This week’s episode of RAW was able to generate an average of 2.804 million viewers. This is down 3.3% from last week’s 2.901 million viewers, which was the best number going back to The MITB Fallout Episode on June 18th, which drew 2.903 million viewers. This week’s episode of RAW featured Ronda Rousey winning her RAW in-ring debut over Alicia Fox as the main event.
For this week’s show, the first hour drew 2.830 million viewers (last week’s hour 1 – 2.875 million), the second hour drew 2.854 million viewers (last week’s hour 2 – 3.012 million) and the final hour drew 2.728 million viewers (last week’s hour 3 – 2.815 million).
RAW was #1 for the night in viewership on cable, for the second week in a row. RAW was #2 in the 18-49 demographic, behind Love & Hip-Hop. It was previously reported that last week’s RAW was the first time the show was #1 in viewership on cable since the August 29th, 2017 episode. Last week’s RAW also had the #1 spot in the 18-49 demographic for the first time since August 29th, 2017.
The Bachelorette drew 6.707 million viewers on broadcast TV in the 8PM hour while MOM drew 4.095 million viewers, American Ninja Warrior drew 5.022 million viewers, So You Think You Can Dance drew 2.488 million viewers and Penn &Teller drew 1.310 million viewers, all in the 8PM hour on broadcast TV.
Below are RAW’s viewership numbers for the rest of 2018:
– January 1st Episode: 2.865 million viewers
– January 8th Episode: 2.766 million viewers
– January 15th Episode: 3.250 million viewers
– January 22nd Episode: 4.530 million viewers (RAW 25)
– January 29th Episode: 3.395 million viewers (Royal Rumble Fallout Episode)
– February 5th Episode: 3.055 million viewers
– February 12th Episode: 3.105 million viewers
– February 19th Episode: 3.282 million viewers (Elimination Chamber Go-Home Episode)
– February 26th Episode: 3.180 million viewers (Elimination Chamber Fallout Episode)
– March 5th Episode: 3.099 million viewers
– March 12th Episode: 3.352 million viewers
– March 19th Episode: 3.327 million viewers
– March 26th Episode: 3.366 million viewers
– April 2nd Episode: 3.357 million viewers (WrestleMania 34 Go-Home Episode)
– April 9th Episode: 3.921 million viewers (WrestleMania 34 Fallout Episode)
– April 16th Episode: 3.622 million viewers (Superstar Shakeup Episode)
– April 23rd Episode: 3.104 million viewers
– April 30th Episode: 3.066 million viewers (Backlash Go-Home Episode)
– May 7th Episode: 2.689 million viewers (Backlash Fallout Episode)
– May 14th Episode: 2.741 million (Taped Episode From London)
– May 21st Episode: 2.668 million viewers
– March 28th Episode: 2.494 million viewers
– June 4th Episode: 2.525 million viewers
– June 11th Episode: 2.730 million viewers (MITB Go-Home Episode)
– June 18th Episode: 2.903 million viewers (MITB Fallout Episode)
– June 25th Episode: 2.663 million viewers
– July 2nd Episode: 2.707 million viewers
– July 9th Episode: 2.470 million viewers (Extreme Rules Go-Home Episode)
– July 16th Episode: 2.866 million viewers (Extreme Rules Fallout Episode)
– July 23rd Episode: 2.779 million viewers
– July 30th Episode: 2.901 million viewers
– August 6th Episode: 2.804 million viewers
2017 Total: 156.971 million viewers
2017 Average: 3.018 million viewers per episode
Source: ShowBuzz Daily