By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor

TNA Impact last Thursday, July 19 officially scored a 0.91 rating during Week 2 of the DirecTV-Viacom dispute, up slightly from a 0.85 rating on July 12 during Week 1 of the dispute.

Both weeks scored the same 0.85 first hour rating. However, the second hour on July 19 increased one stair-step to a 0.97 second hour rating. On July 12, the second hour stayed at the same level with a 0.86 rating.

The July 19 Impact did not have a quarter-hour rating above a 1.00. The peak was a 0.98 rating in Q7. The second hour quarter-hour ratings were nearly identical with a 0.97, 0.96, 0.98, and 0.96 to close the show.

First Hour Break Down

Q1: Impact opened with a show-low 0.82 rating for the opening segment featuring James Storm trying to call out Kurt Angle before the Aces & Eights jumped Angle backstage. There was also one commercial.

Q2: Impact increased slightly to a 0.86 rating for Samoa Joe calling out The Pope, their match, one commercial, and Jeff Hardy calling out Robbie E.

Q3: Impact returned to a show-low 0.82 rating for a three-minute Hardy vs. Robbie match, one commercial, an EY & ODB skit backstage, Daniels & Kaz backstage, and Jeremy Borash introducing this month's Gut Check contestant. There were also two commercial breaks dragging down the rating.

Q4: Impact scored a first-hour high 0.89 rating for follow-up on Sam Shaw's beat down by A&E, Mr. Anderson calling out A.J. Styles, and one commercial during their match.

Second Hour Break Down

Q5: Impact increased one stair-step to a 0.97 rating for the second-half of Styles vs. Anderson, a post-match angle with Styles and Claire, one commercial, and RVD calling out Daniels for the next BFG Series match.

Q6: Impact remained about the same with a 0.96 rating for RVD vs. Daniels, one commercial, backstage segments, and Magnus calling out Bully Ray.

Q7: Impact increased slightly to a show-high 0.98 rating for Magnus vs. Ray, a video on Chavo Guerrero debuting next week, one commercial, and Bobby Roode coming out for the main event.

Q8: Impact decreased very slightly to a 0.96 rating for the Aries-Roode non-title, under-hyped main event that was interrupted by A&E to close the show. There was also one commercial.

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