This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite suffered a dip in ratings and viewership, even dropping out of the top ten to #11. Dynamite faced a lot of competition courtesy of the NBA, NCAA and more. The show brought in 852,000 viewers and a 0.27 (352,000 viewers) in the key 18-49 demo rating. It also secured a 0.18 in the 18-34 demographic.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that AEW Dynamite was #5 for its time slot. Vanderpump Rules, which has been rising steadily in the ratings, secured the #1 spot.
AEW also faced competition from the Nevada vs. Arizona State NCAA game on Tru TV (1,375,000/0.39), Philadelphia 76ers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA) on ESPN (1,222,000/0.37), and Puerto Rico vs. Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic on Fox Sports 1 (949,000/0.34).
Compared to last week, the March 15th episode of Dynamite was down 0.7% in viewers, down 7.1% in key 18-49 demo, and down 15.2% in 18-34. Compared to last year, it was down 14.2% in viewers, down 29.1% in 18-49 and down 26% in 18-34.
AEW Dynamite was #14 in women 18-49, #9 in men 18-49, #11 in 18-34, #11 in women 12-34 and #9 in men 12-34. The show had an 0.13 in 12-17 (up 8.3%), 0.18 in 18-34 (down 15.2%), 0.36 in 35-49 (down 0.9%) and 0.40 in 50+ (up 2.6%).
You can check out the quarter hour numbers below:
Q1: MJF, Jungle Boy, Sammy Guevara and Darby Allin segment – 1,053,000 viewers, 404,000 in 18-49
Q2: End of MJF, Perry, Guevara and Allin segment/Chris Jericho video/The Dark Order & Hangman Page vs. Blackpool Combat Club – 957,000 viewers (down 97,000), 380,000 in 18-49 (down 24,000)
Q3: End of Dark Order & Hangman vs. Blackpool Combat Club/Juice Robinson promo – 839,000 viewers (down 118,000), 347,000 in 18-49 (down 33,000)
Q4: Jade Cargill vs. Nicole Matthews/Taya Valkyrie debut/Ricky Starks promo/QTV segment – 835,000 viewers (down 4,000), 348,000 in 18-49 (up 1,000)
Q5: Orange Cassidy vs. Jeff Jarrett – 837,000 viewers (up 2,000), 373,000 in 18-49 (up 25,000)
Q6: House of Black video/The Acclaimed video/The Outcasts segment – 770,000 viewers (down 67,000), 335,000 in 18-49 (down 38,000)
Q7: Matt Menard & Angelo Parker promo/Rey Fenix promo/Trios Title Match opening – 746,000 viewers (down 24,000), 313,000 in 18-49 (down 22,000)
Q8: The Elite vs. Jericho Appreciation Society vs. House of Black – 779,000 viewers (up 33,000), 323,000 in 18-49 (up 10,000)
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