{"id":38295,"date":"2017-01-31T16:03:29","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T22:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=38295"},"modified":"2017-01-31T16:03:29","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T22:03:29","slug":"raw-rating-post-rumble-viewership-surges-theres-mix-good-news-bad-news-details-wkellers-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/01\/31\/raw-rating-post-rumble-viewership-surges-theres-mix-good-news-bad-news-details-wkellers-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Raw Rating: Post-Rumble viewership surges, but there&#8217;s a mix of good news and bad news in the details (w\/Keller&#8217;s Analysis)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-406434546\" 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>Raw last night drew a 2.49 live rating on USA Network, the highest rating in more than six months. Last year, the episode of Raw the day after the Royal Rumble drew a 2.93 rating, so they are well below last year&#8217;s level for live viewership.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s rating is the third straight week ratings have gone up for Raw coinciding with the Royal Rumble build and the end of football competition on Monday nights.<\/p>\n<p>The monthly average for January lands at 2.21, up from 2.00 in December and 2.07 in November, 1.98 and October, and 1.98 in September.<\/p>\n<p>The ten-week rolling average going into last night&#8217;s show was 2.09.<\/p>\n<p>The story of the show is how WWE held the audience better than anytime in recent history. The drop-off from the first to the third hour was a relatively minuscule 54,000. By comparison, the average first-to-third hour drop-off the previous 12 weeks was 289,000.<\/p>\n<p><em>Keller&#8217;s Analysis: It&#8217;s one thing to pop a big number due to interest in the Royal Rumble fallout, but it&#8217;s another to hold viewership against the usual trend as the show progressed. Credit goes to WWE for building the Triple H-Seth Rollins segment well and an intriguing Braun Strowman challenge of Kevin Owens. Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman appearing unannounced certainly helped\u00a0deter channel-flipping during a stretch of time in the third hour that is usually regarded as mid-card filler leading to the main event.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT LAST WEEK&#8217;S RAW RATINGS REPORT:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/01\/24\/raw-rating-royal-rumble-season-goldberg-advertised-appearance-leads-jump-year-ago-perspective-wkellers-analysis\/\">Raw Rating: Royal Rumble season and Goldberg advertised appearance leads to jump, year-ago perspective (w\/Keller\u2019s Analysis)<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2338726136\"><div id=\"pwtor-1865777800\"><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>Raw last night drew a 2.49 live rating on USA Network, the highest rating in more than six months. 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