By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
The AEW Rampage television show delivered 292,000 viewers for Friday’s episode on TNT, according to Showbuzzdaily.com. The number was down from the 464,000 viewership count from the previous week.
Powell’s POV: Rampage finished 49th in Friday’s cable ratings with a 0.11 rating in the 18-49 demographic, down from the previous week’s 0.14 rating in the same demo. Friday’s Rampage aired on Friday afternoon at 4:30CT/5:30ET due to the NHL Playoffs. The show has another early start this week at 5CT/6ET.
We shouldn’t take these numbers seriously because there are other shows on TV. Everybody knows if there is something on another channel it hurts wrestling. They would have been #1 if nothing else was on.
The biggest problem with the timeslot excuse is that ratings have been same day + DVR, ending at 3am Eastern, for quite a while now (I think since 2007) and unless there’s a channel change involved the DVR should pick the show up. That means these huge AEW drops are either people who don’t know how to use their DVR or they’re in Nielsen homes but don’t understand when the ratings cutoff is. Either way, they’re dumb.