Monday’s live edition of WWE RAW drew an average of 1.907 million viewers on the USA Network, according to Nielsen via Showbuzz Daily.
This is down 7.7% from last week’s 2.067 million viewers for the post-SummerSlam episode.
For this week’s show, the first hour drew 1.955 million viewers (last week’s hour 1 – 2.152 million), the second hour drew 1.936 million viewers (last week’s hour 2 – 2.094 million) and the final hour drew 1.830 million viewers (last week’s hour 3 – 1.956 million).
RAW drew a 0.54 rating in the 18-49 key demographic this week. This is down 15.6% from last week’s 0.64 key demo rating.
RAW ranked #16 for the night in viewership on cable, behind Tucker Carlson Tonight, The Five, Hannity, The Ingraham Angle, Special Report with Brett Baier, FOX News Primetime, Your World with Neil Cavuto, Rachel Maddow Show, Outnumbered, America’s Newsroom at 10am, Gutfeld, The Faulkner Focus, America Reports at 2pm, America’s Newsroom at 9am, and The Story. This is down from last week’s #9 ranking for the night in viewership.
RAW ranked #1 for the night on the Cable Top 150, with the 0.54 rating in the key 18-49 demographic. This is up from last week’s #2 spot. Tucker Carlson Tonight on FOX News topped the night on cable in viewership with 4.312 million viewers, ranking #2 on the Cable Top 150 with a 0.37 rating in the 18-49 key demo.
Bachelor In Paradise on ABC drew an average of 3.391 million viewers on broadcast TV in the 8pm hour while The Neighborhood drew 3.505 million viewers on CBS, American Ninja Warrior drew 3.665 million viewers on NBC, Hell’s Kitchen drew 2.609 million viewers on FOX and CW’s Roswell New Mexico drew 637,000 viewers, all in the 8pm hour on broadcast TV.
This week’s RAW viewership was tied with the April 19 episode as the fifth-best audience of the year for RAW. The 18-49 key demographic rating was #15 for the year. This week’s RAW viewership was down 7.7% from last week, while this week’s key demo rating was down 15.6% from last week.
Monday’s RAW viewership was up 0.6% from the same week in 2020, while the 18-49 key demo rating was down 6.9% from the same week in 2020.
Monday’s post-SummerSlam RAW from the Paycom Center had just a few happenings advertised ahead of time – WWE Champion Bobby Lashley vs. Sheamus in a non-title match, The Miz vs. John Morrison, Eva Marie vs. Doudrop, and WWE United States Champion Damian Priest opening the show with an Open Challenge. The main event saw RAW Tag Team Champions Riddle and Randy Orton retain over Lashley and MVP.
