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TNA Impact Viewership Tracking
July 28: TNA Impact drew 350,000 first-run viewers, down from 362k first-run viewers last week.
Last week’s Thursday night premiere also added 48,000 replay viewers, but no replay audience was reported this week.
The Thursday night audience of 350,000 viewers is in-between what the show drew on Tuesday nights earlier this year.
DVR UPDATE: TNA Impact added 47,000 DVR viewers to make up for the lack of a replay audience.
Impact’s live + DVR audience was 397,000, matching last week’s audience of 396,000. However, last week’s show added 48,000 replay viewers.
| Week | Date | Thurs Viewers | DVR Viewers | TOTAL VIEWERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7/21/16 Thurs. Shift | 362,000 48,000 replay | 34,000 | 444,000 |
| 2 | 7/28/16 | 350,000 | 47,000 | 397,000 |
| 3 | 8/4/16 | 317,000 | 54,000 | 371,000 (-6.5%) |
| 4 | 8/11/16 | 315,000 | 67,000 | 382,000 (+3.0%) |
| 5 | 8/18/16 | 355,000 | 47,000 | 402,000 (+5.2%) |
| 6 | 8/25/16 | 373,000 | 44,000 | 417,000 (+3.7%) |
| 7 | 9/1/16 | 351,000 | n/a | 351,000 |
| 8 | 9/8/16 | 337,000 | 57,000 | 394,000 |
| 9 | 9/15/16 | 366,000 | 53,000 | 419,000 (+6.3%) |
| 10 | 9/22/16 | 377,000 | 45,000 | 422,000 (+0.7%) |
– DEMOGRAPHICS: Impact drew a median age viewer of 52.1 years-old, younger than last week’s audience of 53.7.
As a result, Impact drew more adult 18-49 viewers than last week’s first-run airing.
Within the a18-49 audience, Impact drew more male 18-49 viewers than last week; females 18-49 was nearly identical.
Through two weeks, Pop has aired a block of soap opera programming before Impact on Thursday nights, leading to a bump in female viewers compared to Tuesday nights.
This week’s split was 56 percent m18-49 and 44 percent f18-49, compared to 50/50 last week.
Hanging in there. Retaining a good chunk of the audience.
The show has been pretty entertaining lately.