{"id":85910,"date":"2019-09-10T15:26:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T20:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=85910"},"modified":"2019-09-10T15:26:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T20:26:39","slug":"raw-rating-up-against-monday-night-football-premier-on-espn-sharp-drop-off-from-first-to-third-hour-straight-up-steve-austin-also-drops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/09\/10\/raw-rating-up-against-monday-night-football-premier-on-espn-sharp-drop-off-from-first-to-third-hour-straight-up-steve-austin-also-drops\/","title":{"rendered":"Raw Rating up against Monday Night Football premier on ESPN, sharp drop-off from first to third hour, Straight Up Steve Austin also drops"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2491732523\" 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 (9\/9) of WWE Monday Night Raw drew a 1.71 rating, up from last week&#8217;s 1.70, but below the ten-week rolling average headed into this week of 1.78.<\/p>\n<p>Raw went up against ESPN&#8217;s NFL Monday Night Football games for the first time this season, including a thrilling game one between the New Orleans Saints and Houston Texans. The big drop-off for Raw, though, came in the third hour up against the start of the second game between the Raiders and Denver Broncos.<\/p>\n<p>The first hour drew 2.362 million viewers, the second hour dropped to 2.183 million, and the third hour drew 1.845 million. That&#8217;s a first-to-third drop-off of 517,000 viewers, the largest since Apr. 22. There were two drop-offs of more than 600,000 in January and February this year. That indicates that Steve Austin&#8217;s appearance gave a boost to the first hour, but without a promise or even an indication he&#8217;d be back after that opening segment, many viewers switched to football.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL games drew 10 million viewers and 13 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Straight Up Steve Austin&#8221; dropped to a series-low viewership of 841,000, an indication that his demographic matches the NFL demographic quite a bit.<\/p>\n<p>One year ago this week Raw drew a 1.87 rating. Two years ago this week Raw drew a 1.97 rating. Both of the last two years were drop-offs from the prior week, which indicates that Austin&#8217;s appearance and holding Raw at Madison Square Garden helped stave off what is likely to be a sharper drop-off up against Monday Night Football next week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1951975873\"><div id=\"pwtor-3564092539\"><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 (9\/9) of WWE Monday Night Raw drew a 1.71 rating, up from last week&#8217;s 1.70, but below the ten-week rolling average headed into this week of 1.78. 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