WWE Raw ratings reach another record low this week
Posted: May 24th, '17, 07:57
Source: www.F4WOnline.com
By Dave Meltzer | @davemeltzerWON | May 23, 2017 2:14 pm
Raw set its third non-football and non-holiday record low last night in the past four weeks, doing 2.61 million viewers on average for the show. The live episode actually did fewer viewers than the taped show from London two weeks ago, which set the previous seasonal record low of 2.68 million viewers.
It was a lock the numbers would be low given how many viewers the show has lost since the NBA playoffs started. However, both the NBA and NHL playoff numbers dropped from last week and Raw still declined five percent against easier competition.
The Golden State Warriors vs. San Antonio Spurs game did 5.79 million viewers, which was down from the 6.80 million viewers for the game against Raw last week. The Nashville Predators vs. Anaheim Ducks game last night against Raw did 1.50 million viewers on NBC Sports Network, down from last week's 1.74 million viewers.
Next week's Raw would go up against the Boston Celtics vs. Cleveland Cavaliers game if a seventh game is needed. If not, Raw would be unopposed by basketball and we'll have a better sense of where things will level off at for the summer, until an almost certain drop to all-time lows in the fall.
Raw was fifth for the night on cable.
The key to the show is that there were the lowest number of viewers in the first hour dating back at least 20 years, even below shows on New Year's Eve, last year's show on July 4th (which is really scary when you think there were slightly more viewers at 8 p.m. on July 4th), and even the night of the Trump-Clinton debate last September.
The three hours were:
8 p.m. 2.66 million viewers
9 p.m. 2.76 million viewers
10 p.m. 2.43 million viewers
By Dave Meltzer | @davemeltzerWON | May 23, 2017 2:14 pm
Raw set its third non-football and non-holiday record low last night in the past four weeks, doing 2.61 million viewers on average for the show. The live episode actually did fewer viewers than the taped show from London two weeks ago, which set the previous seasonal record low of 2.68 million viewers.
It was a lock the numbers would be low given how many viewers the show has lost since the NBA playoffs started. However, both the NBA and NHL playoff numbers dropped from last week and Raw still declined five percent against easier competition.
The Golden State Warriors vs. San Antonio Spurs game did 5.79 million viewers, which was down from the 6.80 million viewers for the game against Raw last week. The Nashville Predators vs. Anaheim Ducks game last night against Raw did 1.50 million viewers on NBC Sports Network, down from last week's 1.74 million viewers.
Next week's Raw would go up against the Boston Celtics vs. Cleveland Cavaliers game if a seventh game is needed. If not, Raw would be unopposed by basketball and we'll have a better sense of where things will level off at for the summer, until an almost certain drop to all-time lows in the fall.
Raw was fifth for the night on cable.
The key to the show is that there were the lowest number of viewers in the first hour dating back at least 20 years, even below shows on New Year's Eve, last year's show on July 4th (which is really scary when you think there were slightly more viewers at 8 p.m. on July 4th), and even the night of the Trump-Clinton debate last September.
The three hours were:
8 p.m. 2.66 million viewers
9 p.m. 2.76 million viewers
10 p.m. 2.43 million viewers