WWE Raw Rating Down For Christmas Episode

– The rating for this week’s Raw suffered an expected drop after airing on Christmas day. Monday’s episode brought in a 0.84 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 2.704 million viewers, down 7% and 3% from last week’s 0.9 and 2.786 million viewers. While they were down from last week, the rating was roughly equal with the 0.85 from two weeks ago while the viewership was actually up from that week’s 2.685 million.

Raw ranked #5 among cable originals for the night, behind NFL games on ESPN. The 8:15 PM game won the night with a 3.47 demo rating and 11.735 million, with the 12:00 PM game coming in second at a 1.23 and 3.427 million. SportsCenter (1.17/3.324 million) and the NFL pre-game show (0.98/3.485 million) came in #3 and #4.

The hourly numbers were, per Showbuzz Daily:

8 PM: 0.93 demo rating (2.948 million viewers)
9 PM: 0.79 demo rating (2.620 million viewers)
10 PM: 0.79 demo rating (2.543 million viewers)