{"id":21456,"date":"2016-06-01T16:41:20","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T21:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=21456"},"modified":"2016-06-16T03:45:04","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T08:45:04","slug":"530-wwe-raw-tv-rating-memorial-day-raw-fare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/06\/01\/530-wwe-raw-tv-rating-memorial-day-raw-fare\/","title":{"rendered":"5\/30 WWE Raw TV Ratings &#8211; how did Memorial Day Raw fare?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2168952989\" 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 holiday edition of WWE Raw was the lowest-rated of the year, falling below a 2.2. However, TV viewership help up reasonably well on a holiday against strong sports competition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WWE Raw TV Ratings Tracking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>May 30:\u00a0<\/strong>Raw scored a 2.19 TV rating, down from a 2.29 rating last week.<\/p>\n<p>It was the lowest rating of the year, but not the &#8220;historical low-point&#8221; that Monday&#8217;s show seemed destined for. Last year, the December 7 edition of Raw scored a 2.15 rating to set the low-mark for this era.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21460\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/06\/RawMay30Demos.png\" alt=\"RawMay30Demos\" width=\"173\" height=\"60\" \/>WWE holding off on John Cena&#8217;s return until Memorial Day likely kept them out of that territory, based on the demographic ratings&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Males 18-49 fell about one-tenth of a rating to a\u00a0tie for year-low<\/li>\n<li>Males 18-34 was down\u00a012%, falling way off the table\u00a0to a year-low<\/li>\n<li>But, adults 18-49 (male and female viewers) was steady, drawing the same a18-49 rating as last week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Raw held up reasonably well in TV Viewership.<\/p>\n<p>Raw&#8217;s three hours averaged 3.229 million viewers, down one percent from last week&#8217;s post-PPV audience of 3.268 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Also, all three hours drew more than three million viewers, including the third hour, which was likely helped by John Cena&#8217;s return and the A.J. Styles confrontation spilling into the third hour.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1120096058\" 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: 3.282 million viewers<\/li>\n<li>Second Hour: 3.324 million viewers<\/li>\n<li>Third Hour: 3.081 million viewers (down 7.3%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It marks 11 straight weeks the third hour has declined from the second hour. However, staying above 3.0 million viewers against Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals\u00a0and Game 1 of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals is a positive for WWE.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors-Thunder NBA\u00a0Playoffs game on TNT drew 15.9 million viewers, <a href=\"http:\/\/deadline.com\/2016\/05\/nba-western-conference-finals-game-7-tnt-ratings-record-breaker-1201764964\/\" target=\"_blank\">a cable TV record for the NBA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3351882791\"><div id=\"pwtor-4198542533\"><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 holiday edition of WWE Raw was the lowest-rated of the year, falling below a 2.2. 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