In its first week without football competition since the summer, WWE Raw reclaimed its place on top of the cable charts for the evening.
Monday’s go-home episode before the Royal Rumble scored its highest overall viewership since last October’s draft with an average of 1,766,000 viewers over the three-hour program on the USA Network.
Raw was first among cable originals with approximately 602,000 (0.46) in the 18-49 demographic, its best mark in the demo since November 22nd, which was the night after the Survivor Series, with data from
Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics and
Showbuzz Daily.
Overall viewership improved by 8 percent this week while the 18-49 audience grew by 7 percent.
The opening hour of the program averaged 1,822,000 and 0.45 in the 18-49 demographic. In hour two, the audience grew to 1,882,000 and 0.47 respectively making them the most-watched hours of Raw since the draft last October.
In the third hour, the audience dropped to 1,553,000, although the demo rating remained the same at 0.47.
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