WWE RAW Viewership Drops With Brock Lesnar's Return, Drew McIntyre Vs. Seth Rollins
Monday's WWE RAW episode, featuring Drew McIntyre vs. Seth Rollins in the main event plus an advertised appearance by WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar, drew 2.695 million viewers.
This is down 3% from last week's 2.783 million viewers for the post-Fastlane episode.
For this week's show, the first hour drew 2.810 million viewers (last week's hour 1 – 2.838 million), the second hour drew 2.717 million viewers (last week's hour 2 – 2.866 million) and the final hour drew 2.559 million viewers (last week's hour 3 – 2.752 million), a 9% drop from hour 1.
RAW was #4 for the night in viewership on cable, for the second week in a row, behind Tucker Carlson Tonight, Rachel Maddow Show and Hannity. Tucker Carlson topped the night in viewership with 3.171 million viewers. RAW was #1 in the 18-49 demographic on the Cable Top 150, for the seventh week in a row.
American Idol on ABC drew 6.108 million viewers on broadcast TV in the 8pm hour while Big Bang Theory drew 5.608 million viewers on CBS, The Voice drew 9.870 million viewers on NBC, The Resident drew 5.149 million viewers on Fox and CW's Arrow drew 995,000 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:
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