{"id":26226,"date":"2016-07-19T17:03:47","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T22:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=26226"},"modified":"2016-07-20T01:37:05","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T06:37:05","slug":"718-wwe-raw-tv-rating-raw-flat-despite-pre-draft-hype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/19\/718-wwe-raw-tv-rating-raw-flat-despite-pre-draft-hype\/","title":{"rendered":"7\/18 WWE Raw TV Ratings &#8211; Raw falls despite pre-Draft hype"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4219279940\" 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><strong>By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/19\/718-raw-news-notes\/\">WWE Raw got a strong social media bump on Monday night<\/a>. But, the TV rating was down and viewership was flat compared to last week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WWE Raw TV Ratings Tracking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>July 18:<\/strong>\u00a0The final WWE Raw before the Draft scored a 2.22 TV rating, down three percent from a 2.28 rating last week.<\/p>\n<p>The overall rating was down, but key demographic ratings improved slightly from last week.<\/p>\n<p>Included was males 18-34 rebounding to a five-week high point.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Raw&#8217;s three hours averaged 3.133 million viewers, down one percent (about 37,000 viewers) from last week&#8217;s audience of 3.170 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Raw started stronger than last week, matched last week&#8217;s second hour viewership, but fell off in the third hour. This was despite a WWE Title match, but Raw&#8217;s third hour was opposed by the peak of the Republican National Convention coverage, which drew more than 22 million viewers across all TV outlets.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1723201743\" 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: 3.204 million viewers<\/li>\n<li>Second Hour: 3.236 million viewers<\/li>\n<li>Third Hour: 2.960 million viewers (-8.5%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This continued\u00a0Raw&#8217;s streak of 19 consecutive weeks where the third hour declined from the second hour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caldwell&#8217;s Analysis:\u00a0<\/strong>Disappointing rating for a show with the GMs revealed, final Raw before the Draft, and WWE Title match in the main event. The effect of three-hour Raws continues to hurt the overall show\u00a0now four years into the experiment.\u00a0Will things change after the Draft? We&#8217;ll see. But,\u00a0there does not appear to be ratings momentum heading into next week. 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