Raw Rating Jumps Leading Into SummerSlam

– The rating for Raw this week saw an increase heading into Summerslam. Monday night’s episode hit a 1.14 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic, up 9% from last week’s 1.05. It was in fact the best rating for the show since the April 17th episode had a 1.19 mark in the demographic.

The viewership number was mostly steady, bringing in an audience of 3.233 million. That’s less than a percent down from the 3.24 million from last week. With the exception of last week, it was also the highest number since April 17th.

Raw ranked #2 overall among cable originals for the night when averaged across all three hours per Showbuzz Daily. Love & Hip-Hop on VH1 won the night with a 1.15. The hourly numbers of Raw were:

8 PM: 1.21 demo rating (3.419 million viewers)
9 PM: 1.15 demo rating (3.293 million viewers)
10 PM: 1.05 demo rating (2.988 million viewers)