{"id":26544,"date":"2016-07-21T16:08:29","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T21:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=26544"},"modified":"2016-07-21T16:08:29","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T21:08:29","slug":"720-lucha-underground-viewership-audience-ultima-lucha-dos-conclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/21\/720-lucha-underground-viewership-audience-ultima-lucha-dos-conclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"7\/20 Lucha Underground Viewership &#8211; Audience for &#8220;Ultima Lucha Dos&#8221; conclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1623382119\" 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>The two-hour finale to &#8220;Ultima Lucha Dos&#8221; increased by eight percent in TV viewership, but fell short of the previous high-mark on June 29. Demographically, Lucha drew in a young, broad audience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lucha Underground Viewership Tracking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0<strong>July 20:\u00a0<\/strong>Lucha Underground drew a total audience of 180,000 viewers on Wednesday night, up from 164,000 last week.<\/p>\n<p>The finale was unable to reach the recent\u00a0high-mark of 219,000 Wed. night viewers on June 29, which benefited from a big replay audience.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The original two-hour airing at 8:00 p.m. EST drew 137,000 viewers, up from 108,000 last week.<\/p>\n<p>It was the most viewers in the timeslot in three months going back to April 20.<\/p>\n<p>The two-hour replay then drew 43,000 viewers from 10:00 p.m. to midnight EST, down from 56,000 last week.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2925077194\" 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<p>However,\u00a0each installment of the\u00a0three-episode series grew in total audience&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ultima Lucha Progression<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>July 6: 143,000 total Wed. viewers<\/li>\n<li>July 13: 164,000 total Wed. viewers<\/li>\n<li>July 20: 180,000 total Wed. viewers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; DEMOGRAPHICS: Wednesday&#8217;s original airing drew a very young audience for a wrestling show of 40.7 years-old.<\/p>\n<p>It was by far the youngest audience this year. The next-youngest was 44.1 on February 24 and again on June 8.<\/p>\n<p>Lucha also drew a big female audience. The first airing drew 43,000 male 18-49 viewers and 21,000 female 18-49 viewers. It was the second-most f18-49 viewers this year, trailing the February 17 episode.<\/p>\n<p>The resulting split was 67 percent m18-49 and 33 percent f18-49, the broadest audience since Feb. 17.<\/p>\n<p>This was a big shift in Lucha&#8217;s audience after struggling to draw in female viewers throughout the season.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3285641806\"><div id=\"pwtor-210730\"><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>By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor The two-hour finale to &#8220;Ultima Lucha Dos&#8221; increased by eight percent in TV viewership, but fell short of the previous high-mark on June 29. 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