Details On Raw Ratings; Best Monday Night In 7 Years

- This past Monday's special edition of WWE Monday Night Raw helped USA Network get its best Monday night primetime performance in more than seven years.

According to Nielsen Media Research data, Raw's three-hour 15th anniversary show received a 4.1 cable rating, translating into nearly 5.8 million viewers on average between 8pm to 11pm. Included in that number 2.93 million viewers were from 18 to 49.

USA officials said the total viewership and average delivery with that key demo was the network's best since Sept. 11, 2000, the second to last week before the Raw franchise moved to Spike TV.

The 15th anniversary show also ranked as the top Raw special on USA ever among total viewers, persons 18 to 49 and adults 25 to 54 (2.61 million of those watchers), beating the "Homecoming" show upon the series return to the "characters" network in 2005.

In the 8 p.m. hour, network officials said USA outpaced both Fox and ABC among males 18 to 49, and bested Fox and CW among the 18-to-49 set and persons 25 to 54 in the 9 p.m. hour At 10 p.m. USA was ahead of ABC among persons18 to 49 and beat all broadcast networks with males 18 to 49, according to network officials.