{"id":86384,"date":"2019-09-19T15:28:58","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T20:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=86384"},"modified":"2019-09-23T13:52:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T18:52:44","slug":"nxt-draws-over-1-million-viewers-for-its-one-hour-premiere-live-episode-on-usa-network-beating-tnt-movie-and-prior-year-average","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/09\/19\/nxt-draws-over-1-million-viewers-for-its-one-hour-premiere-live-episode-on-usa-network-beating-tnt-movie-and-prior-year-average\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT draws over 1 million viewers for its one-hour premiere live episode on USA Network, beating TNT movie and prior year average"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2556518173\" 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 premiere of NXT on USA last night (9\/18) drew 0.86 rating and 1.179 million total viewers, nearly doubling the viewership for that time period one year ago. A new episode of &#8220;Suits&#8221; that followed did 955,000, down 10,000 viewers from the prior week (so NXT&#8217;s lead-in didn&#8217;t help). TNT&#8217;s movie opposite NXT (&#8220;The Legend of Tarzan&#8221;) drew 671,000 viewers.<\/p>\n<p>This is on the higher end of industry expectations and should make USA Network happy that the replacement for Smackdown in their prime time line-up can still draw a strong viewership number.<\/p>\n<p>Among 18-49 year old men, it drew a 0.56 rating. Smackdown the night before in that demo drew a 0.78 rating. Raw in that demo two nights before drew a 0.89 rating.<\/p>\n<p>The next three weeks are big. Next week, without AEW competition, NXT will learn whether the 1 million viewers liked what they saw. The next week, they&#8217;ll see how loyal those viewers are with AEW Dynamite head-to-head; AEW Dynamite could bring more fans to Wednesday and lead to a similar or better viewership number for NXT, or it could pull a huge percentage away. And in three weeks, after AEW shows off their TV product, things will begin to show signs of how they&#8217;ll settle in in terms of AEW vs. NXT viewership in the first chapter of the Wednesday Night War.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: NXT finished no. 4 in the key demo of 18-49 year olds with a 0.4 rating, just below &#8220;Basketball Wives&#8221; on VH1 and &#8220;Black Ink Crew&#8221; on VH1 which drew 0.5 ratings. The top rated show in that demo was the season premiere of &#8220;American Horror Story&#8221; on FX with 1.0 rating.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2882218116\"><div id=\"pwtor-1285094773\"><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 premiere of NXT on USA last night (9\/18) drew 0.86 rating and 1.179 million total viewers, nearly doubling the viewership for that time period one year ago. 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