{"id":17593,"date":"2016-04-26T16:17:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T21:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=17593"},"modified":"2016-04-28T04:46:50","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T09:46:50","slug":"17593","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/26\/17593\/","title":{"rendered":"4\/25 Raw TV Ratings &#8211; Raw falls to historical low-point pre-Payback"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-711918482\" 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 Raw continued a severe post-WrestleMania slide leading into the Payback PPV.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WWE Raw TV Ratings Tracking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>April 25:\u00a0<\/strong>Monday&#8217;s Raw fell to a 2.20 rating the week after falling to a 2.32 rating for a taped international show.<\/p>\n<p>It was the lowest rating of the year and lowest since a 2.15 rating in December. If not for the Dec. 7 episode, this would have been the lowest-rated regular-week Raw TV rating in about 20 years.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>April 4 post-WM: 2.93 rating<\/li>\n<li>April 11: 2.50 rating<\/li>\n<li>April 18: 2.32 rating (U.K.)<\/li>\n<li>April 25: 2.20 rating (25% decline since WM32)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Raw was especially hit hard among 18-49 viewers. General adults 18-49 fell one-tenth of a rating to easily the lowest a18-49 rating of the year. Also, males 18-49 fell eight percent to easily the lowest m18-49 rating of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The only demographic that improved was males 18-34, which hit\u00a0an extreme low-point last week and inched up from the basement level this week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Raw&#8217;s three hours averaged 3.128 million viewers, down six percent from last week&#8217;s audience of 3.335 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>It was by far the fewest viewers of the year and also the fewest since Dec. 7, 2015.\u00a0Hourly Break Down:<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1590380887\" 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>First Hour: 3.263 million viewers (down about 200k from last week)<\/li>\n<li>Second Hour: 3.184 million viewers (down about 350k from last week)<\/li>\n<li>Third Hour: 2.938 million viewers (down 40k from last week)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the second consecutive week, the third hour drew fewer than 3.0 million viewers. That is the first time that has happened in the modern era.<\/p>\n<p>Even during last year&#8217;s difficult Fall TV season, there were no back-to-back shows where the third hour drew fewer than three million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>The key this week appears to be a very soft second hour (with the big week-to-week drop-off), which then fed into the typically soft third hour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caldwell&#8217;s Analysis:\u00a0<\/strong>The issues are obvious week after week. In summary, the loyal\u00a0audience base is eroding, WWE is not a hot TV property right now, rejection of Roman Reigns as WWE champion, the casual viewers have little connection to the new stars and storylines hurriedly introduced after\u00a0WrestleMania, over-exposed established stars who do not feel special, an interim tag on Shane McMahon running or not running Raw week-to-week, and a flimsy, incomplete\u00a0vision from Vince McMahon as head of Creative trying to\u00a0mix established and new stars coming out of WrestleMania. Short-term, trying to put a band-aid on a big problem, WWE is going to have to come up with a big angle coming out of Payback to re-energize the show. Otherwise, they&#8217;re looking at falling below 2.0 when John Cena shows up on Memorial Day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3571234951\"><div id=\"pwtor-3281371629\"><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 Raw continued a severe post-WrestleMania slide leading into the Payback PPV. 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