{"id":65614,"date":"2018-09-05T15:26:57","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T20:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=65614"},"modified":"2018-09-06T21:51:59","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T02:51:59","slug":"raw-rating-key-metrics-and-details-on-this-weeks-viewership-comparisons-to-last-two-years-rolling-averages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/09\/05\/raw-rating-key-metrics-and-details-on-this-weeks-viewership-comparisons-to-last-two-years-rolling-averages\/","title":{"rendered":"Raw Rating: Key metrics and details on this week&#8217;s viewership, comparisons to last two years, rolling averages"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1296817575\" 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>Monday night&#8217;s episode of Raw (9\/3) drew a 1.95 rating, down from the 2.02 last week. It&#8217;s the lowest rating since July 23, although virtually tied with the Aug. 13 rating of 1.96.<\/p>\n<p>The rating was part of a general downward trend in ratings compared to prior years. Last year, Raw drew a 2.09 rating and two years ago Raw drew a 2.11 rating.<\/p>\n<p>The show opened with 2.945 million viewers, dropped slightly to 2.933 million viewers in the second hour, and then dropped again to 2.740 million. The first-to-third hour drop-off was 205,000, below the 2018 average drop-off of 311,000.<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 average is 2.09 and the ten-week rolling average headed into this week was 1.94.<\/p>\n<p>Raw went up against college football on ESPN, which drew 5.576 million viewers and topped the evening in cable viewership and key demo ratings among 18-49 year olds. The 1.9 rating in the key adult demo nearly doubled Raw&#8217;s 1.0 rating for its first and best hour. Raw&#8217;s three hours finished nos. 3, 5, and 6. VH1&#8217;s &#8220;Love &amp; Hip Hop Hollywood&#8221; was wedged in there at no. 4, with ESPN&#8217;s college football holding the top two spots. Other than college football on ESPN, Raw&#8217;s three hours had the most viewership of any other show on cable on Monday night. 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