Ratings might never improve

[ewantu2]

IWC seems to be bitching about the ratings saying "WWE sucks now they should do my shitty idea that would just make it worse"(translated it) but they seem to forget about YouTube and DVR. Everyone in the UK use DVR or YouTube (RAW starts at 1am here) and a allot of people use them just to skip adds (and diva matches)

[#BITW]

Not to mention the ratings does not actually portray all of the fans... only selected people's viewing habits are monitored to determine whats good for tv(nielson boxes). so 100 million fans could watch but only 5 million are actually recorded. ratings don't mean shit. Unfortunately even though the ratings do not accurately portray the entire audience a show can get cancelled if the ratings do not fit the profit they make. But we can all agree wwe has been going downhill for a while now and desperately needs to change. I can't even watch a full episode of raw anymore... more interesting things are on that are not the same crap every week

[YOUcanCALLmeCRACK]

Not to mention the ratings does not actually portray all of the fans... only selected people's viewing habits are monitored to determine whats good for tv(nielson boxes). so 100 million fans could watch but only 5 million are actually recorded. ratings don't mean shit. Unfortunately even though the ratings do not accurately portray the entire audience a show can get cancelled if the ratings do not fit the profit they make. But we can all agree wwe has been going downhill for a while now and desperately needs to change. I can't even watch a full episode of raw anymore... more interesting things are on that are not the same crap every week

The same excuses are made for TNA's ratings. Yes the ratings are based off a small sample and quite possibly there are more people than calculated that watch but there could also be less. Regardless, the ratings may not be 100% accurate but they are consistent.

TV networks, shows, and advertisers live and die off of these numbers so they are important. They consider the ratings and amount of people who watch legit and so should we.

Also DVR numbers are recorded, this website just does not post them.

[imswm]

Might never improve? So, the football season and the eventual end of it have no effect on Raw ratings?

[YOUcanCALLmeCRACK]

Might never improve? So, the football season and the eventual end of it have no effect on Raw ratings?

I think he means the overall average is going to be down. Obviously in times between the big PPVs they will be up.

[Automatic]

Might never improve? So, the football season and the eventual end of it have no effect on Raw ratings?

According to the OP, they don't. Even though this happens EVERY GODDAMN YEAR.
Oh and I doubt WWE cares about UK ratings.

[maar13]

I still say 3 hours is just too much, a lot a people get burn out and does not watch the whole thing and sorry some people fiond something good and forget to come back until maybe it is too late.

But look at it this way, while they are losing viewers maybe for the Network they are gathering more than the previous show they had (don't know what they had before RAW in the past) so maybe it is not really that much of a loss.

If you see they are even getting two more shows on different networks so the expansion actually is not really that much of a expense for them since they tape the matches before the big shows and they make money out of it.

Ratings might not improve much but they are not doing that bad or bad for what it really matters.

And Wrestling always at some point becomes predictable and recycle story lines, in the end, while a lot of people believe they will fail or would love to see WWE failing, is not going to happen, even if at some point they get an overall of 2.5, they will find a way to remain steady.

[Jamaal Mayes]

Not to mention the ratings does not actually portray all of the fans... only selected people's viewing habits are monitored to determine whats good for tv(nielson boxes). so 100 million fans could watch but only 5 million are actually recorded. ratings don't mean shit. Unfortunately even though the ratings do not accurately portray the entire audience a show can get cancelled if the ratings do not fit the profit they make. But we can all agree wwe has been going downhill for a while now and desperately needs to change. I can't even watch a full episode of raw anymore... more interesting things are on that are not the same crap every week

So true if you notice when raw is down, impact and smackdown are down, and when raw is up impact, and smackdown are up. almost by the same precent

[jerimiahpc]

IWC seems to be bitching about the ratings saying "WWE sucks now they should do my shitty idea that would just make it worse"(translated it) but they seem to forget about YouTube and DVR. Everyone in the UK use DVR or YouTube (RAW starts at 1am here) and a allot of people use them just to skip adds (and diva matches)

The main problem with people's thought process about rating is this; They are the ratings for the US not world-wide. This is also why the PG era is here to stay for at least a few more years. Where WWE is a US company look at the gates for their international tours, they by far out gate the US tour. Things need to change in a major way I agree but until Vince and Linda are gone from the company and Steph and Paul take over we are stuck with what we have now. I still think that Shane needs to be brought back into the fold because he clearly knows how to make a successful company.

[Viperfish]

I stream RAW, it's just more convenient for me and I can watch it an hour earlier than when it legit comes on TV in Toronto(8:00 PM start time vs 9:00 PM start time... hmm... it's not a hard choice). If they put up a feed on WWE.com I'd go there and watch it in a heartbeat.