By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
Tuesday’s NXT television show averaged 895,000 viewers for The CW network, according to a press release issued by WWE. The viewership count was up from last week’s 620,000 viewership total on USA Network.
Powell’s POV: NXT finished with a 0.26 rating in the 18-49 demo, up compared to last week’s 0.19 rating on USA Network. The numbers are strong for the premiere, especially considering it ran against the MLB playoffs and the second hour aired opposite the U.S. Vice Presidential debate. One year earlier, the October 3, 2023 edition of NXT delivered 857,000 viewers and a 0.22 rating for the No Mercy fallout edition.
CW ratings are going to be interesting. They’re essentially available nationally, but there are several local CW channels that aren’t available on streaming live TV services (mine isn’t) and there are still chunks of the country that can’t get antenna signals. I can’t get CW here unless it’s OTA or through the most expensive cable service.
The Nascar Xfinity races have gotten 906k and 722k so far, which is down from their random NBC races they would get but up from what they’ve been getting on FS1 and USA this year.
It will be interesting to see where the ratings settle in for NXT on CW.