Raw Rating Hits Seven-Week High

– Without the NBA playoffs in the way and coming off of Extreme Rules, Raw surged in the ratings to its best numbers in almost two months. Monday night’s episode brought in a 1.04 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 2.994 million viewers, up 20% and 15% from last week’s 0.86 demo rating and 2.613 million viewers. The demo rating was the highest since the April 17th episode brought in a 1.19, while the viewership was the best since 3.007 million tuned in on April 24th.

Raw ranked #2 among cable originals for the night, behind only Love & Hip-Hop Atlanta on VH-1 (1.33 demo rating, 2.673 million viewers). The hourly numbers were:

8 PM: 1.07 demo rating (3.113 million viewers)
9 PM: 1.08 demo rating (3.110 million viewers)
10 PM: 0.96 demo rating (2.758 million viewers)