This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite had its lowest viewership in over six months, despite the ratings being steady.
Dynamite drew 776,000 viewers with 0.28 (371,000 viewers) in 18-49 and 0.20 in 18-34.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter has shared a detailed breakdown of the numbers, including each individual quarter-hour.
The show commenced with fewer viewers than normal and many of the demos peaked early. However, men 35-49 peaked between 8:30 and 9:15 PM.
Dynamite was #8 for Wednesday night and #4 in its time slot (behind the NBA, NHL, and Bravo).
AEW Dynamite was #10 in women 18-49, #6 in men 18-49, #8 in 18-34, #11 in women 12-34, and #6 in men 12-34. Dynamite did manage to beat FOX and CBS in its second hour.
Compared to last week, the May 3rd episode was down 10.1% in viewers, up 0.5% in 18-49 and down 5.4% in 18-34. Compared to last year, this week’s show was down 6% in viewers, down 11.9% in 18-49, and down 16.6% in 18-34.
Dynamite had 107,000 in men 18-34, 34,000 in women 18-34, 164,000 in men 35-49, and 66,000 in women 35-49. It had 271,000 in men 18-49 (up 2.7%) and 100,000 in women 18-49 (down 4.8%). The audience was 73% male.
Dynamite had an 0.13 in 12-17 (same as the previous week), 0.20 in 18-34 (down 5.4%), 0.36 in 35-49 (up 4.5%), and 0.32 in 50+ (down 17.9%).
Q1: Orange Cassidy, Bandido, Adam Cole & Roderick Strong vs. Jericho Appreciation Society – 895,000 viewers, 416,000 in 18-49
Q2: End of eight-man tag/Jack Perry & Darby Allin promo/Chris Jericho, Adam Cole & Britt Baker segment/Blackpool Combat Club promo – 804,000 viewers (down 91,000), 387,000 in 18-49 (down 29,000)
Q3: Saraya vs. Willow Nightingale/Hikaru Shida returns/House of Black promo – 824,000 viewers (up 20,000), 390,000 in 18-49 (up 3,000)
Q4: Trios battle royal – 802,000 viewers (down 20,000), 380,000 in 18-49 (down 10,000)
Q5: MJF & Sammy Guevara segment/Kenny Omega & Don Callis promo/Wardlow squash/Christian Cage promo – 766,000 viewers (up 36,000), 373,000 in 18-49 (down 7,000)
Q6: Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt and Satnam Singh visit Mark Briscoe’s farm/Ricky Starks vs. Juice Robinson – 733,000 viewers (down 33,000), 367,000 in 18-49 (down 6,000)
Q7: End of White vs. Starks/MJF & Jack Perry segment – 692,000 viewers (down 41,000), 329,000 in 18-49 (down 38,000)
Q8: Sammy Guevara & MJF vs. Darby Allin & Jack Perry – 692,000 viewers (even), 322,000 in 18-49 (down 7,000)