WWE & TNA Ratings in the UK
For the week ending March 7, 2010...
Impact from March 4 (airing on March 6) drew 82,000 viewers (-9,000 viewers), with the Bravo+1 timeshift "replay" drawing 70,000.
Raw from March 1
- drew 51,000 viewers in Thursday evening's replay
- drew 17,000 in a Friday morning (8am) replay
SmackDown from March 5
- drew 86,000 viewers in its first airing (-79,000 viewers)
Superstars from March 4
- drew 54,000 viewers on Saturday night March 6
NXT (episode 2)
- drew 51,000 in the first airing on Thursay night (+13,000)
- drew 45,000 in a Saturday night replay
USA Press Release: WWE vs. TNA Ratings
The USA Network issued the following press release touting their ratings last week, including a comparison of how WWE RAW vs. TNA Impact's debut on Monday 3/8:
USA REMAINS #1 IN CABLE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – March 16, 2010 – USA was the #1 network in cable prime this week, delivering more P25-54 (1.15 million, +24% over #2 TBS), P18-49 (1.10 million, +1% over #2 TBS) and households (1.84 million, +3% over #2 DSNY) than any of its cable competitors while earning the top basic cable household coverage rating of the week (1.86, +0.04 over #2 DSNY). USA delivered more total viewers (2.48 million, +10% over #2 FOXNC) than any other ad-supported network on cable. No other cable network delivered over 1 million P25-54 in prime.
USA continued to outperform The CW, with double-digit victories among P25-54 (+29%) and total viewers (+41%) as well as outperforming the broadcaster among P18-49 (+9%). Cable’s #1 network registered victories over “Big 4″ broadcast networks in 13 primetime hours this week (M-Su 8P-11P) thanks to USA Originals WHITE COLLAR and PSYCH, WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW, hit movies and episodes of the top acquired series on cable, NCIS, LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT and HOUSE.
USA was home of four of the top ten P25-54 telecasts in prime this week and three of the top P18-49 with original hours of WHITE COLLAR and WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW and the top acquired series on cable, NCIS.
* The season finale of WHITE COLLAR was the most watched episode of the series since the season premiere on 1/19/10 among P25-54 (1.87 million) and P18-49 (1.85 million), enjoying double digit gains week to week in every demo. It was the most watched scripted telecast this week among P25-54 and the top telecast overall on cable prime Tuesday night among P25-54, P18-49, total viewers (4.04 million) and households (2.76 million), as well as the top scripted telecast in prime that night among P18-34 (902,000). WHITE COLLAR was the only scripted telecast in basic cable prime to draw over 1.5 million P25-54 viewers this week. Additionally, WHITE COLLAR delivered nearly twice as many P18-49 (+92%) and total viewers (+96%) than the new episode of TNT’s “Southland,” with significant margins among P25-54 (+75%), P18-34 (+89%) and households (+76%). USA’s newest hit series also beat ABC’s new episode of “The Forgotten” head to head at 10P among P18-34, M18-34 and M18-49, and more M18-34 watched WHITE COLLAR than anything on NBC or the new episode of “The Good Wife” on CBS.
* Season 4.5 of PSYCH was the most popular season of the series ever among P18-34, averaging 823,000 of these viewers (prior high was Season 2.5 in 1Q08). PSYCH finished the season as the #1 P18-49 cable telecast in Wednesday night’s prime (1.46 million), delivering more total viewers (2.95 million) and households (2.05 million) than any other cable entertainment telecast in the night’s prime. PSYCH was the most watched scripted telecast of the night among P18-34 (809,000) and the top drama for P25-54 (1.38 million). Additionally, more P18-34 watched PSYCH Wednesday night than new episodes of “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” “Ugly Betty” or “Mercy.” PSYCH drew more males of this demo than these shows, too, as well as beating “Scrubs” and “CSI: NY” in M18-34.
* Only a pair of series-high episodes of “Pawn Stars” on History outperformed WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW this week among P18-49 (2.59 million) while among P25-54 (2.46million), RAW was behind only “Pawn Stars” and a series-high “American Pickers.” RAW delivered nearly four times as many P18-49 (+274%), P18-34 (+293%) and total viewers (+275%) as TNA “Impact” in the first night of its new timeslot head-to-head against RAW and more than tripled their P25-54 (+226%) and household (+246%) audiences. In RAW’s 9P-11P time period, USA outperformed NBC in delivering P18-34, P18-49, P25-54 and total viewers, besting ABC and FOX among M18-34 and ABC in M18-49, M25-54 and M2+.
* NCIS continues to be the top acquired series in prime, delivering more P25-54 (1.57 million), total viewers (4.27 million) and households (3.12 million) than any other off-net series on cable. NCIS was the only acquired series to appear in the week’s P25-54 top ten and the only one to deliver over 1.5 million of these viewers, 3 million total viewers or 2 million households in prime this week. LAW & ORDER: SEPCIAL VICTIMS UNIT was second only to NCIS among acquired primetime this week for total viewers P2+ (2.21 million) and households (1.74 million).
USA Network is the #1 network in all of basic cable and is seen in over 98.5 million U.S. homes. A division of NBC Universal, USA is the cable television leader in original series and home to the best in blockbuster theatrical films, acquired television series and entertainment events. The award-winning USA website is located at www.usanetwork.com. Characters Welcome.
USA Network is a program service of NBC Universal Cable a division of NBC Universal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience.
Raw and Impact Ratings for 3/15
The first reports are that RAW did a 3.71 and Impact did an 0.84 (0.88 first hour, 0.80 second hour).
Impact did an average of 1.1 million viewers. Viewership was down 21.4 percent from last week's 1.4 million viewers. RAW did 5.60 million viewers.
Impact had the usual ratings pattern where the rating was strong during the first quarter with an 0.84 but bottomed out at the during the final quarter with an 0.72 for AJ Styles vs. Jeff Hardy. The overrun did an 0.74.
Thursday Impact Rating The Same as Monday’s
The replay of the 3/8 edition of Impact that aired on 3/11 did a 1.0, with 1,303,000 viewers . It was rounded up from a 0.97. The original airing did a 1.0, rounded up from a 0.98. In essence, they did the exact same rating and the overall audience was not down all that much from Monday.
Mick Foley Blog
Mick Foley posted a new blog on TNAWrestling.com and here are some highlights:
- On Monday's Rating: "We kicked off what we all hope will be a very exciting time for the company, with what I felt was an excellent Impact," Foley said in his Friday blog on TNA's website. "I know the rating wasn't quite what we are hoping for, but if we keep delivering the type of show fans saw Monday night, I have to believe that eyeballs will start turning our way and the ratings situation will take care of itself."
- On Mr. Anderson: "In wrestling, as in life, anything that's new and different is bound to face criticism, and I know Ken has gotten a little over the past few weeks, but I think his promos have been incredible. ... It really seems like Ken is a new man in TNA, taking advantage of the change in scenery to brighten his star, instead of just living off the star power he brought with him from WWE."
- On "The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero: "So let me get this straight...Elijah Burke sat on the shelf for months on end, and was eventually dropped from WWE because they didn't have any ideas for him? Hmm, here's an idea. How about giving him a microphone to speak into, and a ring to wrestle in? Seems to be working pretty well."
- On Jeff Hardy returning to TNA after January 4: "I've never pretended to know Jeff's thought process, and I kind of only semi-know what brought him to TNA. But I know he feels it was the right move for him - a move that wasn't about money, but about doing what he felt in his heart - and wrestling fans are bound to be much better off for it."
NXT Rating Drops to ECW Levels
Any ratings advantage the new WWE NXT series had over the weekly ECW telecast is gone. Viewership for Tuesday's episode dropped significantly from last week.
After holding steady from week one to week two, NXT eroded viewers for its third airing, falling to a viewership average of just 1.298 million, according to Mediaweek. That amounts to a viewership decline of 25% from last week's 1.73 million total.
Among adults 18-49, the drop was even more staggering. The show fell from a 0.6 to a 0.4, a decrease of 33%.
PWInsider.com is reporting the cable broadcast rating at a 1.0, down from the 1.24 for week two.
Essentially, that means NXT is now right where ECW was when WWE and SyFy decided an overhaul was needed.
Taz Comments on Monday’s Impact Rating
Taz posted the following message on his Twitter page in regards to Impact's Monday night rating:
"In regards to ratings, a man I respect very much once told me, "keep chopping wood"! Great things dont happen over night."
More Details on Raw and Impact Ratings
Last night’s episode of TNA Impact actually scored an 0.98 cable rating, rounded up to a 1.0. The show drew 1.4 million viewers and was down 12.0 percent in ratings and 6.1 percent in TV viewership compared to this past Thursday’s Impact.
RAW was down 7.4 percent in ratings and 4.2 percent in viewership this week compared to last week. RAW drew 5.1 million viewers this week.
Spike TV is saying that they expect the Impact rating to go up when numbers from DVR viewing are up. They believe a “significant portion” of the audience will watch Impact on DVR.
WWE RAW on 3/8 did quarter hours of 3.45, 3.15, 3.27, 3.15, 3.39, 3.56, 3.27, and 3.6 with a 3.98 over-run. RAW finished in third and fifth place. 5.1 million viewers tuned in. P18-49: 2.28; M18-49: 2.90. Versus the prior 4 weeks: P18-49: flat; M18-49: -4%. The lowest rated night in last 5 weeks among M18-49.
TNA Impact on 3/8 did quarter hours of .99, .98, 1.00, 1.07, 1.07, 1.03, .95, and .76 with a 1.01 over-run.
Raw and Impact Ratings
We don’t have full details yet but here are the ratings for last night’s WWE RAW and TNA Impact.
RAW scored a 3.4 cable rating while TNA scored a 1.0 rating. Obviously this isn’t close to the number TNA was looking for.
Stay tuned later for more ratings news.
TNA Impact Rating
Last night's TNA Impact scored a 1.14 cable rating (1.26 first hour, 1.02 second hour) with 1.5 million viewers. The show peaked with the first quarter-hour with a 1.31 and dropped from there. The final quarter-hour only drew a .93 rating. There were also no Olympics this week.
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