WWE Raw Rating, Viewership Rebound After Last Week’s Low

– The rating and viewership for this week’s Raw were up after hitting a low last week. Monday’s episode scored a 0.82 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 2.374 million viewers, up 8% and 3% from last week’s 0.76 demo rating and 2.302 million. The rating was essentially even (up an statistically insignificant 0.003) from the 0.82 of two weeks ago, while the rating was the best since the September 17th episode had 2.672 million viewers.

Raw ranked #5 among cable originals for the night per Showbuzz Daily. Monday Night Football led the way, starting with the actual game (3.6 demo rating, 10.506 million viewers) and then moving onto the kickoff show (1.28 demo rating/3.982 million). The MLB playoff game on TBS was #3 (1.18/4.405 million), and then the post-MNF SportsCenter (1.17/2.840 million). Raw’s hourly numbers were:

8 PM: 0.87 demo rating (2.533 million)
9 PM: 0.83 demo rating (2.388 million)
10 PM: 0.77 demo rating (2.200 million)