{"id":40088,"date":"2017-03-17T16:22:44","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T21:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=40088"},"modified":"2017-03-18T12:04:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-18T17:04:42","slug":"impact-ratings-big-surge-week-two-new-era-alberto-vs-ec3-four-way-x-division-title-match-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/03\/17\/impact-ratings-big-surge-week-two-new-era-alberto-vs-ec3-four-way-x-division-title-match-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact Ratings: Big surge in week two of new era with Alberto vs. EC3 and Four-Way X Division Title match on top (w\/Keller&#8217;s Analysis)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1333472143\" 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>Last night&#8217;s Impact Wrestling program surged to 344,000 viewers on Pop TV, a big jump over the 292,000 last week and the 292,000 average so far in 2017. This is encouraging, if not emboldening, for the new Impact management and creative regime. It&#8217;s the best viewership number since November 3 last year and the fourth time this year viewership topped 300,000.<\/p>\n<p><em>Keller&#8217;s Analysis: The November average viewership, not counting the Thanksgiving episode, was 338,000. The average the previous four months was 326,000, 359,000, and 340,000. Last night&#8217;s number might be an indication that the viewership lost last December &#8211; when Impact went in some odd directions as it patched together &#8220;original&#8221; programming without fresh TV taping content to fill it, and had the turmoil of the ownership situation &#8211; has come back. This is just one week, though, and it could be a blip if the extra 50,000 people this week didn&#8217;t like what they saw, or Impact could build on this if viewers liked what they saw. The show was praised this week by both <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/03\/16\/mcmahons-impact-wrestling-report-316-lashleyel-patron-fallout-four-way-x-division-title-match\/\">Mike McMahon in his Impact Report<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/03\/17\/impact-hits-misses-316-suicide-back-match-length-lax-surprise-announce-team-cody-alberto-vs-ec3\/\">Andrew Soucek in his Hits &amp; Misses<\/a>. Both also reviewed the show in-depth and spoke of the vast improvements this week compared to last week in their <a href=\"http:\/\/pwtorchlivecast.com\/2017\/03\/16\/next-pwtorch-livecast-thursday-10-p-m-et-03-16-17-tna-impact-post-show-mcmahon-soucek\/\">PWTorch Livecast Post-Impact Show<\/a>\u00a0right after the show ended.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1845416468\"><div id=\"pwtor-310261238\"><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>Last night&#8217;s Impact Wrestling program surged to 344,000 viewers on Pop TV, a big jump over the 292,000 last week and the 292,000 average so far in 2017. 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