Welcome to the Ratings Buffet. MMA Payout gives you a roundup of ratings from combat sports for the week. If you missed ratings in our previous posts, we have them here for you.
UPDATED: Thursday 6/8
Impact Wrestling on Pop TV drew 318,000 viewers for its 2 hour show from 8-10pm ET
Wednesday 6/7
The second episode in the return of Lucha Underground drew one of the bigger ratings for LU in the history of the show: 111,000 viewers on El Rey. The immediate replay drew 38,000 viewers. For those wondering, the midseason debut last week drew 65,000 and another 36,000 for the immediate replay.
UFC Tonight on FS1 Wednesday drew 107,000 viewers per Nielsen
TUF 25 Episode 8 drew 303,000 viewers. The episode on FS1 went up against Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
Tuesday 6/6
SmackDown on the USA Network drew 2.349 million viewers and 0.74 in the A18-49 demo. It was good enough for the best original cable telecast on Tuesday night.
Monday 6/5
Monday Night Raw on the USA Network 3.110 million viewers for the middle hour of the 3 hour telecast. It drew a 1.08 rating for A18-49, 1.22 for A25-54 and 1.16 for 50+ demo. The first hour drew 3.113 million viewers. It drew a 1.07 (A18-49), 1.23 (A25-54) and 1.21 for over 50. The third hour drew 2.758 million viewers. It drew a 0.96 (A18-49), 1.09 (A25-54) and 1.04 for over 50.
Saturday 6/4
UFC PPV Prelims drew 732,000 viewers on Saturday for the 88 minutes it was on FS1. It started at 5:32pm PT on FS1 due to an MLB overrun. The start of the PPV Prelims drew 218,000 viewers on FS2.
Showtime Boxing Saturday night drew 553,000 for the fight between Adonis Stevenson and Andrzej Fonfara. It also drew 145,000 in the A18-49 demo. The fight peaked with 610,000 viewers. The undercard fight between Jean Pascal and Eleider Alvarez drew 373,000 viewers and 149,000 in the A18-49 demo.
H/t to ShowBuzz Daily and Nielsen
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