WWE RAW Audience Drops Again Despite Draft

Monday's WWE Draft edition of RAW, featuring the end of the 2019 Draft, drew an average of 2.287 million viewers, according to Showbuzz Daily.

This is down 2.36% from last week's 2.334 million viewers for the post-Hell In a Cell episode.

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For this week's show, the first hour drew 2.521 million viewers (last week's hour 1 – 2.443 million), the second hour drew 2.318 million viewers (last week's hour 2 – 2.330 million) and the final hour drew 1.997 million viewers (last week's hour 3 – 2.230 million), a 21% drop from the first hour.

RAW was #13 for the night in viewership on cable, behind the NFL's Monday Night Football game on ESPN, Monday Night Kickoff, Sportscenter at midnight, the MLB NLCS game between the Nationals and the Cardinals, Hannity, Tucker Carlson Tonight, Rachel Maddow Show, The Five, The Ingraham Angle and 90 Day Fiance. The NFL MNF game between the Packers and the Lions topped the night in viewership and the 18-49 demographic with a whopping 13.339 million viewers. RAW was #5 in the 18-49 demographic on the Cable Top 150 this week, for the second week in a row, behind the NFL game, Monday Night Kickoff, SportsCenter and the Cardinals vs. Nationals MLB game.

Dancing With The Stars on ABC drew 6.609 million viewers on broadcast TV in the 8pm hour while The Neighborhood drew 5.291 million viewers on CBS, The Voice drew 7.962 million viewers on NBC, 911 drew 6.301 million viewers on Fox and CW's All American show drew 686,000 viewers, all in the 8pm hour on broadcast TV.

Below is our 2019 RAW Viewership Tracker:

January 7 Episode: 2.324 million viewers
January 14 Episode: 2.722 million viewers
January 21 Episode: 2.462 million viewers
January 28 Episode: 2.703 million viewers (post-Royal Rumble episode)
February 4 Episode: 2.510 million viewers
February 11 Episode: 2.462 million viewers
February 18 Episode: 2.771 million viewers (post-Elimination Chamber episode)
February 25 Episode: 2.922 million viewers
March 4 Episode: 2.783 million viewers
March 11 Episode: 2.819 million viewers (post-Fastlane episode)
March 18 Episode: 2.695 million viewers
March 25 Episode: 2.589 million viewers
April 1 Episode: 2.639 million viewers
April 8 Episode: 2.923 million viewers (post-WrestleMania 35 episode)
April 15 Episode: 2.665 million viewers (Superstar Shakeup episode)
April 22 Episode: 2.374 million viewers
April 29 Episode: 2.158 million viewers
May 6 Episode: 2.244 million viewers
May 13 Episode: 2.349 million viewers (taped episode from London)
May 20 Episode: 2.521 million viewers (post-Money In the Bank episode)
May 27 Episode: 2.190 million viewers (Memorial Day episode)
June 3 Episode: 2.405 million viewers
June 10 Episode: 2.125 million viewers (post-Super ShowDown episode)
June 17 Episode: 2.235 million viewers
June 24 Episode: 2.275 (post-Stomping Grounds episode)
July 1 Episode: 2.496 million viewers
July 8 Episode: 2.352 million viewers
July 15 Episode: 2.453 million viewers (post-Extreme Rules episode)
July 22 Episode: 3.093 million viewers (RAW Reunion episode)
July 29 Episode: 2.321 million viewers
August 5 Episode: 2.473 million viewers
August 12 Episode: 2.729 million viewers (post-SummerSlam episode)
August 19 Episode: 2.534 million viewers
August 26 Episode: 2.528 million viewers
September 2 Episode: 2.507 million viewers
September 9 Episode: 2.130 million viewers
September 16 Episode: 2.272 million viewers (post-Clash of Champions episode)
September 23 Episode: 2.210 million viewers
September 30 Episode: 2.571 million viewers (season premiere episode)
October 7 Episode: 2.334 million viewers (post-Hell In a Cell)
October 14 Episode: 2.287 million viewers (WWE Draft episode)
October 21 Episode:

2018 Total: 149.628 million viewers over 53 episodes
2018 Average: 2.823 million viewers per episode

2017 Total: 156.971 million viewers over 52 episodes
2017 Average: 3.018 million viewers per episode