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AEW-WWE tie in ratings

December 12, 2019 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

For the first time ever in the head-to-head wrestling wars, we have a tie.  NXT on the USA Network and AEW Dynamite on TNT both drew 787,000 overall viewers at the same time.

The viewership for both telecasts were down from last week.  AEW did edge out NXT in the younger demos scoring 0.28 in the adult 18-49 demo.  NXT drew 0.24 in the same demo.  It also held an advantage in the males in the 18-49 age group holding a 0.40 versus 0.34 advantage.

 

AEW Overall A18-49 A18-49 # M18-49 P25-54 P50+
Week 1 1,409,000 0.68 878,000 0.92 0.74 0.34
Week 2 1,018,000 0.60 594,000 0.66 0.52 0.30
Week 3 1,014,000 0.63 574,000 0.65 0.50 0.33
Week 4 963,000 0.45 586,000 0.62 0.46 0.25
Week 5 759,000 0.33 433,000 0.48 0.38 0.25
Week 6 822,000 0.35 450,000 0.46 0.38 0.28
Week 7 957,000 0.43 554,000 0.55 0.45 0.29
Week 8 893,000 0.39   0.52 0.42 0.29
Week 9 668,000 0.26 337,000 0.33   0.40
Week 10 851,000 0.32 409,000 0.41 0.35 0.31
Week 11 787,000 0.28   0.40 0.32 0.29

 

NXT Overall A18-49 M18-49 P25-54 P50+
Week 1 1,179,000 0.43 0.56 0.48 0.47
Week 2 1,006,000 0.32 0.40 0.37 0.48
Week 3 891,000 0.32 0.41 0.36 0.36
Week 4 790,000 0.22 0.29 0.27 0.40
Week 5 712,000 0.20 0.27 0.24 0.35
Week 6 698,000 0.21 0.23 0.26 0.33
Week 7 580,000 0.18 0.23 0.22 0.29
Week 8 813,000 0.30 0.38 0.34 0.34
Week 9 750,000 0.25 0.32 0.29 0.35
Week 10 916,000 0.30 0.39 0.35 0.40
Week 11 810,000 0.24 0.31   0.52
Week 12 845,000 0.29 0.36 0.32 0.38
Week 13 787,000 0.24 0.34 0.27 0.38

*Data from Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily

Payout Perspective:

A disappointing week for both telecasts in that the ratings retracted from the previous week’s gains.  Still, we are seeing an equal amount of people tuning in to both telecasts with the younger demo gravitating toward AEW while the older set going with WWE’s NXT.

Filed Under: AEW, pro wrestling, ratings, TNT, TV, USA, WWE

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