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Week 9 of Raw vs. SD Live & DVR viewing – Raw regains big lead over Smackdown

September 29, 2016

Accounting for DVR viewing, Week 9 of the Raw vs. Smackdown TV audience leaned heavily in Raw’s favor. Smackdown came close to Raw during Week 8 when Smackdown had Backlash PPV fall-out. However, Raw widened […]

Raw vs. SD Live & DVR Viewership – Week 8: Did Smackdown finally beat Raw in total viewers?

September 20, 2016

Accounting for DVR viewing, Week 8 of the Raw vs. Smackdown TV audience battle narrowly went to Raw by a margin of about 52,000 viewers. Raw’s total audience was an average of 3.046 million viewers, […]

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Raw vs. SD Week 7 Live & DVR Viewership – Labor Day Raw widens gap after Smackdown tumbles

September 13, 2016

Accounting for DVR viewing, Week 7 of the Raw vs. Smackdown battle went heavily in Raw’s favor. Raw tumbled on Labor Day, but Smackdown fell even more the day after Labor Day. The trend continues that […]

Raw vs. SD Week 6 Live & DVR Viewing – Raw gets Universal Title bump & SD reaches peak audience

September 13, 2016

Accounting for DVR viewing, Week 6 of the Raw vs. Smackdown battle went heavily in Raw’s favor thanks to a Universal Title match in the TV main event. Raw totaled the most viewers of the brand […]

Week 3 – Raw vs. SD Live TV Viewership & DVR viewing – downturn for Raw and big jump for SD closes gap

August 17, 2016

By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor Accounting for DVR viewing, Week 3 of the Raw vs. Smackdown battle still went to Raw for the third consecutive week. However, the margin of victory was nearly cut […]

Raw vs. Smackdown Week 2 Total Viewers – DVR bump gives Raw more viewers than Week 1, SD dips

August 9, 2016

By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor Accounting for DVR viewing, the second WWE Raw episode of the “new era” widened its margin over Smackdown in total viewership. Raw vs. Smackdown Final Viewership Tally August 1 Raw vs. […]

WWE Draft Week Final TV Viewership – how did Raw & Live SD/Draft compare with DVR viewing?

July 26, 2016

By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor WWE Draft Week was about as even as it gets in terms of viewing audiences for the July 18 Raw and the July 19 live Smackdown/WWE Draft back-to-back nights on […]

7/14 WWE Smackdown TV rating sinks for final Thursday airing, but huge DVR bump

July 19, 2016

The final Thursday night Smackdown airing drew a poor TV audience to finish the era. However, DVR viewing uncharacteristically skyrocketed for Smackdown. WWE Smackdown TV Ratings Tracking July 14: WWE Smackdown scored a 1.56 TV rating, […]

7/13 Lucha Underground Viewers – Week 2 of “Ultima Lucha Dos” improves, plus DVR audience

July 19, 2016

Week 2 of “Ultima Lucha Dos” grew slightly from the first week, adding in a better replay audience than the first episode. Lucha Underground Viewership Tracking July 13: The second week of Lucha Underground’s three-week “Ultima […]

7/12 TNA Impact Viewership – Updated “Dest. X” audience, demos, DVR viewers

July 19, 2016

Following a one-week pop for the “Final Deletion” episode of TNA Impact, the “Destination X” Impact came back down to earth. TNA Impact Viewership Tracking July 12: TNA’s “Destination X” Impact fell 13 percent in Tuesday night viewing […]

7/11 WWE Raw TV Rating is in, plus updated DVR viewership

July 19, 2016

WWE Raw TV Ratings Tracking July 11: WWE Raw scored a 2.28 TV rating, rebounding from the historically-low 1.87 rating on the Fourth of July. The 2.28 is within the range of where Raw has been […]

TV VIEWERSHIP – WWE Raw Second Quarter 2016 – Live & DVR viewing totals & averages

July 11, 2016

WWE Raw TV & DVR Viewership Second Quarter 2016 Even with the benefit of the highest-rated show of the year – the post-WrestleMania Raw episode – Raw fell 9.1 percent in TV ratings in the second […]

TV VIEWERSHIP – WWE Smackdown Second Quarter 2016 – Live & DVR viewing totals & averages

July 11, 2016

WWE Smackdown TV & DVR Viewership Second Quarter 2016 WWE Smackdown had a rough performance in the second quarter on USA Network, highlighting the need for a drastic shake-up. Enter the roster split and going live […]

TV VIEWERSHIP – TNA Impact Second Quarter 2016 – Live & Replay & DVR viewing totals & averages

July 11, 2016

TNA Impact TV & DVR Viewership Second Quarter 2016 TNA Impact had an interesting second quarter losing their Tuesday night replay timeslot on Pop TV, temporarily shifting to a Saturday morning replay, losing the Saturday replay, and […]

TV VIEWERSHIP – Lucha Underground Second Quarter 2016 – Live & Replay & DVR viewing totals & averages

July 11, 2016

Lucha Underground TV & DVR Viewership Second Quarter 2016 Lucha Underground, like each of the other pro wrestling shows on U.S. TV, had a downturn in the second quarter 2016. VIEWERSHIP – The live airings […]

Weeks of June 6/May 30 DVR Updates – Raw (Memorial Day big DVR; historical 3H decline widens), Smackdown DVR total for sub-2.0 million viewers, TNA Impact pre-PPV, Lucha Underground dips

June 16, 2016

DVR TRACKING TABLES – 2016 WWE Raw (including First Quarter Average) WWE Smackdown (including Q1 Average) TNA Impact (including Q1 Average) Lucha Underground (including Q1 Average) Updated 6/16: Includes total Live+DVR viewership for 6/6 WWE Raw, […]

Week of May 23 DVR Viewership – Raw’s post-PPV viewers, TNA Impact “May Mayhem” bump, Lucha recovers

June 3, 2016

DVR TRACKING TABLES – 2016 WWE Raw (including First Quarter Average) WWE Smackdown (including Q1 Average) TNA Impact (including Q1 Average) Lucha Underground (including Q1 Average) Updated 6/2: Includes total Live+DVR viewership for 5/23 WWE Raw, […]

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