WWE Television Ratings

[Dale]

- Last night's three-hour episode of WWE's RAW Supershow from Detroit, Michigan scored a 3.0 cable rating with 4,388,000 viewers over the full three hours. This week's show did hours of 2.48, 3.22 and 3.41.

During the normal two hours, RAW did a 3.3 cable rating with 4,752,000 viewers. This is up from the previous week and can be seen as a good sign for the John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar feud.

I'd say that's a real good rating. 3.0 over the 3 hours is decent considering that the normal 2 hour slots are usually getting a 3.0, however this week it would have gotten a 3.3

 

[AZUCAR!]

Not a good rating for hour 1. Especially considering I thought it was a really good hour

 

[Dale]

True but I guarantee it's only down to people forgetting it starts 1 hour, it's usually always the case.

 

[PHX]

Yea was damn near the case for me as I missed the 1st 20 mins and only remembered cause of when I came on the forum.

 

[Troy]

It was the same for me, I completely forgot that it was a three hour RAW, I don't remember them hyping it that much the week before. It is a very good rating for a three hour show and the rating in the normal rating period was strong. Hopefully we get the breakdown in the next couple of days to see how the final segment with Lesnar rated.

 

[SAIYANS]

I also missed the first hour, and had to catch it via the mun replay. Here's the breakdown, which is shocking mostly because Nikki winning got close to half a million gained viewers. Brock and Cena did what they expected, kept fans watching

- As noted before, the three-hour WWE RAW Supershow on April 23rd scored a 3.06 cable rating with 4.42 million viewers. In the normal two hours, RAW did a 3.33 rating with 4.76 million viewers. The normal RAW hours would have done a 3.22 and 3.41 - so the trend of hour two losing viewers has changed as of late.

In the segment breakdown, the opener with John Cena, Edge and the contract signing that never happened started the show with a low 2.50 quarter-rating. Chris Jericho vs. Kofi Kingston lost 73,000 viewers from the opener while Jericho's promo, Brock Lesnar & CM Punk videos plus the segment with Eve Torres and John Laurinaitis gained 52,000 viewers. Lord Tensai vs. R-Truth lost 3,000 viewers. Kane's segment and Randy Orton putting Paul Bearer into the freezer gained 865,000 viewers - which were the WWE fans tuning into RAW at the normal time of 9pm EST.

Alberto Del Rio and Cody Rhodes vs. The Great Khali and Big Show gained 195,000 viewers while the backstage segment with Jericho, Laurinaitis, Eve and Teddy Long talking about CM Punk being drunk lost 112,000 viewers. Nikki Bella winning the Divas Title from Beth Phoenix gained 437,000 viewers, which can be seen as a big surprise. The field sobriety test in the ring with CM Punk gained 270,000 viewers to a 3.63 quarter-rating, which is one of the best quarters in a while.

Sheamus vs. Mark Henry with Daniel Bryan as referee and the tag match with Zack Ryder & Santino Marella vs. Primo & Epico lost 439,000 viewers. Kane putting Bearer back in the freezer and Abraham Washington recruiting the Tag Team Champions lost 370,000 more viewers. Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger vs. Hornswoggle & Brodus Clay gained 225,000 viewers.

The final segment with Brock Lesnar and John Cena's contract signing gained 873,000 viewers for a 3.83 quarter rating. The number was built up because they went 15 minutes past the time and fans didn't tune out as they sometimes do for long overruns.

 

[Troy]

Just shows how bad Beth's title reign has been that fans would prefer to tune in to see a Bella twin with the title. Lesnar and Cena do big numbers as expected, WWE will probably be hoping that the over-run with go over 4.0 in the future if Lesnar is back on.

 

[The Cork]

So basically, what that tells us is that people tune in and out at random times.

Gr8

I'm sure Nikki Bella will point out that half a million rise when shes re-negotiating her contract though :

 

[Prodigy]

Wonder who the real ratings drawer is in the Show and Khali vs Rhodes and Del Rio match.

 

[Troy]

The April 27 episode of WWE SmackDown scored 1.74 cable rating, down from 1.80 the week before. It was the lowest rating for a first-run show on Friday in 2012.

SmackDown averaged 2,680,000 viewers over the course of two hours, down from 2,730,000 on April 20

Not a good rating for Smackdown, they haven't done too well since Sheamus took the title and I think that part of it has to do with the way that he won it. People weren't happy with Bryan being buried like that so they tuned out. Hopefully they can get it back on track soon although with all their stars seemingly going to RAW it hurts their chances.

 

[Heisenberg]

4/30 Raw Rating: How Did The Post-Extreme Rules Show Do?
The Monday, April 30, 2012 edition of WWE Raw, which was the post-Extreme Rules broadcast, drew a final cable rating of 3.33, according to Nielsen Media Research.

The show averaged 4.88 million viewers.

Surprised this hadn't been posted yet. Pretty good rating but a post-PPV RAW ratings are usually up. The show was crap so it's a good rating but that means more people will probably tune out next week. WWE need to be consistent - ESPECIALLY after a PPV.

 

[Troy]

The big thing with this RAW was that the show did hours of 3.41 and 3.27. People tuned in to see what the fallout was but once Lesnar left it looks like quite a few viewers left as well.

 

[AZUCAR!]

And who could blame them.

 

[We Are Legion]

Maybe the commentators shouldn't have said "Brock has been escorted from the building"

At least some of those viewers may have stuck around to see if he would ever come back.

 

[Troy]

Yeah it wasn't the best idea to tell everyone that he was being removed from the building and that he wouldn't be back. If he isn't back next week I wonder what will happen to the ratings, I can't see them holding this rating without him.