{"id":27543,"date":"2016-07-29T15:30:22","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T20:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=27543"},"modified":"2016-07-29T15:30:22","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T20:30:22","slug":"wwe-quarter-hour-tv-ratings-raw-vs-smackdown-week-1-top-segments-show-raw-coasts-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/29\/wwe-quarter-hour-tv-ratings-raw-vs-smackdown-week-1-top-segments-show-raw-coasts-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Quarter-Hour TV Ratings &#8211; Raw vs. Smackdown Week 1 &#8211; Top Segments for each show, Raw coasts to victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-955784063\" 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>WWE Brand Battle Quarter-Hour Report<br \/>\nWeek 1 &#8211; July 25\/26<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WWE Smackdown Live has an uphill battle to get close to Raw in the Brand Battle.<\/p>\n<p>In Week 1 of WWE&#8217;s intra-brand competition, Raw defeated Smackdown by a margin of 18-25 percent across all TV metrics &#8211; Ratings, Viewership, and key demos.<\/p>\n<p>Within the key demos is the bellwether males 18-49 demo. Raw topped Smackdown by 25 percent with a 1.54 rating versus 1.15 rating for Smackdown.<\/p>\n<p>In the quarter-hour TV ratings, Raw beat Smackdown in each segment of the show. Smackdown&#8217;s highest-rated quarter-hour did not come close to Raw&#8217;s lowest-rated quarter-hour.<\/p>\n<p>Both shows were consistent throughout, though.<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 25 Raw M18-49 Flow<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First Hour &#8211; 1.55 rating \/ 975,000 viewers avg.<\/li>\n<li>Second Hour &#8211; 1.54 rating \/ 971,000 viewers avg.<\/li>\n<li>Third Hour &#8211; 1.54 rating \/ 971,000 viewers avg.<\/li>\n<li><strong>OVERALL &#8211; 1.55 rating \/ 975,000 viewers avg.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>July 26 Smackdown &#8211; M18-49 Flow<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2905645831\" 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 &#8211; 1.14 rating \/ 719,000 viewers avg.<\/li>\n<li>Second Hour &#8211; 1.15 rating \/ 727,000 viewers avg.<\/li>\n<li><strong>OVERALL &#8211; 1.15 rating \/ 723,000 viewers avg.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Despite Raw&#8217;s overall third hour viewership declining three percent, the m18-49 demo held on at a steady rate.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 25 Raw Viewership Flow &#8211; M18-49 demo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Raw started slow out of the gate with none of the first four quarter-hours topping the benchmark 1.0 million viewership mark.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The second hour picked up with 1.019 million viewers in the fifth quarter-hour and 1.014 million viewers in the sixth quarter-hour.<\/p>\n<p>This was the peak audience of the show &#8211; until the over-run &#8211; for the second fatal four-way #1 contender match involving Roman Reigns, Chris Jericho, Sami Zayn, and Sheamus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; After Q5 and Q6, Raw was below 1.0 million the remainder of the show until the over-run.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The over-run slightly beat Q5 and Q6 with 1.028 million viewers for Finn Balor vs. Roman Reigns in the Universal Title #1 contender match.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-491274088\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/SashaCharlotte.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-27544\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/SashaCharlotte-162x300.png\" alt=\"SashaCharlotte\" width=\"162\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/SashaCharlotte-162x300.png 162w, https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/SashaCharlotte.png 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/><\/a>&#8211; The peak minutes of the show were at 10:16 and 10:17 p.m. at the start of Q10 in the third\u00a0hour.<\/p>\n<p>This was the finish and post-match of <strong>Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks for the Women&#8217;s Title<\/strong>. The match built effectively from the middle of Q9 until the finish and post-match in Q10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 26 Smackdown Viewership Flow &#8211; M18-49 demo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Whereas Raw started below-average, Smackdown Live started above-average with the introduction of the roster and battle royal to determine a spot in the main event contendership match.<\/p>\n<p>The first hour peaked with a 1.18 m18-49 rating in Q2 for the conclusion of the battle royal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/MizOrton.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-27546\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/MizOrton-148x300.png\" alt=\"MizOrton\" width=\"148\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/MizOrton-148x300.png 148w, https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/MizOrton.png 422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/><\/a>&#8211; The top of the second hour matched Q2 with a 1.18 rating. The first-half of Q5 with <strong>Randy Orton<\/strong> on Miz TV outdrew the second-half with Orton&#8217;s\u00a0in-ring return against <strong>The Miz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The middle of the second hour fell off, like the first hour.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Smackdown then peaked at the end of the show for the main event Six-Pack Challenge for a WWE Title shot against Dean Ambrose at Summerslam.<\/p>\n<p>The Q8 rating was a 1.20, topping\u00a01.18s in Q2 and Q5.<\/p>\n<p>Included was the peak audience of the show with 901,000 viewers at 9:54 p.m. and 879,000 viewers at 9:55 p.m. for the end of the Six-Pack.<\/p>\n<p>After <strong>Dolph Ziggler<\/strong> won and folks stood around in the ring waiting for the end of the hour,\u00a0the audience tuned out by about 100,000 viewers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27547\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/RawSDWk1.png\" alt=\"RawSDWk1\" width=\"506\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/RawSDWk1.png 506w, https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/RawSDWk1-289x300.png 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1529186642\"><div id=\"pwtor-1935514036\"><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>WWE Brand Battle Quarter-Hour Report Week 1 &#8211; July 25\/26 WWE Smackdown Live has an uphill battle to get close to Raw in the Brand Battle. 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