Ratings Breakdown For This Past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite

As previously reported, this past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite was down from the week before in both the key 18-49 demographic rating and overall viewership. It had 579,000 viewers on TBS and an 0.16 rating (215,000 viewers) in 18-49. It also had an 0.08 in 18-34. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter has a better look at the numbers, including details on each individual quarter hour.

The decline comes even with a higher lead-in than usual, as The Big Bang Theory had 1,006,000 viewers and an 0.16 (a tie). This is the second time a rerun of the sitcome has tied AEW in 18-49.

Dynamite was #13 for the day and #4 in its timeslot. It was behind the Boston vs. San Antonio NBA game on ESPN (1,211,000/0.34), Team Canada vs. Team Sweden in hockey (880,000/0.30 on TNT and 169,000/0.07 on TruTV) and Jesse Watters (4,412,000/0.23) and Hannity (3,438,000/0.21) on Fox News.

Compared to last week, it was down 4.3% in viewers, down 6.9% in 18-49 and down 29.9% in 18-34. Compared to last year, it was down 28.6% in viewers, down 45.3% in 18-49 and down 70.3% in 18-34. It had 28,000 in men 18-34 (down 39.1%), 26,000 in women 18-34 (down 16.1%), 116,000 in men 35-49 (down 3.3%) and 45,000 in women 35-49 (up 32.4%).

Q1: Max Caster vs. Hangman Page/Ricochet promo/Swerve Strickland & Prince Nana segment/Death Riders vs. Undisputed Kingdom – 676,000 viewers, 262,000 in 18-49
Q2: End of Death Riders vs. Undisputed Kingdom – 648,000 viewers (down 28,000), 254,000 in 18-49 (down 8,000)
Q3: Page & MJF segment/Samoa Joe, HOOK & Katsuyori Shibata squash/Chris Jericho & Bryan Keith promo/Willow Nightingale & Jon Moxley segment – 615,000 viewers (down 33,000), 227,000 in 18-49 (down 27,000)
Q4: Jericho, Bandido, Learning Tree & Powerhouse Hobbs segment/Cope and Jay White promo/Dustin Rhodes vs. MJF – 544,000 viewers (down 71,000), 209,000 in 18-49 (down 18,000)
Q5: End of MJF vs. Rhodes, MJF and Page brawl – 596,000 viewers (up 52,000), 211,000 in 18-49 (up 2,000)
Q6: End of MJF/Page brawl/Megan Bayne squash/Kris Statlander vs. Penelope Ford – 560,000 viewers (down 36,000), 203,000 in 18-49 (down 8,000)
Q7: End of Statlander vs. Ford/Harley Cameron rap/Hurt Syndicate vs. The Gunns – 533,000 viewers (down 27,000), 182,000 in 18-49 (down 21,000)
Q8: End of Hurt Syndicate vs. Gunns – 492,000 viewers (down 41,000), 182,000 in 18-49 (even)
Overrun: Cope, White & Death Riders segment – 478,000 viewers (down 14,000), 188,000 in 18-49 (up 6,000)