show, they probably couldn't have gotten a whole lot of people to pay $29.95 to watch it. So, putting the shows on Spike, where higher numbers keep TNA's main source of revenue happy, was the right call.

Agreed.

 

[Testify]

Viewership numbers from post Slammiversary Impact to Hardcore Justice:

6/6/2013 1,100,000
6/13/2013 1,203,000
6/20/2013 1,083,000
6/27/2013 1,108,000
7/4/2013 1,053,000
7/11/2013 1,190,000
7/18/2013 Destination X 1,494,000
7/25/2013 1,314,000
8/1/2013 1,246,000
8/8/2013 1,179,000
8/15/2013 Hardcore Justice 1,319,000

 

[Testify]

Q1: Impact opened with a 0.96 rating for the first-half of AJ Styles vs. Austin Aries vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Kazarian in a ladder match, plus one commercial.

Q2: Impact increased to a 0.98 rating for the second-half of the ladder match, one commercial, Chris Sabin backstage, and Dixie Carter addressing Kurt Angle’s rehab.

Q3: Impact increased to a 1.01 rating for a promo between Main Event Mafia and Aces & Eights, one commercial, and the majority of Mickie James vs. Gail Kim vs. ODB in a hardcore match.

Q4: Impact dipped to a show-low 0.91 rating for the end of the Knockouts match, two commercial breaks, and backstage segments with MEM, Austin Aries and Bobby Roode.

Q5: Impact rebounded to a 1.00 rating for a promo with Rampage Jackson, Tito Ortiz and Bully Ray, plus one commercial.

Q6: Impact remained at a 1.00 rating for Bobby Roode vs. Magnus vs. Samoa Joe vs. Mr. Anderson in a tables match, plus one commercial.

Q7: Impact dipped to a 0.97 rating for backstage segments with Sting, Anderson and Bully, one commercial, and the first few minutes of the main event.

Q8: Impact peaked to a show-high 1.03 rating for Chris Sabin vs. Bully Ray in a steel cage match for the TNA World Title, plus one commercial.

 

[Snowman1]

The flip side is that if they could only get 140,000 more viewers to tune in this week for a PPV quality show, they probably couldn't have gotten a whole lot of people to pay $29.95 to watch it. So, putting the shows on Spike, where higher numbers keep TNA's main source of revenue happy, was the right call.

Yeah that's why the PPV's were cut, weren't they? Smart call then. But this was really well-branded and well-hyped. Doesn't make sense for it to not draw that many more viewers.

 

[Testify]

Q5 drew only 1.00 for Rampage and Tito segment? That's awesome.

 

[CFCrusader]

I would have thought the show high would've been at Rampage and Tito. Like seriously, Rampage is horrible at promos but they made me laugh. And Tito... he's slightly better. But Bully pulled off the best line. "I'll make you my huntington beach bitch!" :