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AEW, NXT both have big weeks in ratings

April 19, 2021 by Jason Cruz 1 Comment

Last week, NXT and AEW produced big weeks with NXT moving to Tuesday night and AEW remaining on Wednesday.

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On Tuesday, NXT finished 8th overall in cable and delivered 805,000 viewers.  It drew 0.22 in the A18-49 demo, 0.19 F18-49, 0.26 M18-49, 0.10 in A18-34, 0.08 F12-34, 0.14 M12-34, 0.27A25-54 and 0.40 in over 50.

Wednesday AEW produced 1.219 million viewers and 2nd overall in cable.  The telecast drew 0.44 in the A18-49 demo, 0.32 in F18-49, 0.55 in M18-49, 0.26 in A18-34. 0.19 in F12-34, 0.23 M12-34, 0.50 in A25-54 and 0.50 in over 50.

This was the first week in which the two shows appeared on different days.

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The move really helped both franchises as the telecasts show that more viewers are getting a chance to watch both live.  Notably, AEW did beat NXT in the over 50 demo which is usually ruled by NXT. But NXT did make some gains in the A18-49 and M18-49.  Still, AEW rules the A18-49 demo producing 0.44 overall on Wednesday.

Filed Under: AEW, AEW-NXT Ratings, NXT, pro wrestling, USA

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  1. Ron says

    April 20, 2021 at 11:47 am

    Tony Kahn should be sending a thank you note to Vince McMahon and Steve Austin for allowing Chris Jericho to appear on the WWE Network. I would be willing to bet it got more eyes than usual to tune in to Dynamite.

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