WWE Television Ratings

[Troy]

My take on it is that people want to see him in person and not in another video package. I predict that when he actually appears in person, in the ring that the rating will increase for his segments.

 

[Heisenberg]

Final 2/2 Smackdown Rating: Up Or Down From Last Week?
This past Friday's edition of WWE Smackdown scored a final cable rating of 2.15, according to Nielsen Media Research.

Smackdown averaged 3.194 million viewers, and the 2.15 final number marks an increase from the 2.11 final draw the show delivered last Friday.

Nice.

 

[Heisenberg]

Final 2/6 Raw Rating: Number Drops Following Post-Rumble Show
This past Monday's edition of WWE Raw scored a final cable rating of 3.25, down from the 3.55 the post-Royal Rumble edition of the show scored last week.

Raw this week averaged 4.62 million viewers compared to the 5.245 million who saw the program last week.

I'm guessing more peopled tuned in last week just to see the aftermath of Rumble and the whole HHH situation, this weeks RAW was crappy anyway.

 

[Heisenberg]

2/6 WWE RAW Rating Breakdown Segment By Segment
The February 6th WWE RAW Supershow did a 3.25 cable rating with 4.61 million viewers.

The first segment with Triple H started with a strong 3.62 quarter rating.

Big Show vs. Daniel Bryan lost 508,000 viewers.

Bryan's promo and the taped segment with John Cena with NASCAR's Carl Edwards gained 43,000 viewers.

Sheamus vs. David Otunga lost 197,000 viewers.

CM Punk and Chris Jericho gained just 94,000 viewers- this was the segment at 10pm EST.

Randy Orton and The Great Khali vs. Wade Barrett and Cody Rhodes lost 22,000 viewers.

The eight-Divas match lost 139,000 more viewers.

The Six Pack Challenge with Jericho vs. Punk vs. The Miz vs. R-Truth vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston gained 443,000 viewers, finishing at a 3.42 quarter rating.

Good sign that the main event picked up, probably because it actually had a PURPOSE. It wasn't some random crappy tag team match again. The 6 pack challenge added intrigue to the Elimination Chamber.

 

[Troy]

Good sign that the main event picked up, probably because it actually had a PURPOSE. It wasn't some random crappy tag team match again. The 6 pack challenge added intrigue to the Elimination Chamber.

That is the key. If WWE starts booking meaningful matches each week that make sense then people will tune in every week to see what happens next in the feud. The rating did drop a bit but it is still above the dreaded 3.0 rating that they got before.

 

[Troy]

The 2/10 edition of Smackdown did a 2.17 rating with 3,261,000 viewers.

Steady rating for Smackdown. Hopefully for the live show they can push it close to 2.5

 

[Heisenberg]

Final 2/13 WWE Raw Rating: Number Drops From Last Week
F4WOnline.com is reporting that last night's edition of WWE Raw finished with a 3.0 cable rating, which is down from the previous week's 3.25 draw.

2/13 RAW Ratings: The Go Home Episode Of RAW
Monday's RAW scored a 3.0 cable rating with 4,118,000 viewers. This week's show did hours of 2.91 and 3.09.

In a positive note, WWE reversed the long-standing trend of viewership sinking during the second hour. Monday's show averaged 4.305 million viewers in the second hour compared to 3.932 million in the first.

Damn, that's a bad drop considering they had HBK/HHH on the show and it was the show leading into Chamber. It was a good episode of RAW too..

 

[Dale]

The February 13, 2012 episode of the Raw SuperShow averaged 4.14 million viewers for a 3.01 cable rating. The prior week's show garnered a 3.25 cable rating and averaged 4.62 million viewers.

In the segment-by-segment breakdown, the WWE Championship Elimination Chamber Debate that kicked off Raw drew a 2.93 rating. From there, Chris Jericho's match against Kofi Kingston lost 49,000 viewers. Backstage segments with John Cena, Zack Ryder, John Laurinaitis and David Otunga lost 24,000 viewers. Randy Orton taking on Big Show gained 93,000 viewers.

The advertised return of Shawn Michaels, with an appearance by Triple H, gained 822,000 viewers for a 3.56 quarter hour rating. The subsequent Dolph Ziggler vs. R-Truth match lost 621,000 viewers. Tamina Snuka's victory over Brie Bella and the angle where John Cena kissed Eve in front of Zack Ryder lost 320,000 additional viewers.

The low point of the show was the advertised main event as WWE Champion CM Punk's match against The Miz lost 139,000 additional viewers to draw a 2.77 quarter hour rating. The overrun with Cena, Ryder and Kane gained 505,000 viewers for a 3.14.

Some pretty damn numbers there especially the main event losing viewers.

 

[Heisenberg]

It looks like Kane segments ALWAYS gain viewers.

 

[Troy]

Bad number for RAW considering they had hyped HBK's return before the show. Good gain for the HBK/HHH segment and for the Kane segment. I thought that the show overall was good and shouldn't have finished with such a low number.

 

[Heisenberg]

2/17 WWE SD! Rating: PPV Go-Home Show Draws Poorly
This past Friday night's edition of WWE Smackdown, which was the go-home show to the Elimination Chamber PPV, drew a final 1.95 cable rating, which is down from the previous week's 2.13 draw.

This only the second time in 2012 that Smackdown's rating dipped below a 2.0.

Very poor rating.

 

[Andrew]

Ring Ka King is better than Smackdown

 

[Heisenberg]

India ratings are different to US ratings, they're not a success in the USA...

 

[Troy]

I don't think that a 2.0 rating is a failure at all, Smackdown normally bounces around between a 2 and 2.2 rating so this isn't a worry.

Live Smackdown rating is what I am waiting to see, close to 2.5 is what I am sure WWE are aiming for although for the life of me I can't remember what the previous Live Smackdowns drew for ratings.

 

[Heisenberg]

2/20 Raw Rating: Did The Number Bounce Back From Last Week?
Last night's edition of WWE Raw finished with a 3.25 cable rating, which up from last week's 2.99 draw.

The show took in 4.63 million viewers, and here are the hourly figures:

Hour one drew 4.66 million viewers, and hour two took in 4.59 million viewers.

Nice rating, I think WWE will draw at least a 4.0 leading into Mania. Especially with Rock appearing weekly, so I expect at least a 3.6 this coming week when he responds to John Cena. The "truth" is supposed to come out according to Rock.