TNA Impact dropped to its lowest viewership over the past three months for this past Thursday’s episode against the NFL Draft.
The April 23 episode from the Syracuse taping averaged 175,000 viewers and 41,000 viewers (0.03) in the 18-49 demographic on AMC. The figure doesn’t include viewership on the AMC streaming app.
The show fell 17.5% in viewers and 40% in 18-49 from last week’s episode, which aired against the second hour of AEW Collision.
It was Impact’s third-lowest audience on AMC and the smallest number since January 22. Its major competition was the NFL Draft, airing on ABC (4,620,000 viewers and 0.88 in 18-49), ESPN (6,533,000 and 2.02 in 18-49), and the NFL Network (1,748,000 and 0.54). There were also NHL playoff games airing on TNT and TBS.
Impact ranked 99th for the night in viewership and 70th in the 18-49 demographic. In the core demo, females dropped from 20,000 viewers last week to 7,000, or a 65% drop. Males declined by 15% from 40,000 to 34,000.
The show saw its 18-34 drop from 0.04 last week to 0.01, and adults 25-54 went from 0.05 to 0.04.
Impact featured Mike Santana defending the TNA World Championship against Rich Swann in the main event.
Data: Programming Insider & Wrestlenomics
