{"id":120444,"date":"2021-06-04T00:12:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T05:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=120444"},"modified":"2021-06-04T00:20:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T05:20:56","slug":"raw-rating-hits-an-all-time-low-on-memorial-day-huge-drop-in-third-hour-key-demos-compared-to-recent-average","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/06\/04\/raw-rating-hits-an-all-time-low-on-memorial-day-huge-drop-in-third-hour-key-demos-compared-to-recent-average\/","title":{"rendered":"CORRECTED: Raw rating hits an all-time low on Memorial Day, historical perspective, key demos compared to recent average"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3015741871\" 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><em>This report has been updated to reflect a corrected third hour viewership number. There was a data error in our initial source&#8217;s report that included, we believe, a specific demo viewership number rather than overall viewership number, in the third hour data field. We regret the error.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s Raw rating (5\/31) fell on a holiday, Memorial Day, and dropped to an all-time record low rating of 1.10, down from 1.20 last week and 1.35 the prior week, according to PWTorch&#8217;s source in the TV industry. The holiday probably cost Raw some viewers, but regardless, Raw has aired on holidays before and never dropped to that level. The previous all-time low rating for Raw was the Dec. 14, 2020 episode which drew a 1.12 rating. Raw drew a 1.15 rating on July 13, 2020. Those are the only three Raw ratings below 1.20.<\/p>\n<p>The demos held up better, with the 18-49 demo drawing a 0.44, down from 0.45 last week. The male 18-49 demo held steady at 0.57. The male 18-34 demo drew 0.34, above the four-week average leading into this week of 0.32.<\/p>\n<p>The hourly viewership numbers were: 1,536,000 viewers , 1,549,000, and 1,586,000, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postwrestling.com\/2021\/06\/03\/further-data-on-wwe-raw-viewership-including-quarter-hour-breakdown\/\">PostWrestling.com report<\/a>. The increase from the first-to-third hour viewership of 50,000 is much better than the yearly average dropoff of 175,000.<\/p>\n<p>Raw on Monday night headlined with Drew McIntyre vs. Kofi Kingston with the winner facing Bobby Lashley for the WWE Title at the Hell in a Cell PPV. The third hour opened with A.J. Styles &amp; Omos vs. Jaxson Ryker &amp; Elias, plus Reginald visiting Alexa Bliss on her playground.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1361665480\"><div id=\"pwtor-3658789338\"><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>This report has been updated to reflect a corrected third hour viewership number. There was a data error in our initial source&#8217;s report that included, we believe, a specific demo viewership number rather than overall <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/06\/04\/raw-rating-hits-an-all-time-low-on-memorial-day-huge-drop-in-third-hour-key-demos-compared-to-recent-average\/\" title=\"CORRECTED: Raw rating hits an all-time low on Memorial Day, historical perspective, key demos compared to recent average\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2020\/08\/RawThunderdome2020_3x2_600.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120444"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120531,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120444\/revisions\/120531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}