
Males 18-49 averaged 1.50 rating, down 9 percent from 1.66 in Q1. Males 18-34 averaged 1.32 rating, down 15 percent from 1.55 in Q1. However, the biggest decline was the same – the younger audience of males 18-34. – The key demographic ratings were not hit as hard as Smackdown on Thursday nights. – TOTAL VIEWERSHIP was 3.684 million viewers, down 8.0 percent from 3.978 million total viewers in Q1. This was a slight improvement on 359,000 avg. Like Smackdown, there was not a make-up in the original viewership decline. – Average DVR viewership for all three hours was 359,256 per episode, down from 374,308 in Q1. The third hour decline was more pronounced with an 8.8 percent decline in Q2 versus 6.5 percent decline in Q1. Q1 OVERALL: 3.604 million average viewers. Q2 OVERALL: 3.325 million average viewers.
Q2 Third Hour: 3.133 million average viewers (down 8.8% from 2H).Q2 Second Hour: 3.438 million average viewers.
Q2 First Hour: 3.404 million average viewers. – The live airings on Monday night averaged 3.325 million viewers, down 7.7 percent (about 275,000 viewers) from 3.604 million viewers in the First Quarter. 4, every episode in the second quarter was below the Q1 average of a 2.56 rating. Two months later, Raw hit the historically-low 2.03 rating on June 13.Īfter Apr. The peak rating was a 2.93 rating on April 4 for the post-Mania Raw. – Raw averaged a 2.33 TV rating in Q2, down 9.1 percent from a 2.56 rating in Q1. The third hour generated the most DVR viewers, as usual, but the second quarter average declined from Q1. Plus, all 13 weeks in the quarter saw third hour viewership decline from the second quarter. Raw’s third hour really affected the overall quarter with some significant struggles mid-way through the quarter. SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN).Įven with the benefit of the highest-rated show of the year – the post-WrestleMania Raw episode – Raw fell 9.1 percent in TV ratings in the second quarter compared to Q1.