{"id":11702,"date":"2016-02-23T18:01:19","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T00:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=11702"},"modified":"2016-02-23T23:54:57","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T05:54:57","slug":"feb22rawtvratings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/02\/23\/feb22rawtvratings\/","title":{"rendered":"2\/22 Raw TV Ratings post-PPV, plus historical hourly drop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-34313808\" 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>Monday&#8217;s\u00a0Raw following the Fast Lane PPV\u00a0fell in-between Daniel Bryan Raw and post-Royal Rumble Raw among\u00a0the three most-watched episodes of the year. The other big story was the largest drop in viewership from the second to third hour in three-hour Raw history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WWE Raw TV Ratings Tracking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>February 22:<\/strong>\u00a0Raw scored a 2.73 rating, up 10 percent from a 2.48 rating last week leading into Fast Lane.<\/p>\n<p>Raw&#8217;s three highest-rated shows of the year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jan. 25: 2.93 rating post-Rumble<\/li>\n<li>Feb. 22: 2.73 rating post-Fast Lane\/Shane McMahon Return<\/li>\n<li>Feb. 8: 2.65 rating for Daniel Bryan Retirement Raw<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Raw&#8217;s three hours averaged 3.884 million viewers, up 12 percent from last week&#8217;s show leading into Fast Lane.<\/p>\n<p>It was the second-most viewers of the year behind post-Royal Rumble Raw and edged out Daniel Bryan&#8217;s Retirement show. Both of these shows had a similar issue &#8211; big third-hour decline.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First Hour: 4.201 million viewers for an hour featuring an uninterrupted 30-minute opening segment.<\/li>\n<li>Second Hour: 4.055 million viewers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Third Hour<\/strong>: 3.396 million viewers, a loss of about 650,000 viewers (16.3 percent decline) from the second hour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It was the largest drop\u00a0in viewers from the second to third hour in the history of three-hour Raws dating back to July 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The previous high was 15.5 percent for an episode in November 2012. More recently, the\u00a0D-Bryan retirement show two weeks ago declined 13.8 percent from the second to third hour.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-849851880\" 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<p>&#8211; DEMOGRAPHICS: Raw increased across the board from last week, but there was not a huge week-to-week jump like the D-Bryan Retirement Raw two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>Monday&#8217;s Raw ranked #3 among the Big Three most-watched Raws of the year in the key demos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adults 18-49<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Post-Rumble: 1.49 rating<\/li>\n<li>D-Bryan Raw: 1.36 rating<\/li>\n<li>Post-Fast Lane: 1.31 rating<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Males 18-34<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Post-Rumble: 1.90 rating<\/li>\n<li>D-Bryan Raw: 1.74 rating<\/li>\n<li>Post-Fast Lane: 1.62 rating<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Males 18-49<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Post-Rumble: 1.95 rating<\/li>\n<li>D-Bryan Raw: 1.79 rating<\/li>\n<li>Post-Fast Lane: 1.70 rating<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">App Users: swipe right to view next article, swipe left to view previous article.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3026211949\"><div id=\"pwtor-1161629793\"><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>Monday&#8217;s\u00a0Raw following the Fast Lane PPV\u00a0fell in-between Daniel Bryan Raw and post-Royal Rumble Raw among\u00a0the three most-watched episodes of the year. 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