{"id":11572,"date":"2016-04-07T15:34:18","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T20:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=11572"},"modified":"2016-05-05T17:40:17","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T22:40:17","slug":"2016q1dvrtracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/07\/2016q1dvrtracking\/","title":{"rendered":"DVR Viewing &#8211; Week of March 28 &#8211; Raw, Smackdown, TNA Impact, Lucha"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2498828693\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>DVR Tracking &#8211; First Quarter 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week of Mar. 28\u00a0Update:\u00a0<\/strong>This will be the last post in this article wrapping up the First Quarter. We will begin a new article in a new format with the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Updated viewership below includes the March 28\u00a0Raw, March 29\u00a0TNA Impact, March 30\u00a0Lucha Underground (record viewership), and March 31\u00a0WWE Smackdown.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>WWE Raw on USA Network<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1567\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Rawlogo_3x2.jpg\" alt=\"Rawlogo600\" width=\"399\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Rawlogo_3x2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Rawlogo_3x2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>March 28 (Full House Roster pre-WM32)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 2.66 rating<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Avg. Live Viewers: 3.764 million viewers<br \/>\n&#8211; Avg. DVR added: 376,000 viewers (most in five weeks)<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0<strong>TOTAL\u00a0<\/strong>Avg. Live+DVR Viewers: 4.140 million viewers (up 11.2%)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; First Hour: 3.818 million live viewers<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1542486069\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>376,000 DVR viewers added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>4.194 million viewers (#2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Second Hour: 3.845 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>368,000 DVR viewers added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>4.213 million viewers (#1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Third Hour: 3.629 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>384,000 DVR viewers added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>4.013 million viewers (#3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>March 21 (No Part-Time Stars Two Weeks Pre-WM32)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 2.44 rating (down 3%)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Avg. Live Viewers: 3.399 million viewers (down two percent)<br \/>\n&#8211; Avg. DVR added: 322,333 viewers (9.5%, nearly identical to last week, thus not making up for softer live viewership)<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0<strong>TOTAL\u00a0<\/strong>Avg. Live+DVR Viewers: 3.722 million viewers (down 1.7% from last week)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; First Hour: 3.466 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>323,000 DVR viewers added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>3.789 million viewers (#1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Second Hour: 3.416 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>302,000 DVR viewers added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>3.718 million viewers (#2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Third Hour: 3.317 million live viewers<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2761401614\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>342,000 DVR viewers added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>3.658 million viewers (#3)<\/li>\n<li>There was not enough of a DVR bump to make up for the downturn in live third hour viewership.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>March 14 (Full House Pittsburgh Raw)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 2.51 rating (down 3%)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Avg. Live Viewers: 3.457 million viewers (down 2.6%)<br \/>\n&#8211; Avg. DVR added: 327,333 viewers (9.5%)<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>TOTAL<\/strong> Avg. Live+DVR Viewers: 3.785 million (down 1.8% from last week)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; First Hour: 3.471 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>298,000 DVR viewers added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>3.769 million viewers (#2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Second Hour: 3.392 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>305,000 DVR viewers added (nearly year-low)<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>3.697 million viewers (#3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Third Hour: 3.510 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>379,000 DVR viewers added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>3.889 million viewers (#1)<\/li>\n<li>The males 18-49 demo jumped from a 1.79 live to a 2.00 DVR rating.<\/li>\n<li>General adults 18-49 jumped 11 percent live to DVR.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>OVERALL: Despite the overall TV rating, live viewership, and total viewership declining from last week with a full house of WWE stars, the third hour was a good sign.<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 7 (Chicago Raw)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 2.59 rating (down from a 2.63 rating)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Avg. Live Viewers: 3.551 million viewers (down 4.6%)<br \/>\n&#8211; Avg. DVR added: 304,667 viewers (8.6%) &#8211; smallest gain by number in 2016<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0<strong>TOTAL\u00a0<\/strong>Avg. Live+DVR Viewers: 3.885 million viewers (bottom-half of 2016)<\/p>\n<p>SUMMARY: Live viewership was was soft and DVR viewership was equally soft as last week&#8217;s show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; First Hour: 3.760 million live\u00a0viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>296,000 DVR viewers added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL<\/strong>: 4.056 million viewers (#1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Second Hour: 3.614 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>308,000 DVR viewers added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:<\/strong> 3.922 million viewers (#2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Third Hour: 3.279 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>310,000 DVR viewers added (by far the least number of third hour DVR add-ons this year)<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>3.589 million viewers (#3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>February 29 (The Undertaker Return)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 2.63 rating (down 3.7% from last week)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Avg. Live Viewers: 3.724 million viewers (down 4.1%)<br \/>\n&#8211; Avg. DVR added: 318,000 viewers (8.5%) &#8211; smallest gain by number and percentage in\u00a02016<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>TOTAL<\/strong> Avg. Live+DVR Viewers: 4.042 million viewers (down 6.9% from last week)<\/p>\n<p>SUMMARY: Avg. Live Viewership was down 4.6%, then factoring in DVR viewing, the average of all three hours declined even further to 6.9% due to soft DVR viewing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; First Hour: 3.961 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>266,000 DVR viewers added (by far year-low)<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:<\/strong> 4.227 million viewers (#1)<\/li>\n<li>The only demographic that showed significant movement was males 18-49 gaining 0.15 of a rating.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Second Hour: 3.660 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>296,000 DVR viewers added (by far year-low)<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>3.956 million viewers (#2)<\/li>\n<li>Again, the only demo that showed significant movement was males 18-49 gaining 0.16 of a rating<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Third Hour: 3.551 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>392,000 DVR viewers added (jump from the first two hours)<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>3.943 million viewers (#3, nearly closing the gap on the second hour)<\/li>\n<li>The third hour jumped in males 18-49 by 0.25 of a rating. Other demos showed similar gains in the hour, but not at the level of m18-49.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>February 22 (Post-Fast Lane\/Shane McMahon Big Return)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 2.73 rating (up 10% from last week)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Avg. Live Viewers: 3.884 million viewers (+11.7% from last week)<br \/>\n&#8211; Avg. DVR added: 458,667 viewers (11.8%)<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>TOTAL<\/strong> Avg. Live+DVR Viewers: 4.342 million (+13.1% from last week)<\/p>\n<p>This was the second-largest total audience of the year behind 4.499 million viewers for post-Royal Rumble Raw.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; First Hour: 4.201 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>459,000 DVR viewers added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>4.660 million viewers (#1)<\/li>\n<li>The combined audience\u00a0was the most-watched hour of the year for the 30-minute McMahon Family opening segment featuring Shane McMahon&#8217;s return.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Second Hour: 4.055 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>446,000 DVR viewers added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>4.501 million viewers (#2)<\/li>\n<li>The combined audience was the third-most-watched hour of the year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Third Hour: 3.396 million live viewers (record-setting 16.3% decline from the second hour).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>471,000 DVR viewers added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:<\/strong> 3.867 million viewers (#3)<\/li>\n<li>There were sharp demographic drop-offs across the board. Included was the Live+DVR males 18-49 demo going 2.1, 2.1, and then 1.83.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>February 15 (Fast Lane Lead-in)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 2.48 rating (down 6%)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Avg. Live Viewers: 3.477 million viewers (-6.7% decline from last week)<br \/>\n&#8211; Avg. DVR added: 364,333 viewers (10.5%)<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>TOTAL<\/strong> Avg. Live+DVR Viewers: 3.841 million (-5.8% decline from last week)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; First Hour: 3.661 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>354,000 DVR viewers added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>4.015 million viewers (#1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Second Hour: 3.537 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>373,000 DVR viewers added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>3.910 million viewers (#2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Third Hour: 3.233 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>366,000 DVR viewers added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>3.599 million viewers (#3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ANALYSIS: For the first time this year and first time in a long time, the third hour of Raw added fewer DVR views than the second hour. Raw viewers typically fast-forward through the second hour to get to the end, but this week&#8217;s show indicates not as many viewers made it to the end of the show.<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 8 (Daniel Bryan Retirement)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 2.65 rating (up 11%)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Avg. Live Viewers: 3.726 million (+10.1% gain from last week)<br \/>\n&#8211; Avg. DVR added: 353,333 viewers (9.5%)<br \/>\n<strong>&#8211; TOTAL\u00a0<\/strong>Avg. Live+DVR Viewers: 4.080 million (+7.8% gain from last week)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; First Hour: 3.907 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>318,000 DVR added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>4.225 million viewers (#2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Second Hour: 3.905 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>338,000 DVR added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>4.243 million viewers (#1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Third Hour: 3.772 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>404,000 DVR added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>3.772 million viewers (#3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ANALYSIS: D-Bryan Raw is an interesting case study on bringing in a big audience early waiting for a big event, then three-hour Raws driving away viewers. DVR viewing was down, pointing to more real-time, live viewership during the first two hours. The third hour DVR viewership increased a bit, but not enough to make up for a live dip.<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 1<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 2.38 rating (down 19%)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Avg. Live Viewers: 3.383 million viewers (down 17.4% from last week)<br \/>\n&#8211; Avg. DVR added: 400,667 viewers (11.8%)<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0<strong>TOTAL\u00a0<\/strong>Avg. Live+DVR Viewers: 3.784 million viewers (down 15.9%)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; First Hour: 3.592 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>416,000 DVR added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>4.008 million viewers (#1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Second Hour: 3.464 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>377,000 DVR added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>3.841 million viewers (#2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Third Hour: 3.094 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>409,000 DVR added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>3.503 million viewers (#3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ANALYSIS: This was opposite of post-Rumble Raw with a steady decline in viewership throughout the show, with the third hour unable to make up ground in DVR viewing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 25 (Post-Rumble Raw, The Rock Surprise Appearance)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 2.93 rating (season high)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Avg. Live Viewers: 4.098 million viewers (season high, 17.2% increase from last week)<br \/>\n&#8211; Avg. DVR added: 401,333 million viewers (9.8%)<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>TOTAL<\/strong> Avg. Live+DVR Viewers: 4.499 million viewers (16.2% increase from last week)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; First Hour: 4.140 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>329,000 DVR added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>4.469 million viewers (#2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Second Hour: 4.183 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>406,000 DVR added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>4.589 million viewers (#1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Third Hour: 3.972 million viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>469,000 DVR added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL<\/strong>:\u00a04.441 million viewers (#3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ANALYSIS: This was a very evenly-distributed show in terms of viewers per hour with the total\u00a0live+DVR\u00a0audiences being very close across all three hours.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 18 (Rumble lead-in)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 2.45 rating<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Avg. Live Viewers: 3.496 million viewers<br \/>\n&#8211; Avg. DVR added: 375,667 viewers (10.7%)<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>TOTAL<\/strong> Avg. Live+DVR Viewers: 3.872 million<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; First Hour: 3.775 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>375,000 DVR added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>4.150 million viewers (#1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Second Hour: 3.591 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>362,000 DVR added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>3.953 million viewers (#2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Third Hour: 3.123 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>390,000 DVR added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL<\/strong>: 3.513 million viewers (#3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>January 11 (vs. NCAA Football Title Game)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 2.36 rating (season low)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Avg. Live Viewers: 3.23 million viewers (7.0% decline)<br \/>\n&#8211; Avg. DVR added: 481,333 (14.5% &#8211; big jump in DVR viewers)<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0<strong>TOTAL <\/strong>Avg. Live+DVR Viewers: 3.804 million (3.9% decline)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; First Hour: 3.536 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>439,000 DVR added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:\u00a0<\/strong>3.975 million viewers (#1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Second Hour: 3.206 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>446,000 DVR added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:<\/strong>\u00a03.652 million viewers (#3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Third Hour: 3.228 million viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>559,000 DVR added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL<\/strong>: 3.787 million viewers (#2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>January 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 2.49<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Avg. Live Viewers: 3.573 million viewers<br \/>\n&#8211; Avg. DVR added: 382,333 (10.7%)<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>TOTAL<\/strong> Avg. Live+DVR Viewers: 3.957 million viewers<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; First Hour: 3.707 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>377,000 DVR added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL<\/strong>: 4.084 million viewers (#1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Second Hour: 3.516 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>340,000 DVR added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL<\/strong>: 3.856 million viewers (#3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Third Hour: 3.503 million live viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>430,000 DVR added<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL:<\/strong> 3.933 million viewers (#2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>WWE Smackdown on USA Network<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1232\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDlogo_3x2.jpg\" alt=\"SmackdownSDlogo600\" width=\"399\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDlogo_3x2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDlogo_3x2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>March 31 (Pre-WM32 Match\/Clip Show)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 1.66 rating<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Live Viewership: 2.328 million viewers (down 6.9%)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DVR Added: 141,000 viewers (by far the fewest of the year with the business of Mania Week)<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL VIEWERS:\u00a0<\/strong>2.469 million viewers (fewer than last week&#8217;s first-run audience)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>March 24 (Brock Lesnar on Smackdown)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 1.75 rating<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Live Viewership: 2.501 million viewers (up 10.7%)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DVR Added: 220,000 viewers (light 8.8% add-on, pointing to most viewers being live)<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL VIEWERS:\u00a0<\/strong>2.721 million (up 7.9% or about 200,000 viewers from last week)<\/li>\n<li>Most Total Viewers since February 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>March 17<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 1.71 rating (up 4.3%)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Live Viewership: 2.260 million viewers (up 3.4%)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DVR Added: 262,000 viewers (11.6%) (most added viewers and highest percentage in 2016)<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL VIEWERS:\u00a0<\/strong>2.522 million (up 4.6% from last week)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>March 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 1.64 rating (year-low)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Live Viewership: 2.186 million viewers (down 12% to a year-low)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DVR Added: 226,000 viewers (about the same as last week, not closing the gap on the live drop-off)<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL VIEWERS:\u00a0<\/strong>2.412 million viewers (down 300,000 or 11 percent from last week)<\/li>\n<li>Overall: By far the fewest total viewers of the year. The previous low was 2.545 million in Week 2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>March 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 1.76 rating<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Live Viewership: 2.491 million viewers (up 4.0%)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DVR Added: 220,000 viewers (soft 8.8% gain)<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL VIEWERS:<\/strong>\u00a02.711 million viewers (most since 2\/4)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>February 25 (Post-Fast Lane, Triple H on the show)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 1.74 rating<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Live Viewership: 2.395 million viewers (down 2.6% from last week)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DVR Added: 258,000 viewers<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL VIEWERS:\u00a0<\/strong>2.653 million viewers (nearly closing the gap on last week&#8217;s 2.679 million viewers)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Males 18-49 demographic helped make up some ground in DVR viewing. The m18-49 rating went from a 0.93 live to a 1.08 live+DVR.<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 18 (Fast Lane Lead-in, Brock Lesnar first time on SD in 12 years)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 1.76 rating<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Live Viewership: 2.458 million viewers (+1.8% from last week)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DVR Added: 221,000 viewers (below-average 9.0%)<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL VIEWERS<\/strong>: 2.679 million viewers (+0.9% from last week)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The one item that showed a potential &#8220;Brock Pop&#8221; was the males 18-49 demographic. The live airing scored a 0.86 m18-49 rating and the DVR rating popped to a 1.07. That&#8217;s the highest m18-49 live+DVR rating this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 11 (Week 6)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 1.72 rating (8 percent decline)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Live Viewership: 2.414 million viewers (9 percent decline)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DVR Added: 240,000 viewers (9.9%)<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL VIEWERS<\/strong>: 2.654 million viewers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>February 4 (Week 5)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 1.86 rating<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Live Viewership: 2.664 million viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DVR Added: 231,000 viewers (8.7%)<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL VIEWERS:\u00a0<\/strong>2.895 million viewers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>January 28 (Week 4)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 1.87 rating<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Live Viewership: 2.720 million viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DVR Added: 250,000 viewers (9.2%)<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL VIEWERS<\/strong>: 2.970 million viewers (Current #2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>January 21 (Week 3)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 1.87 rating<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Live Viewership: 2.757 million viewers (18 percent rebound)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DVR Added: 232,000 viewers (8.4%)<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL VIEWERS<\/strong>: 2.989 million viewers (Season High Point)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>January 14 (Week 2)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 1.68 (current season low)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Live Viewership: 2.332 million viewers (15 percent decline from Jan. 7)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DVR Added: 213,000 viewers (9.1%)<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL VIEWERS<\/strong>: 2.545 million viewers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>January 7 (USA Network debut)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV Rating: 1.93 (current season high)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Live Viewership: 2.757 million viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DVR Added: 196,000 viewers (7.1%)<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL VIEWERS<\/strong>: 2.953 million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>TNA Impact on Pop TV<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1550\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Impact_3x21.jpg\" alt=\"TNAImpact600\" width=\"399\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Impact_3x21.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Impact_3x21-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>March 29 Impact<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>312,000 Live Viewers for first-run airing\n<ul>\n<li>48,000 DVR viewers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>76,000 Replay Viewers on Tuesday<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL AUDIENCE:\u00a0<\/strong>436,000 viewers (down slightly from last week)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>March 22 Impact<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>331,000 Live Viewers for first-run airing\n<ul>\n<li>50,000 DVR viewers (nearly same as last week)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>59,000 Replay Viewers on Tuesday (about half as last week)<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL AUDIENCE:<\/strong> 440,000 viewers (down 8.5% from last week)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>March 15 (Semi-Live return to Orlando; Drew Galloway wins TNA Title)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>307,000 Live Viewers for first-run airing\n<ul>\n<li>51,000 DVR viewers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>123,000 Replay Viewers on Tuesday<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL AUDIENCE:\u00a0<\/strong>481,000 viewers (up 56.2% from last week&#8217;s basement level)<\/li>\n<li>It was the second-most total viewers of 2016, trailing\u00a0504,000 viewers on January 26.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>March 8 (Kurt Angle Farewell; last show from U.K. Tour)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>222,000 Live Viewers for first-run airing\n<ul>\n<li>28,000 DVR added (fewest since Week 1 on new network)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>58,000 Replay Viewers on Tuesday<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL AUDIENCE:\u00a0<\/strong>308,000 viewers (down 17 percent from last week)<\/li>\n<li>The total audience was fewer than Week 1 on a new network when Impact drew 358,000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>March 1 (Kurt Angle Next-to-Last Match)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>258,000 Live Viewers for first-run airing\n<ul>\n<li>46,000 DVR added (17.8%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>68,000 Replay Viewers on Tuesday<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL AUDIENCE:\u00a0<\/strong>372,000 viewers (down 1.8% percent from 2\/23; second-smallest audience of 2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>February 23 (Lockdown Special)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>210,000 Live Viewers for first-run airing (17.5% decline to season-low)\n<ul>\n<li>82,000 DVR added (39.% of the audience)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>87,000 Replay Viewers on Tuesday<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL AUDIENCE:\u00a0<\/strong>379,000 viewers (4.5% decline, marking four consecutive declines)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>February 16<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>273,000 Live Viewers for first-run airing\n<ul>\n<li>37,000 DVR added (13.6%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>87,000 Replay Viewers on Tuesday<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL AUDIENCE<\/strong>: 397,000 viewers (7.0% decline, marking three consecutive declines)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>February\u00a09<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>276,000 Live Viewers for first-run airing\n<ul>\n<li>39,000 DVR added (14.1%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>112,000 Replay Viewers on Tuesday<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL AUDIENCE<\/strong>: 427,000 viewers (3.4% decline)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>February 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>295,000 Live Viewers for first-run airing\n<ul>\n<li>35,000 DVR added (11.9%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>112,000 Replay Viewers on Tuesday<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL AUDIENCE<\/strong>: 442,000 viewers (12.3% decline)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>January 26<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>339,000 Live Viewers for first-run airing\n<ul>\n<li>62,000 DVR added (18.3%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>103,000 Replay Viewers on Tuesday<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL AUDIENCE<\/strong>: 504,000 viewers (+5.2% &#8211; peak\u00a0on Pop)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>January 19 (Matt Hardy won TNA Hvt. Title)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>321,000 Live Viewers for first-run airing\n<ul>\n<li>36,000 DVR added (11.2%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>122,000 Replay Viewers on Tuesday (most thus far)<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL AUDIENCE<\/strong>: 479,000 viewers (+22.8%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>January 12<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>288,000 Live Viewers for first-run airing\n<ul>\n<li>25,000 DVR added (8.7%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>77,000 Replay Viewers on Tuesday<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL AUDIENCE<\/strong>: 390,000 viewers (+8.9%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>January 5 &#8211; Pop TV debut<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>255,000 Live Viewers for first-run airing\n<ul>\n<li>13,000 DVR added (5.1%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>90,000 Replay Viewers on Tuesday<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL AUDIENCE<\/strong>: 358,000 viewers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Lucha Underground on El Rey Network<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5165\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2015\/12\/LuchaUnderground.jpg\" alt=\"LuchaUndergroundElRey\" width=\"399\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2015\/12\/LuchaUnderground.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2015\/12\/LuchaUnderground-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>March 30 (Episode #10)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>159,000 Live Viewers for first-run airing\n<ul>\n<li>43,000 DVR viewers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>63,000 Replay Viewers on Wed. night<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL AUDIENCE:\u00a0<\/strong>265,000 viewers (increasing from last week&#8217;s record audience to a new record audience)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>March 23 (Episode #9 &#8211; Aztec Warfare, Rey Mysterio&#8217;s in-ring debut)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>163,000 Live Viewers for first-run airing (season high)\n<ul>\n<li>30,000 DVR viewers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>69,000 Replay Viewers on Wed. night<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL AUDIENCE:\u00a0<\/strong>262,000 viewers (up 67 percent, more than 100k viewers from last week, which did not record DVR).<\/li>\n<li>This was the #1 total audience of the season, topping 248k total viewers on February 10.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>March 16 (Episode #8)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>100,000 Live Viewers for first-run airing\n<ul>\n<li>DVR did not report<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>57,000 Replay Viewers on Wed. night<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL AUDIENCE\u00a0<\/strong>(without DVR): 157,000 viewers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>March 9 (Episode #7)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>95,0000 Live Viewers for first-run airing (season low)\n<ul>\n<li>29,000 DVR added<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>41,000 Replay Viewers on Wed. night<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL AUDIENCE:\u00a0<\/strong>165,000 viewers (down 24% from last week)<\/li>\n<li>Following the lead of Smackdown\u00a0and TNA, it was the smallest audience of the year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>March 2 (Episode #6)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>124,000 Live Viewers for First-Run Airing\n<ul>\n<li>29,000 DVR added<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>63,000 Replay Viewers on Wednesday night<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL AUDIENCE:\u00a0<\/strong>216,000 viewers (up 14.9%, close to Episode #4)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>February 24 (Episode #5)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>99,000 Live Viewers for First-Run Airing (season low)\n<ul>\n<li>27,000 DVR added<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>62,000 Replay Viewers on Wednesday night<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL AUDIENCE:\u00a0<\/strong>188,000 viewers (14.2% decline)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>February 17 (Episode #4)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>152,000 Live Viewers for First-Run airing (most thus far)\n<ul>\n<li>15,000 DVR added<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>52,000 Replay Viewers on Wednesday (least thus far)<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL AUDIENCE:\u00a0<\/strong>219,000 viewers (11.7% decline)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ANALYSIS: This week&#8217;s viewership\u00a0was heavily concentrated in the first-run airing, which shows a strong desire among core viewers to watch the show live. However, the overall audience shrunk across all three metrics (live, replay, and DVR).<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 10 (Episode #3)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>136,000 Live Viewers for First-Run airing\n<ul>\n<li>31,000 DVR added<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>81,000 Replay Viewers on Wednesday<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL AUDIENCE<\/strong>:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>248,000 viewers (+17.0% increase)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>February 3 (Episode #2)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>125,000 Live Viewers for First-Run airing\n<ul>\n<li>11,000 DVR added<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>76,000 Replay Viewers on Wednesday<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL AUDIENCE<\/strong>: 212,000 viewers (9.8% decline)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>January 27 (Season 2 premiere)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>130,000\u00a0Live Viewers for First-Run airing\n<ul>\n<li>19,000 DVR added<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>86,000 Replay Viewers on Wednesday<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOTAL AUDIENCE<\/strong>: 235,000 viewers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1522036733\"><div id=\"pwtor-3240341458\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>DVR Tracking &#8211; First Quarter 2016 Week of Mar. 28\u00a0Update:\u00a0This will be the last post in this article wrapping up the First Quarter. 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