WWE on A&E discussion thread

[Chris]

Sunday night's Biography: WWE Legends special on Jerry Lawler averaged 350,000 viewers on A&E. A second episode, focused on Paige, averaged 297,000 viewers airing immediately after. The 324,000 average for the two hours is down 15.4 percent from last week and both episodes had record low viewership numbers for the series.

The Lawler documentary finished 38th on the cable charts with a 0.11 rating in the 18-49 demo, while the Paige episode placed 39th with a 0.10 rating. That's also down 15.4 percent from last week and is tied for the second-lowest 18-49 rating in the history of the series.

The programming block faced competition from NCAA March Madness and the World Baseball Classic on Sunday night.

WWE Rivals, highlighting the feud between Trish Stratus and Lita, averaged 271,000 viewers airing after the Paige biography. That's down 5.9 percent from last week and is the second-lowest audience total the show has done to date.

Rivals actually finished ahead of the two Biography specials on the cable charts in 18-49, finishing 37th with a 0.11 rating. That's up 22.2 percent from last week and ties the seventh-highest rating in the show's history.

Listed below are the total viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for each episode of Biography: WWE Legends and WWE Rivals to date.

https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/biography-wwe-legends-draws-record-low-viewership

 

[Chris]

Sunday night's WWE programming block on A&E had an unusual ratings pattern with the 10 p.m. airing of WWE Rivals, focused on the Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar feud, drawing a higher audience total than either Biography documentary that preceded it.

The Rivals episode averaged 362,000 viewers, up 33.1 percent from last week. It's the best audience total for the show since March 5. Of the 15 episodes of Rivals that have aired to date, this is the ninth-highest viewership total.

Rivals finished 20th on the cable charts with a 0.14 rating, up 27.3 percent from last week. It's tied for the third-highest rating in the show's history.

The Biography: WWE Legends special on Charlotte Flair at 8 p.m. Eastern averaged 338,000 viewers, down 3.4 percent from last week's episode on Jerry Lawler in the same time slot. The second episode highlighting the career of Yokozuna averaged 366,000 viewers, up 23.2 percent from last week's Paige episode. The 352,000 average for the two hours was the second-lowest in the history of the show, ahead of only last week.

The Charlotte episode finished 27th on the cable charts with a 0.11 rating in the 18-49 demo, identical to last week in the same time slot. Yokozuna's special finished 21st with a 0.13 rating, up 18.2 percent from the previous week. The 0.12 average for the two hours was the second lowest of the current season of Biography.

Listed below are the viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for all episodes of Biography: WWE Legends and WWE Rivals that have aired on A&E:

https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/wwe-on-a-e-ratings-rivals-outdraws-biography

 

[Chris]

Sunday night's edition of Biography: WWE Legends, focused on Dusty Rhodes, averaged 461,000 viewers on A&E. That's up 31 percent from two weeks ago when the series last aired.

It's the best audience total for Biography: WWE Legends since March 5 and the third highest of the current season.

In the 18-49 demo, Biography finished 21st on the cable charts with a 0.14 rating, up 16.7 percent from two weeks ago. It's the best rating for Biography since the season premiere on February 19.

WWE Rivals, highlighting the feud between The Undertaker and Randy Orton, aired immediately following Biography and averaged 427,000 viewers. That's up 18 percent from two weeks ago and is the highest audience total for the show since the season premiere.

Rivals finished 20th on the cable charts with a 0.14 rating in 18-49. That's the same rating as two weeks ago and ties the third highest number in the history of the series. It marks the third straight week that Rivals has finished ahead of Biography in 18-49, despite the later start time.

Listed below are the viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for each episode of Biography: WWE Legends and WWE Rivals since their debuts:

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[Deezy]

Dusty still drawing in 2023.

 

[Chris]

 

[Chris]

Sunday night's episode of Biography: WWE Legends, focused on The Iron Shiek, averaged 452,000 viewers on A&E, down two percent from last week's Dusty Rhodes documentary. It's still the second-highest audience total for the show since March 5.

Biography finished 21st on the cable charts with a 0.14 rating in the 18-49 demo, identical to last week. That matches Biography's best rating in the key demo since February 19.

WWE Rivals, directly following Biography on A&E, averaged 357,000 viewers for an episode dedicated to the Hulk Hogan vs. Roddy Piper feud. That's down 16.4 percent from last week and is the lowest viewership total for the show since March 19.

Rivals finished 26th on the cable charts with a 0.11 rating in 18-49. That's down 21.4 percent from last week and ties the second-lowest rating of the current season.

Both shows went head-to-head with an NBA playoff game on TNT that topped the cable charts with a 1.93 rating in 18-49 and averaged over five million viewers.

Listed below are the overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for each episode of Biography: WWE Legends and WWE Rivals that have aired to date:

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[Chris]

With two episodes focused on "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, WWE Rivals drew some of its best ratings in series history on Sunday night.

The first episode, highlighting the feud between Austin and Bret Hart, averaged 445,000 viewers on A&E. It aired one hour earlier than the show normally airs so comparisons to previous weeks aren't fair, but it was the second most viewed episode of the series to date.

That episode finished 24th on the cable charts with a 0.15 rating in the 18-49 demo. That tied two other episodes for the highest rating in the history of the series. That's despite heavy sports competition from the NBA and NHL playoffs on Sunday, as well as MLB on ESPN, all of which dominated the cable charts.

The second episode of Rivals, airing in its normal time slot, was focused on the Austin vs. Shawn Michaels feud. It held nearly the entire audience of the first episode, averaging 433,000 viewers. It was the fourth most viewed episode of Rivals to date.

The second episode of Rivals finished just behind the first at 25th on the cable charts with the same 0.15 rating in the 18-49 demo. That also tied previous episodes focused on Austin vs. The Rock and WWE vs. WCW for the best rating in series history.

Listed below are all episodes of WWE Rivals to date with their overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings:

https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/wwe-rivals-ratings-up-for-steve-austin-episodes

 

[Chris]

Sunday night's WWE programming block on A&E featured the return of one series and the premiere of another.

The season two premiere of WWE's Most Wanted Treasures aired on A&E at 9 p.m. Eastern time and averaged 426,000 viewers. That's down 25 percent from what the show averaged in its first season in 2021 when most of the episodes aired at a later start time.

In the 18-49 demo, Most Wanted Treasures finished 17th on the cable charts with a 0.16 rating. The first season averaged a 0.21 rating, so this was down 23.8 percent from that. The average chart placement in 2021 was 19th.

The Most Wanted Treasures episode was focused on "Stone Cold" Steve Austin memorabilia.

Immediately following Most Wanted Treasures, the series premiere of Stone Cold Takes on America averaged 339,000 viewers. That's down from all but two episodes of WWE Rivals, which has aired in the same time slot over the last few months.

Stone Cold Takes on America drew a 0.10 rating in the 18-49 demo and finished 36th on the cable charts. Both those numbers are also lower than what Rivals had been doing previously.

Listed below are all episodes of WWE's Most Wanted Treasures that have aired on A&E to date along with viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings.

https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/wwe-on-a-e-ratings-most-wanted-treasures-stone-cold-takes-on-america

 

[Chris]

Sunday night's episode of WWE's Most Wanted Treasures on A&E averaged 383,000 viewers, down 10.1 percent from last week's season premiere. It's the lowest audience in the history of the show.

Most Wanted Treasures drew a 0.11 rating in the 18-49 demo, finishing 38th on the cable charts for the day. That's down 31.3 percent from last week and is the lowest rating as well as chart placement in the show's history.

The Most Wanted Treasures episode was focused on D-Generation X memorabilia.

There was stronger-than-usual competition with NBA and NHL playoffs, the MTV TV and Movie Awards, and Succession on HBO all airing head-to-head.

Stone Cold Takes on America, which directly followed Most Wanted Treasures, averaged 282,000 viewers. That's down 16.8 percent from last week's series premiere. The show ranked 49th on the cable charts with a 0.09 rating in 18-49, down 18.2 percent from last week. It was 13 spots lower on the cable charts than last week.

Here's a look at the complete ratings history for Most Wanted Treasures and Stone Cold Takes on America:

https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/wwe-on-a-e-ratings-down-from-season-premieres

 

[Chris]

Sunday night's episode of WWE's Most Wanted Treasures averaged 394,000 viewers on A&E. That's up 2.9 percent from last week but is still the second-lowest audience total in the history of the show.

Most Wanted Treasures finished 23rd on the cable charts with a 0.14 rating in the 18-49 demo. That's up 27.3 percent from last week's series-low rating.

The Most Wanted Treasures episode was focused on "Macho Man" Randy Savage memorabilia.

Stone Cold Takes on America, which immediately follows Most Wanted Treasures, averaged 277,000 viewers. That's down 1.8 percent from last Sunday and is the lowest audience of the three episodes that have aired to date.

Stone Cold Takes on America finished 52nd on the cable charts with a 0.07 rating, down 22.2 percent from last week and also the lowest of the three episodes that have aired.

Listed below are the total viewership numbers, 18-49 demo ratings, and chart placements for all episodes of Most Wanted Treasures and Stone Cold Takes on America that have aired to date:

https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/wwe-on-a-e-ratings-most-wanted-treasures-up-stone-cold-series-down

 

[Storm Trooper]

Stone Cold Takes on America is fun. Most Wanted Treasures is meh (Season 1 was kinda awkward when they had Top Dolla intimidate all these nerdy collectors into selling their prized possessions for pennies on the dollar). .

Wish Stone Cold was on after Biography or on with Rivals.

 

[Chris]

https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/new-seasons-of-wwe-rivals-biography-wwe-legends-to-premiere-next-month

WWE's Sunday night programming block on A&E is set to return next month.

A&E issued a press release on Wednesday announcing that WWE Rivals and Biography: WWE Legends will return with new seasons starting on Sunday, February 25. The programming block begins with Rivals at 8 p.m. Eastern time. Biography then follows it an hour later.

This is season three of WWE Rivals, which is hosted by actor and former WWE creative team member Freddie Prinze Jr. He leads a roundtable discussion of current and former WWE personalities discussing the most iconic rivalries in company history.

The first episode of the new season will focus on the rivalry between The Rock and Triple H. Other episodes in the season will cover Randy Savage vs. Jake Roberts, The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels, John Cena vs. Randy Orton, The Hardy Boyz vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. Edge & Christian, and The Miz vs. Daniel Bryan.

Biography: WWE Legends is starting its fourth season. The season premiere will be a documentary on Randy Orton. Other episodes in the season will focus on Sgt. Slaughter, Scott Hall, Diamond Dallas Page, "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith, and Roman Reigns.

The partnership between WWE and A&E was first announced in 2019. The programming block debuted in 2021.

 

[Deezy]

The Miz vs Daniel Bryan Rivalries

 

[Storm Trooper]

I love Rivals. But doing the TLC feud is difficult since they (most likely) won't have either of the Hardys or E&C (Maybe they got E before he went to AEW).

 

[Chris]

WWE on A&E continues this spring

WWE on A&E programming continues this spring with Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias joining the roundtable in all-new episodes of “WWE’s Most Wanted Treasures” and “WWE Rivals.”

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WWE on A&E programming continues this spring with Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias joining the roundtable in all-new episodes of “WWE’s Most Wanted Treasures” and “WWE Rivals.”

Kicking off Sunday, April 14, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, “WWE’s Most Wanted Treasures” returns for a third season. The show features WWE Hall of Famers Booker T, Mick Foley and Lita – joined by special guests such as Hulk Hogan, The Miz, Cody Rhodes, Sheamus and more – as they travel across the country in search of priceless pieces from WWE’s history.

This season, viewers will be captivated by the star-studded journey to find artifacts from WCW, and the team will attempt to reclaim pieces of WWE history such as Dusty Rhodes’ polka dot gear, Triple H’s signature sledgehammer, items from The Ultimate Warrior’s illustrious career, and much more.

On Sunday, April 21, at 8 ET/PT, “WWE Rivals” will continue to delve into the epic rivalries that shaped the sports-entertainment industry.

The dramatic rivalries that defined WWE continue to be explored in new episodes of “WWE Rivals.” Each one-hour episode will feature a roundtable discussion of WWE Superstars, including Rhodes, Natalya, Kevin Nash and others led by Iglesias. Together, they’ll take viewers on a ride that explores the battles between some of the most iconic Superstars in WWE history.

New episodes will examine influential rivalries, including Hulk Hogan vs. “Macho Man” Randy Savage, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin vs. Booker T, Ric Flair vs. Dusty Rhodes, Triple H vs. Seth “Freakin” Rollins, John Cena vs. Batista, and Hulk Hogan vs. The Rock.

The new season of “Most Wanted Treasures” premieres Sunday, April 14, at 8 ET/PT. Starting on Sunday, April 21, new episodes of “Most Wanted Treasures” will air at 9 p.m. ET/PT following all-new episodes of “WWE Rivals” at 8 ET/PT.

Beginning Sunday, May 26, “Biography: WWE Legends” returns to reveal the intimate details of notable WWE Superstars, their lives outside of the ring and the paths they have traveled to WWE stardom.

New episodes will explore the revolutionary careers of Mark Henry, Eddie Guerrero, The Miz, Ricky Steamboat, Rob Van Dam, Ted DiBiase, The Steiner Brothers, Trish Stratus, Becky Lynch and Paul Heyman in addition to episodes on Stone Cold’s Final Match and ECW.

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