SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)...
Last week’s AEW Dynamite (2/1) averaged 899,000 live and same-night viewers on TBS (across all cable and streaming services), essentially even with the prior week, but down from the 1,003,000 from two weeks ago. The prior ten weeks averaged 920,000.
One year ago, the Feb. 8, 2022 episode drew 1.129 million viewers. The prior ten weeks averaged 974000.
Two years ago, the Feb. 10, 2021 episode drew 741,000 viewers. The prior ten weeks averaged 832,000.
The key 18-49 demo rating was 0.30, essentially even with the 0.31 the week before. The prior ten-weeks averaged 0.26. That landed the show no. 5 among all shows on cable TV in that demographic. One year ago, Dynamite drew a 0.41 rating, up from the prior ten week average of 0.37.
It also drew a 0.39 rating among men 18-49 (down from 0.43) and 0.30 among men 18-34. The total cable household rating was 0.67. The prior ten weeks averaged 0.64.
Last week’s episode headlined with The Acclaimed defending the AEW Tag Team Titles to the Gunns plus Bryan Danielson vs. Rush, The Elite vs. Top Flight & A.R. Fox, MJF vs. Takeshita, and a Ricky Starks gaunlet challenge.
We also have updates on 7-day viewership totals for recent episodes:
-Jan. 18 Dynamite: 1.126 million
-Jan. 11 Dynamite: 1.129 million
-Jan. 4 Dynamite: 1.033 million.
The streak of drawing more than 1 million viewers after seven days of delayed views is eight. It has topped 1 million 47 out of the last 52 weeks.
No wonder the numbers were down! It was a terrible episode with the same old, same old. Overbooked matches with almost every single one oversaturated with outside shenanigans. Same old boring and repetitive promos from Adam Page and Jon Moxley. Supposed Sit down exclusives with Renee Paquette and Adam Cole and Jim Ross and Wardlow; the latter of which saw JR getting to literally make an opening remark with one minor question and Wardlow just rambled on. That’s not an interview! Brian Cage loses again, this time to the stale Jungle Boy, who lacks facial expression, lacks direction and is still in the same spot he’s been the last 3 years. Tony Khan’s crappy booking has totally killed all of Brian Cage’s aura. Stick a fork in him! And don’t even get me started on that terribly executed Women’s 3-Way Main Event featuring camera hog Saraya running around the outside of the ring acting like the attention whore she is while Toni Storm, a sluggish Britt Baker, and a wooden as hell Ruby Soho go through the motions. Awful show all around!