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WWE Raw Rating Steady, Viewership Edges Up

May 15, 2018 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas
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– The rating for this week’s episode of Raw held even with last week against the NBA Playoffs, while viewership ticked up slightly. Monday’s episode brought in a 0.90 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 2.741 million viewers. Those numbers are dead even and up 2% from last week’s 0.90 demo rating and 2.689 million viewers. The rating is still at the 2018 low point, while the viewership — while up — represents the second-lowest number of the year.

Across all three hours, Raw ranked #5 among cable originals for the night per Showbuzz Daily. The NBA Conference Finals game on TNT won the night with a big 3.51 demo rating and 8.820 million viewers, followed by the post-game show (1.69 demo rating/3.954 million), and VH-1’s tandem of Love & Hip-Hop Atlanta (1.04 demo rating/2.021 million) and Basketball Wives (0.91/1.866 million).

The hourly numbers were:

* 8 PM: 0.95 demo rating (2.903 million viewers)
* 9 PM: 0.87 demo rating (2.692 million viewers)
* 10 PM: 0.87 demo rating (2.628 million viewers)

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