Last week’s big post-WrestleMania 31 ratings bounce for WWE RAW didn’t last. Last night’s episode drew 3.96 million viewers and a 1.33 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic. Those numbers are down 26% and 28% respectively from last week’s 5.36 million viewers and 1.86 demo rating. Last night’s rating was the lowest viewership since the March 16th episode drew 3.92 million and the lowest demo rating since the March 9th episode drew a 1.32.
The show obviously suffered against the NCAA basketball tournament finals. The game drew scored a massive 9.1 demo rating on CBS and took a heavy audience away from RAW, which is especially obvious when you look at the hourly numbers. The NCAA game drew over 28 million viewers which is unbelievably high. RAW started off fairly strong with a 1.5 demo rating at the 8 PM hour, though that still suffered against the NCAA pre-show when compared to last week’s 1.82 for 8 PM. The show then fell off significantly once the game started at 9 PM, as you can see below:
8 PM ET: 4.3 million (1.5 demo rating)
9 PM ET: 4.04 million (1.35 demo rating)
10 PM ET: 3.55 million (1.14 demo rating)
