RATINGS REPORT The10/11 edition of Raw did a 3.4 cable rating, with a 5 share, according to Nielsen Media Research. That is even with last week’s broadcast. This week’s show delivered hours of 3.4 and 3.4. The show also had the same pattern as last week’s, in that there was a huge drop in viewers late in the show. The second hour started with a 3.6 (which tied the preceding segment as the highest rated point on the show) but then dropped to a 3.3 at 10:15, a 3.2 at 10:30 and down to a 3.1 at 10:45. The overrun rebounded to a 3.5, which brought hour two up to a 3.4. The actual sixty-minute period for hour two did a 3.3. WWE has to find a way to combat viewers tuning out as the show goes on and get back on track with actually adding viewers as the broadcast goes on.
Before anyone blames Monday Night Football for the number, they were down 10% this week from their previous week’s rating, so they didn’t siphon off WWE’s viewers. For those of you who wondered, the two editions of CSI that preceded Raw this week did a 1.5 and a 2.4 respectively. Raw then did a 3.4.
In other ratings news, Velocity on 10/9 did a 0.7 cable rating, with a 1 share.
The WWE Experience on 10/10 did a 0.6 cable rating, with a 2 share.
Heat on 10/10 did its best number in a while, scoring a 1.0 cable rating, with a 2 share.
WWE got some great ratings news today when word came in that Smackdown on 10/7 did a 3.4 broadcast rating, with a five share. That is far higher than the show has done in recent weeks and is a very nice number for the company. The show did hours of 3.2 and 3.6.
TABOO TUESDAY EXTRAS
Finally, WWE.com has added the Taboo Tuesday PPV to the webcast site. The matches you receive for free with purchase of the webcast are:
- Shawn Michaels vs. The British Bulldog for the Intercontinental Title from 1992, from the last WWE Saturday Night's Main Event.
- The Raw Battle Royal from 1993 to determine the two top contenders for HBK's vacant IC title.
- Arn Anderson vs. Ric Flair in a Steel Cage match from a 1995 Nitro.
- The Steiner Brothers vs. Scott Hall and Syxx for the WCW Tag Team Titles from a 1997 Nitro, which featured a title change.
- Elix Skipper (Primetime of TNA) vs. Mike Sanders for the Cruiserweight title from a 2000 Nitro, which also featured a title change.
- Triple H vs. Kane from the 2002 No Mercy, which featured the temporary unification of the World Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships.
- Mr. McMahon vs. Stephanie McMahon from the 2003 No Mercy, which was Stephanie's last appearance on WWE TV as a featured character (yes, it has been a year).
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