{"id":75693,"date":"2019-02-26T16:27:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T22:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=75693"},"modified":"2019-02-26T16:27:49","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T22:27:49","slug":"raw-rating-roman-reigns-announcement-and-flair-70th-birthday-party-lead-to-biggest-rating-since-august-2018-raws-three-hours-top-cable-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/02\/26\/raw-rating-roman-reigns-announcement-and-flair-70th-birthday-party-lead-to-biggest-rating-since-august-2018-raws-three-hours-top-cable-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Raw Rating: Roman Reigns announcement and Flair 70th Birthday Party lead to biggest rating since August 2018, Raw&#8217;s three hours top cable rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3403542409\" 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 episode of WWE Monday Night Raw (2\/25) on USA Network drew a 2.05 rating, the highest rating since Aug. 20. The episode was built around Roman Reigns updating his health and Ric Flair&#8217;s 70th birthday celebration which ended with the unadvertised appearance by Batista.<\/p>\n<p>The first hour drew 3.167 million viewers, the first time an hour of Raw drew more than three million viewers since Aug. 27 last year.<\/p>\n<p>The viewership dropped in the second hour to 2.952 million, and then in the third hour sharply dropped off to 2.648 million. The first-to-third hour drop of 519,000 is slightly above the 444,000 average this year. The third hour, though, did draw the most viewers for a third hour since Sept. 3 last year.<\/p>\n<p>Last night&#8217;s Raw finished in the top three spots in Monday cable ratings, <a href=\"https:\/\/tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com\/daily-ratings\/monday-cable-ratings-february-25-2019\/\">according to a TV By The Numbers chart<\/a>, in the 18-49 key demographic, with 1.1, 1.0, and 0.9 ratings for each of the hours, with the next best rated show being VH1&#8217;s &#8220;Love and Hip Hip&#8221; with a 0.6 rating. Raw&#8217;s first hour was also the most viewed show of the entire night among total viewers. The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC came in no. 2, ahead of Raw&#8217;s other two hours, with 2.959 million viewers, followed closely by &#8220;Tucker Carlson Tonight&#8221; on Fox News with 2.964 million viewers. Raw&#8217;s second hour came in close behind with 2.952 million in the no. 4 overall spot.<\/p>\n<p>The average rating so far this year is 1.84. With the potential return of Reigns &#8211; it&#8217;s not clear yet how often he&#8217;ll appear or when he will next appear &#8211; and a Batista-Triple H feud, plus some new wrestlers in the mix from NXT as WrestleMania season hits its peak, ratings should remain at some of the highest levels of the last year.<\/p>\n<p>February closed with a 1.88 average rating, above the 1.80 average in January, but below the February 2018 average of 2.18.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/02\/26\/2-25-wwe-raw-on-site-report-how-fans-responded-to-flair-not-appearing-what-happened-after-raw-reigns-reception-rousey-reaction-ec3s-match\/\">2\/25 WWE Raw On-Site Report: How fans responded to Flair not appearing, what happened after Raw, Reigns reception, Rousey reaction, EC3\u2019s match<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2819335506\"><div id=\"pwtor-2825804573\"><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 episode of WWE Monday Night Raw (2\/25) on USA Network drew a 2.05 rating, the highest rating since Aug. 20. 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