This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite rose in viewership and the key 18-49 demo rating.
AEW Dynamite had 811,000 viewers with a 0.30 rating in the 18-49 key demo and a 0.26 rating in the 18-34 demo.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter has shared a detailed look at the figures, including a breakdown of each quarter hour.
AEW Dynamite was #2 for the night on cable and #1 in its time slot. The NBA game between the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers on ESPN, which went against the West Coast airing, had 1,324,000 viewers and a 0.41 rating.
AEW Dynamite managed to beat FOX and NBC on network TV while beating ABC from 8:30 to 9:00 and then 9:30 to 10:00. The only station to beat TBS in the time slot was CBS.
Compared to last week, AEW Dynamite was up 0.7% in viewers, up 7.4% in 18-49 and up 13.8% in 18-34.
Compared to last year, AEW Dynamite was down 1.9% in viewers, up 11.6% in 18-49 and up 32.1% in 18-34.
AEW Dynamite had 127,000 in men 18-34 (up 33.7%), 54,000 in women 18-34 (down 15.6%), 136,000 in men 35-49 (down 12.3%) and 76,000 in women 35-49 (up 43.4%). The audience in 18-49 was 66.9% male.
Q2 was the high point in 18-34, men 18-34, and 35-49. Q5 was the high point in men 25-54. Q6 was the high point in men 18-49. The overrun was the high point in men 35-49.
Q1: Jon Moxley vs. Dax Harwood – 944,000 viewers, 411,000 in 18-49
Q2: End of Moxley vs. Harwood/Don Callis interview/Wardlow squash/Young Bucks arrive – 905,000 viewers (down 39,000), 431,000 in 18-49 (up 20,000)
Q3: Adam Copeland vs. Daniel Garcia – 762,000 viewers (down 143,000), 354,000 in 18-49 (down 77,000)
Q4: End of Copeland vs. Garcia/Samoa Joe promo – 792,000 viewers (up 30,000), 384,000 in 18-49 (up 30,000)
Q5: Samoa Joe, Swerve Strickland & Hangman Page segment/Toni Storm video/Deonna Purrazzo promo/The Young Bucks vs. Top Flight – 833,000 viewers (up 41,000), 422,000 in 18-49 (up 38,000)
Q6: End of Bucks vs. Top Flight, Darby Allin promo – 785,000 viewers (down 48,000), 409,000 in 18-49 (down 13,000)
Q7: Bang Bang Scissor Gang promo/Willow Nightingale vs. Skye Blue – 741,000 viewers (down 44,000), 369,000 in 18-49 (down 40,000)
Q8: End of Nightingale vs. Blue/Orange Cassidy vs. Matt Taven – 725,000 viewers (down 16,000), 363,000 in 18-49 (down 6,000)
Overrun: End of Cassidy vs. Taven – 785,000 (up 60,000), 405,000 in 18-49 (up 42,000)
