This week’s WWE RAW episode drew an average of 1.605 million viewers on the USA Network, up from the 1.075 million viewers last week.
The 18-49 demo saw the average rating be 0.41, up from the 0.27 rating last week.
Last week was a best-of episode of Raw, so the show’s ratings were expected to be way down.
The show went up against Monday Night Football on ABC, ESPN and ESPN 2. The game averaged over 20 million viewers and a 4.0 key demo rating.
The 18-49 demos saw hour one had 0.46, then 0.42 in hour two, and 0.36 in hour three. Last week was 0.34, then 0.25 in hour two, and 0.22 in hour three.
The previous live edition of Raw took place on December 19, which drew 1.705 million viewers and a 0.43 key demo rating. Here is the hourly viewership breakdown:
- Hour 1 (8 pm): 1.832 million – last week: 1.331
- Hour 2 (9 pm): 1.597 million – last week: 1.041
- Hour 3 (10 pm): 1.387 million – last week: 852,000
Raw ranked #11 in the top 150 shows on cable for the night, down from the #8 ranking last week. Here is a list of total viewership and the key demo rating that Raw has done over the last 4 episodes:
- 12/12/22: 1,472,000 viewers – 0.37 key demo rating
- 12/19/22: 1,705,000 viewers – 0.43 key demo rating
- 12/26/22: 1,075,000 viewers – 0.27 key demo rating – Best-Of Episode
- 1/2/23: 1,605,000 viewers – 0.41 key demo rating
