By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite television show averaged 594,000 viewers for TBS, according to ProgrammingInsider.com. The viewership count was up from the 586,000 viewership total for last Wednesday’s show.
Powell’s POV: Dynamite finished with a 0.17 rating in 18-49 demo, equal to last Wednesday’s 0.17 rating in the same demo. Tuesday’s NXT on The CW drew 680,000 viewers and a 0.17 rating in the 18-49 demo. One year ago, the December 13, 2023 edition of Dynamite on TBS delivered 845,000 viewers and a 0.30 rating in the 18-49 demographic for the Winter is Coming edition.
Nobody wants to watch a bunch of tournament matches for a belt that doesn’t matter. This shit killed ratings last year and it’s doing it again.
Well the viewership was up though
Down 300k year over year. It was “up” to what used to be Rampage and Collision numbers. It’s well below the trend line. It was “up” in the sense of a small bump that’s statistically insignificant by any quantitative analysis.
NXT saw a 12.8% jump from last week to this one, suggesting that Thanksgiving did have an effect on viewership.
AEW saw a 1.2% jump which with the numbers they got could literally be anything from the overrun getting a few more households to tune in to a slight increase in the lead in from BBT.
They really need a baby face to catch fire.