{"id":171559,"date":"2024-01-03T15:52:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T21:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=171559"},"modified":"2024-01-03T15:52:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T21:52:14","slug":"wwe-raw-ratings-report-3-1-the-rocks-appearance-leads-to-expected-boost-in-viewership-2023-vs-2023-full-year-average-viewership-and-demo-rating-comparisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/01\/03\/wwe-raw-ratings-report-3-1-the-rocks-appearance-leads-to-expected-boost-in-viewership-2023-vs-2023-full-year-average-viewership-and-demo-rating-comparisons\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Raw Ratings Report (3\/1): The Rock&#8217;s appearance leads to expected boost in viewership, 2023 vs. 2023 full year average viewership and demo rating comparisons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4058877993\" 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 (1\/1) episode of WWE Monday Night Raw, featuring a surprise appearance by The Rock, drew an average of 1.751 million viewers. That&#8217;s the highest viewership since the Aug. 14 episode last year.<\/p>\n<p>Hourly viewership:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Hour: 1.620 million<\/li>\n<li>2nd Hour: 1.858 million<\/li>\n<li>3rd Hour: 1.774 million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the key 18-49 demo, it drew a 0.60 rating, up from 0.18 for last week&#8217;s Best of Raw 2023 episode and above the 0.48, 0.46, and 0.49 the prior two weeks, but below the 0.65 it drew on Nov. 27. Raw hadn&#8217;t otherwise topped 0.60 in the key demo since the June 26, 2023 episode.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>YEARLY TOTALS<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Viewership Averages by Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Average 2023 Viewership: 1.695 million.<\/li>\n<li>Average 2022 Viewership: 1.735 million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key 18-49 Demo Rating Average<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Average 2023 Demo Rating: 0.52<\/li>\n<li>Average 2022 Demo Ratings: 0.46<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED NEXT:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/01\/01\/kevin-dunn-closest-ally-to-vince-mcmahon-dating-back-to-1980s-departs-wwe-details-on-circumstances-and-lead-up-to-his-decision\/\">Kevin Dunn, closest ally to Vince McMahon dating back to 1980s, departs WWE, details on circumstances and lead-up to his decision<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OR CHECK THIS OUT AT PROWRESTLING.NET:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2024\/01\/02\/powells-wwe-raw-day-1-hit-list-the-return-of-the-rock-seth-rollins-vs-drew-mcintyre-for-the-world-heavyweight-championship-rhea-ripley-vs-ivy-nile-for-the-womens-world-championship\/\">Powell\u2019s WWE Raw Day 1 Hit List: The return of The Rock, Seth Rollins vs. Drew McIntyre for the World Heavyweight Championship, Rhea Ripley vs. Ivy Nile for the Women\u2019s World Championship<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2969107175\"><div id=\"pwtor-3921370399\"><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 (1\/1) episode of WWE Monday Night Raw, featuring a surprise appearance by The Rock, drew an average of 1.751 million viewers. That&#8217;s the highest viewership since the Aug. 14 episode last year. Hourly viewership: <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/01\/03\/wwe-raw-ratings-report-3-1-the-rocks-appearance-leads-to-expected-boost-in-viewership-2023-vs-2023-full-year-average-viewership-and-demo-rating-comparisons\/\" title=\"WWE Raw Ratings Report (3\/1): The Rock&#8217;s appearance leads to expected boost in viewership, 2023 vs. 2023 full year average viewership and demo rating comparisons\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":171561,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-03-at-3.50.35\u202fPM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171559","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=171559"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171562,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171559\/revisions\/171562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}