By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
Tuesday’s NXT television show averaged 601,000 viewers for USA Network, according to Showbuzzdaily.com. The viewership count is up from the 533,000 viewers who watched last week’s episode. NXT finished 30th in the Tuesday cable ratings with a 0.14 rating in the 18-49 demographic, up from last week’s 0.10 rating in the same demo.
Powell’s POV: Nice bounce back numbers for NXT. The cable ratings were once again dominated by sports programming on Tuesday. An NBA Playoff game finished first for ESPN, the NBA draft lottery was second on ESPN, the late ESPN SportsCenter was third, and a pair of NHL Playoff games finished fourth and fifth for TNT. The May 18, 2021 edition of NXT finished with 700,000 viewers and a 0.14 rating.
Smackdown ratings up.
Raw ratings up.
NXT ratings up.
Doesn’t matter if playoff games are on or not. If the product is good, people will watch. Last week NXT stupidly put on a 2 hour green women’s wrestling show, and the ratings reflected that. This week was infinitely better, and they got some folks back.