Official "2012 WWE Television Ratings" Thread

[Lord Tensai]

The 1/2 edition of Raw did a 3.1 rating with 4,438,000 viewers. Once again, WWE had the problem of losing viewers as the first hour did a 3.2 while hour two did a 3.02, so 6% of the fan base tuned out before seeing the "big surprise" return of Chris Jericho. One man's opinion as to why? How about a lead announcer that doesn't get over any of the talent and largely tells us they don't matter?

The 12/31 edition of Raw did a 0.75 rating with 829,000 viewers.

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[Kellie]

The 1/6 edition of Smackdown did a 1.82 rating with 2,589,000 viewers.


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[Lord Tensai]

The 1/9 edition of Raw did a 2.9 rating with 4,008,000 viewers. That is down from last week's 3.1 rating and 4,438,000 viewers. Once again, viewership dropped as the show went on as hour one did a 2.96 and hour two did a 2.77, and lost 176,000 viewers.

Before people point to the BCS Championship game on ESPN, while it did a 16.22 rating and 24,214,000 viewers, it was down about 15% from last year's game and by the end the game was a blowout so that would not explain people tuning out of Raw. Also, most of the broadcast networks ran repeats. So if Vince wants a reason as to why people left, let's try bad "horror" skits and having a guy unable to change a tire. It's a great place to start.

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[Lord Tensai]

The 1/9 edition of Raw did a 2.9 rating with 4,008,000 viewers. That is down from last week's 3.1 rating and 4,438,000 viewers. Once again, viewership dropped as the show went on as hour one did a 2.96 and hour two did a 2.77, and lost 176,000 viewers.

Before people point to the BCS Championship game on ESPN, while it did a 16.22 rating and 24,214,000 viewers, it was down about 15% from last year's game and by the end the game was a blowout so that would not explain people tuning out of Raw. Also, most of the broadcast networks ran repeats. So if Vince wants a reason as to why people left, let's try bad "horror" skits and having a guy unable to change a tire. It's a great place to start.

pwi

[Sabin Shelley Army]

- As noted before, the January 9th RAW Supershow did a 2.86 rating with 4 million viewers up against the Alabama vs. LSU BCS Championship football game which did a 16.22 rating and 24.21 million viewers.

In the segment breakdown, Sheamus and Santino Marella vs. Wade Barrett and Jinder Mahal lost 238,000 viewers from the opener. The Edge Hall of Fame announcement, a segment with Eve Torres and Zack Ryder plus Daniel Bryan vs. Kofi Kingston gained 100,000 viewers back.

Brodus Clay’s debut vs. Curt Hawkins plus a segment with The Miz, Primo and Epico lost 82,000 viewers. In the 10pm timeslot, CM Punk vs. Jack Swagger did a 3.00 rating and gained 128,000 viewers – another bad number for 10pm.

Backstage segments with The Bellas, The Miz, Ricardo Rodriguez, John Cena and Zack Ryder plus the Four Horsemen Hall of Fame video lost 193,000 viewers. The segment with R-Truth & Rodriguez plus the brawl with The Miz and Chris Jericho’s appearance lost 130,000 viewers.

The segment with Eve Torres in the ring, Kane coming out and Zack Ryder trying to save her by taking her to his car lost 544,000 viewers and did a 2.39 quarter rating. It’s a bad sign when RAW loses over a half-million viewers before the main event. The main event of Cena vs. Dolph Ziggler and the end segment in the parking lot gained 640,000 viewers for a 2.84 overrun rating. This is about normal viewership for the overrun but the second-lowest rating going back to 1997.

During the Cena vs. Ziggler main event, Male Teens went from a 2.4 rating to a 2.6, Males 18-49 went from a 2.3 to a 2.6, Female Teens went from a 1.0 to a 1.2 and Females 18-49 went from a 0.8 to a 1.0 rating.


WNZ

[Lord Tensai]

The 1/13 edition of Smackdown did a 2.21 rating with 3,131,000 viewers. That is not all that far off what Raw did earlier that week.

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[Lord Tensai]

The 1/16 edition of Raw did a 3.0 rating, with 4,279,000 viewers. Both figures are up nicely from last week. You can bet WWE is happy that Monday Night football season is over. The first hour did a 3.0 while hour two did a 3.03 so the rating actually rose in hour two. Viewership did drop however, by 62,000 people.

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[Kellie]

The 1/16 edition of Raw did a 3.0 rating, with 4,279,000 viewers. Both figures are up nicely from last week. You can bet WWE is happy that Monday Night football season is over. The first hour did a 3.0 while hour two did a 3.03 so the rating actually rose in hour two. Viewership did drop however, by 62,000 people.


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[Lord Tensai]

The 1/20 edition of Smackdown did a 2.18 rating with 3,324,000 viewers.

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[Lord Tensai]

The 1/23 edition of Raw did a 3.2 rating, with 4,617,000 viewers. The show did hours of 3.19 and 3.16. Hour one did 99,000 more viewers than hour two.

The 1/21 edition of AM Raw did a 0.57 rating with 723,000 viewers.

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[LionDen]

RAW Rating 30th Jan, 2012

The Royal Rumble brought a nice audience to Raw last night as the show did a 3.6 rating and 5,221,000 viewers. The show did hours of 3.6 and 3.5. The bad news is that they lost 194,000 viewers from hour one to hour two.

[LionDen]

Smackdown Rating 3rd Feb, 2012

Smackdown did a 2.19 rating with 3,194,000 viewers.

[konan]

The February 4th episode of WWE's AM RAW scored a 0.59 cable rating with 723,000 viewers.

- The February 6th episode of WWE's RAW Supershow scored a 3.3 cable rating with 4,619,000 viewers. Hour 1 did a 3.34 rating while hour 2 did a 3.17 rating. RAW lost 362,000 viewers from hour 1 to hour 2 this week.

[Swinny]

Monday's RAW Viewership Breakdown
Posted by: Ben Kerin of WrestlingNewsSource.com on Feb 08 2012

Monday's (2/6) edition WWE RAW Supershow drew a 3.25 cable rating with 4.61 million viewers. Below is a breakdown on key segements:

* Triple H opened the show with 3.62 rating. * Big Show vs. Daniel Bryan (-) 508,000 viewers. * Daniel Bryan’s promo / John Cena with NASCAR’s Carl Edwards (+) 43,000 viewers. * Sheamus vs. David Otunga lost (-) 197,000 viewers. * CM Punk and Chris Jericho (10 PM slot) (+) 94,000 viewers. * Randy Orton and The Great Khali vs. Wade Barrett and Cody Rhodes (-) 22,000. * WWE Divas match (-) 139,000. * The Six Pack Challenge with Chris Jericho vs. CM Punk vs. The Miz vs. R-Truth vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston (+) 443,000 viewers. Final quarter rating 3.42.

[LionDen]

I just read a Q and A on PWI that I thought was interesting and thought I would share it here:

Question:
Just a quick question. Do you think it’s possible that the shift to younger viewers is related to the hour to hour losses? Surely, lots most kids are watching now and would it be possible that ten o’clock is the bedtime for 100,000 or so of their viewers? Doesn’t Smackdown air earlier, on a non-school night and not experience that loss? A thought.

Answer:
I have wondered that too so let's look at the numbers from the 2/6 Raw. The show lost 362,000 viewers from hour one to hour two. In the people 18 to 49 demo, they lost 79,000 viewers. In the people 25-54 demo, they lost 108,000 people. In the people 55+ demo, they lost 179,000 people. So, it's just the opposite. They are turning off older people from hour one to hour two, not younger people.

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