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Against major competition from both the NBA and NHL playoffs, Raw fell to 1.60 million viewers and an 0.52 in 18-49 last night.
Raw went against the Philadelphia 76ers vs. New York Knicks game for two hours plus which did 2.95 million viewers and an 0.95 demo rating on TNT and 524,000 viewers and 0.22 on TruTV, and the third hour went against the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets game that did 3,615,000 viewers and 1.24 in 18-49 on TNT and 636,000 and 0.28 on TruTV. The Orlando Magic vs. Cleveland Cavaliers game on NBA TV did 381,000 viewers and an 0.13 in 18-49.
Raw was third for the night behind the two TNT games and second behind TNT, which aired the games, in the time slot.
ESPN aired Stanley Cup playoff hockey with Toronto vs. Boston in the early game doing 1,132,000 viewers and a 0.35 in 18-49, and hour three went against Las Vegas vs. Dallas which did 777,000 viewers and 0.28. In addition, a New York Rangers vs. Carolina Hurricanes game on ESPN2 did 556,000 viewers and 0.19.
The show started low and didn’t decline much in hour three, built around a battle royal, won by Becky Lynch, for the Women’s World Championship that Rhea Ripley vacated due to injury.
Raw was down 12 percent in viewers and down 14 percent in 18-49 from last week, with the difference being no Cody Rhodes this week and the much harder competition.
As compared to one year ago, against similar competition, Raw was down 12 percent in viewers and down five percent in 18-49. It has been very rare for WWE programming to be down from last year in 18-49, because the audience has grown so much younger over the past year. The audience should bounce back next week with the WWE Draft show.
The three hours were:
- 8 p.m. 1.61 million viewers
- 9 p.m. 1.64 million viewers
- 10 p.m. 1.54 million viewers
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News Summary:
- WWE Raw ratings down against heavy sports competition
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