{"id":8630,"date":"2016-01-26T16:44:59","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T22:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=8630"},"modified":"2016-01-27T10:58:03","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T16:58:03","slug":"jan18rawratings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/01\/26\/jan18rawratings\/","title":{"rendered":"1\/18 Raw Ratings &#038; DVR&#8217;ing &#8211; no DVR recovery pre-Rumble"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1240423616\" 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>The live portion of Monday&#8217;s Raw\u00a0rebounded from last week&#8217;s show against the college football National Title game, but there was a concerning third hour drop-off during the show. Also, there was not much DVR recovery &#8211; the total audience was nearly the same as last week against the football game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WWE Raw TV Ratings Tracking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>January 18:<\/strong>\u00a0Raw scored a 2.45 rating, up from a 2.36 rating last week against the football game. This was slightly down from a 2.49 rating to kick off 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Live Raw:\u00a0Raw averaged 3.496 million viewers, up five percent from last week. This was mainly due to the first hour, which drew a relatively solid audience. But, the third hour fell sharply.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0DVR addition: Raw averaged 376,000 DVR viewers over the course of three hours. This compares to 481,000 last week when WWE got a DVR boost after people watched the football game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Total Audience: Raw averaged 3.872 million viewers, up slightly from a total audience of 3.804 million viewers last week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; In the hourlies, the third hour really suffered this week. Even males 18-49, which typically draws its\u00a0most viewers in the third hour, dropped off significantly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Hour Break Down<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3299516824\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>3.775 million live viewers, the most first hour viewers since the night after TLC in December<\/li>\n<li>375,000 DVR viewers added<\/li>\n<li>4.150 million total viewers<\/li>\n<li>Key Stat: Every demographic &#8211; both live and DVR &#8211; scored its highest rating in this hour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Second Hour Break Down<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3.591 million live viewers (decline)<\/li>\n<li>362,000 DVR viewers added (slight decline)<\/li>\n<li>3.953 million total viewers<\/li>\n<li>Key Stat: Every demographic &#8211; both live and DVR &#8211; was in the middle of the ratings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Third Hour Break Down<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3.123 million live viewers (sharp decline)<\/li>\n<li>390,000 DVR viewers added to offset some of the sharp decline<\/li>\n<li>3.513 million total viewers (down 11 percent from the second hour)<\/li>\n<li>Kay Stat: Every demographic &#8211; both live and DVR &#8211; scored its lowest rating in this hour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Caldwell&#8217;s Analysis:\u00a0<\/strong>It appears a good chunk of viewers were unwilling to sit through a very long, drawn-out three-hour Raw to see Brock Lesnar in the final segment of the show in the Highlight Reel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2839885300\"><div id=\"pwtor-1550414560\"><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>The live portion of Monday&#8217;s Raw\u00a0rebounded from last week&#8217;s show against the college football National Title game, but there was a concerning third hour drop-off during the show. 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