{"id":12855,"date":"2016-03-08T16:11:44","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T22:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=12855"},"modified":"2016-03-08T16:26:42","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T22:26:42","slug":"2016rawtvratingsstart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/03\/08\/2016rawtvratingsstart\/","title":{"rendered":"Raw Ratings Overview &#8211; First 10 Weeks down big from 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3789729430\" 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>Through the first ten weeks of 2016, WWE Raw has averaged a 2.57 rating, which falls\u00a0in the range of the mid-1990s as\u00a0the Monday Night Wars was ramping up.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s\u00a0initial 10-week average is down 11.6 percent from a 2.91 average rating to begin 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The difference is even more pronounced going back a few years on the Road to WrestleMania in the Three-Hour Raw Era&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Raw&#8217;s 10-Week Average at Year-Start<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2016: 2.57 avg. rating \/ 3.623 million avg. live viewers (Year 4 down 1.0 million viewers from 2013)<\/li>\n<li>2015: 2.91 avg. rating \/ 3.994 million avg. live viewers (Year 3)<\/li>\n<li>2014: 3.21 avg. rating \/ 4.502 million avg. live viewers (Year 2)<\/li>\n<li>2013: 3.35 avg. rating \/ 4.657 million avg. live viewers (first full year of three-hour Raws)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2493808329\"><div id=\"pwtor-3825905342\"><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>Through the first ten weeks of 2016, WWE Raw has averaged a 2.57 rating, which falls\u00a0in the range of the mid-1990s as\u00a0the Monday Night Wars was ramping up. 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