Tuesday’s live NXT 2.0 episode drew 603,000 viewers on the USA Network, according to Nielsen via Showbuzz Daily. This is down 4.43% from last week’s 631,000 viewers.
Tuesday’s NXT episode drew a 0.15 rating in the key 18-49 demographic. This is equal with last week’s 0.15 rating in the key demo. That 0.15 rating represents 195,000 18-49 viewers, which is down 1.51% from the 198,000 18-49 viewers that last week’s 0.15 key demo rating represented, according to Wrestlenomics.
NXT ranked #36 on the Cable Top 150 this week with the 0.15 rating in the 18-49 key demographic. This is down from last week’s #30 ranking.
NXT ranked #59 in viewership on cable this week. This is equal with last week’s #59 ranking.
This week’s NXT viewership had no major MLB, NBA or Election Night competition as they did in recent weeks, but there was some minor competition from college football. The show drew the fifth-lowest audience of the year for USA Network episodes, and seventh-lowest overall if you include the two Syfy episodes. The key demo rating is in the range of what NXT averaged in October. This week’s viewership was down 4.43% from last week, while the key demo rating was equal with last week.
This week’s NXT viewership was down 4.6% from the episode that aired one year ago, while the 18-49 key demo rating was down 6.3% from the show that aired one year ago. The 2020 episode aired head-to-head with AEW Dynamite.
The College Football Playoffs Rankings Show on ESPN topped the night in the 18-49 demographic on the Cable Top 150 with a 0.66 rating, drawing 2.139 million viewers. Tucker Carlson Tonight on FOX News topped the night on cable in viewership with 3.488 million viewers, ranking #7 on the Cable Top 150 with a 0.29 key demo rating.
FBI on CBS topped the night on network TV in viewership with an average of 7.174 million viewers, also drawing a 0.72 key demo rating. The Voice on NBC topped the night on network TV in the 18-49 key demo with a 0.78 rating, drawing 6.848 million viewers
This week’s live NXT episode featured several happenings advertised ahead of time – Toxic Attraction vs. Io Shirai, Kacy Catanzaro and Kayden Carter in the opener, an Urban Training segment with The Grizzled Young Veterans, NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa and Bron Breakker speaking from the UK, Cameron Grimes returning to action, Elektra Lopez returning to action, Boa vs. Joe Gacy, Kay Lee Ray vs. Sarray, The Creed Brothers vs. Kushida and Ikemen Jiro. and Pete Dunne returning to address the crowd. The main event ended up being Dunne vs. NXT North American Champion Carmelo Hayes in a non-title bout.
