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AEW Dynamite Viewership Plummets Below 900,000 This Week, Draws Lowest Rating Since June

November 17, 2022 | Posted by Jeffrey Harris
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Showbuzz Daily has the Wednesday television numbers for last night’s AEW Full Gear go-home edition of AEW Dynamite. Numbers were down across the board for last night’s episode, which was the final episode of Dynamite before this weekend’s Full Gear 2022 pay-per-view event. These were Dynamite’s lowest television numbers since June.

Last night’s edition of Dynamite averaged 818,000 viewers. That’s a drop in 112,000 viewers from last week’s show, which drew 930,000 viewers. This was the lowest audience for a regular Wednesday night edition of Dynamite since June 22, which drew 878,000 viewers.

The October 18 edition of AEW Dynamite drew 752,000 viewers. However, that episode ran on a Tuesday night and went head-to-head with WWE NXT due to the MLB Playoffs.

In the P18-49 key ratings demo, Dynamite averaged a 0.28 rating. That’s also the lowest key demo rating for a regular Wednesday night airing of the show since the June 15 episode, which drew an identical rating and 761,000 viewers. The Tuesday night head-to-head episode with NXT last month drew a 0.26 rating.

Dynamite did still manage to finish in the Top 5 rankings for cable originals for Tuesday behind ESPN NBA coverage and SportsCenter. The show finished at No. 4 this week. The ESPN broadcast of the Golden State Warriors vs. Phoenix Suns game topped the ratings for Wednesday with a 0.55 rating. FNC’s The Five topped viewership for Wednesday with 3.546 million viewers. Last week’s show ranked at No. 6.

AEW will present another live show on cable this week, with tomorrow’s episode of Rampage being a live TNT broadcast. The Full Gear go-home episode will air live on TNT at 10:00 pm EST following WWE SmackDown. It’s being held at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, the same venue as this weekend’s Full Gear event. The show will air live on pay-per-view on Saturday, November 19.

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