As seen following Monday night’s WWE RAW broadcast, the premiere episode of Straight Up Steve Austin aired. In the ratings department, the show had a very good debut. The episode brought in a 0.49 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic, with 1.211 million viewers. Obviously, that is well below the RAW rating for this week, but it is a very impressive number for a show that aired at 11PM EST.
The closest competition on cable in the same timeslot was The Daily Show, which drew a 0.21, with 719,000 viewers. The demo rating was on par with So You Think You Can Dance on FOX
, which is of course broadcast television, at the much stronger 9PM EST hour.