AEW finishes fifth on cable outside its regular slot, demo stays even

Outside of its regular timeslot on TNT, AEW Dynamite still finished fifth among cable programming following the NBA.

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Outside of its regular timeslot on TNT, AEW Dynamite still finished fifth among cable programming following the NBA.

Wednesday’s episode of AEW Dynamite finished with 775,000 viewers with a 0.32 rating in the 18-49 demographic. Viewership was down 4 percent while the demo rating was equal to last week’s figure.

The show followed TNT’s coverage of the Milwaukee Bucks vs. Boston Celtics, which was #1 on cable with 2,003,000 viewers and 0.80 in the 18-49 demo.

AEW experienced a surge with men 12-34 increasing from a 0.11 last week to a 0.27 rating. Adults 18-34 rose 53 percent

NXT ran unopposed from 8-10 pm eastern regarding wrestling competition but did go against the NBA game, college football on ESPN, and MTV’s The Challenge.

The show averaged 698,000 viewers and a 0.19 in the 18-49 demo. They fell 9 percent in viewers but were also equal in the key demo from the previous week. They finished 40th among cable programs for the night.

NXT saw a 29.5 percent increase with the 18-34 demo while the notable drop was seen with men 12-34.

Here is a breakdown of this week’s numbers:

Source: Showbuzz Daily

ADULTS 18-49
AEW: 0.32 (Even)
NXT: 0.19 (Even)

FEMALES 18-49
AEW: 0.20 (-9 percent)
NXT: 0.15 (+7 percent)

MALES 18-49
AEW: 0.44 (+2 percent)
NXT: 0.23 (-8 percent)

ADULTS 18-34
AEW: 0.23 (+53 percent)
NXT: 0.09 (+29.5 percent)

FEMALES 12-34
AEW: 0.12 (Even)
NXT: 0.09 (+50 percent)

MALES 12-34
AEW: 0.27 (+145.5 percent)
NXT: 0.08 (-38 percent)

ADULTS 25-54
AEW: 0.36 (-5 percent)
NXT: 0.22 (-4 percent)

ADULTS 50+
AEW: 0.36 (-5 percent)
NXT: 0.22 (-4 percent)

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