Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite: Grand Slam on TNT pulled in 1,273,000 viewers, which is up from the show last week that did 1,175,000.
They drew a 0.48 rating in the 18-49 demographic, which is up from the previous week’s 0.43. AEW Dynamite did not beat WWE RAW’s key demo for the third straight week as Dynamite had 627,000 (0.48) viewers compared to RAW’s 642,000 (0.49).
According to Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics, AEW Dynamite was once again #1 for the night among cable originals in the key 18-49 demographic, well ahead of Real Housewives on Bravo. That show drew a 0.39 demo rating. The Masked Singer on FOX (non cable TV) did a 1.11 demo rating, with 4.7 million viewers.
Wednesday night’s show was the third highest AEW Dynamite broadcast ever in both total viewership and the 18-49 demographic.
Here is the viewership breakdown:
1/6/21: 662,000
1/13/21: 762,000
1/20/21: 854,000
1/27/21: 734,000
2/3/21: 844,000
2/10/21: 741,000
2/17/21: 747,000
2/24/21: 831,000
3/3/21: 934,000
3/10/21: 743,000
3/17/21: 768,000
3/24/21: 757,000
3/31/21: 700,000
4/7/21: 688,000
4/14/21: 1,219,000 – the start of no competition from WWE NXT
4/21/21: 1,104,000
4/28/21: 889,000
5/5/21: 1,090,000 – Blood and Guts Match
5/12/21: 936,000
5/19/21: 821,000
5/28/21: 526,000 – Friday edition
6/4/21: 462,000 – record low – Friday edition
6/11/21: 487,000 – Friday edition
6/18/21: 552,000 – Friday edition
6/26/21: 649,000 – Saturday edition
6/30/21: 883,000 – Wednesday edition
7/7/21: 871,000 – Road Rager special
7/14/21: 1,025,000 – Fyter Fest Night 1 special
7/21/21: 1,148,000 – Fyter Fest Night 2 special
7/28/21: 1,108,000 – Fight for the Fallen special
8/4/21: 1,102,000 – Homecoming special
8/11/21: 979,000
8/18/21: 975,000
8/25/21: 1,172,000 – CM Punk’s first Dynamite appearance
9/1/21: 1,047,000 – All Out go-home show
9/8/21: 1,319,000 – post-All Out show
9/15/21: 1,175,000
9/22/21: 1,273,000 – Grand Slam edition
