By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite television show produced 979,000 viewers for TNT, according to Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics.com. The viewership count was down from1.102 million viewers who watched last week’s show.
Powell’s POV: Thurston estimates that Dynamite delivered a 0.35 rating in the 18-49 demographic, which is down from last week’s .46 in the same demo. It’s odd that both WWE Raw and Dynamite were down despite no longer having the Tokyo Olympics as competition.
AEW Dynamite last night on TNT was watched by 979,000 viewers on average. 454,000 viewers were aged 18-49 (about a 0.35 rating).
Both measurements are the lowest since July 7. This ends a 4-week streak at over 1 million.
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— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) August 12, 2021
Any idea on the quarter hour breakdowns?
I could definitely see a dropoff after the Allin vs Garcia match with nothing other than the Baker interview spot to get people to potentially tune back in.
No. My theory after just talking with someone who knows more about TV ratings than I ever will is that there were simply fewer people watching television coming out of the Olympics, so fewer channel surfers, etc. It would help explain why Raw was also down, though neither show had a particularly loaded lineup. Heck, Raw didn’t even announce a match in advance. A big event like the Super Bowl is likely to maintain its audience if it’s a good game, whereas something like the Olympics provides a lot of jumping off points for its viewers. All just speculation of course.
I don’t about other areas, but in Illinois, especially Chicago, we have been getting storms the past few days and several people are without power. If it is in the Midwest, that may be a factor on why ratings are down,