WWE Raw Rating Inches Up, Viewership Down

– This week’s episode of Raw saw a slight rise in the rating, while the overall viewership edged downward a bit. Monday’s episode scored a 1.16 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic, up 1% from last week’s 1.15. The audience was 3.304 million, which was down 3% from the previous week’s 3.404 million.

The demo rating was, like last week, the highest since the April 17th episode’s 1.19. The overall audience, while down, was still better than the 3.233 million from two weeks ago.

Raw ranked #1 among cable originals for the night, beating out Love & Hip-Hop on VH1 (1.08 demo rating/2.143 million viewers) per Showbuzz Daily. The hourly audience was:

8 PM: 1.15 demo rating (3.384 million viewers)
9 PM: 1.17 demo rating (3.364 million viewers)
10 PM: 1.16 demo rating (3.163 million viewers)