WWE RAW Draws Another Record Low Audience This Week, Big Drop For The Third Hour
Monday's WWE RAW episode, featuring fallout from WWE Super ShowDown with Kevin Owens vs. WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins in the main event, drew an average of 2.125 million viewers, according to Showbuzz Daily. This is down from last week's 2.405 million viewers.
This is the lowest non-holiday RAW viewership in history. The only shows to draw lower numbers were the 2018 New Year's Eve and 2018 Christmas Eve taped episodes, which drew 1.968 million and 1.775 million viewers, respectively.
For this week's show, the first hour drew 2.380 million viewers (last week's hour 1 – 2.308 million), the second hour drew 2.086 million viewers (last week's hour 2 – 2.558 million) and the final hour drew 1.909 million viewers (last week's hour 3 – 2.349 million).
This is the second-lowest third hour viewership in show history, behind the April 29 episode that drew 1.898 million viewers in the final hour.
RAW was #6 in viewership this week, for the second week in a row, behind Hannity, Tucker Carlson Tonight, Rachel Maddow Show, The Five and The Ingraham Angle. RAW topped the night at #1 in the Cable Top 150 18-49 demographic this week, for the third week in a row.
Jimmy Kimmel on ABC drew 4.469 million viewers on broadcast TV in the 8pm hour while The Neighborhood drew 3.943 million viewers on CBS, American Ninja Warrior drew 3.234 million viewers on NBC, Beat Shazam drew 2.588 million viewers on Fox and CW's Masters of Illusion drew 755,000 viewers, all in the 8pm hour on broadcast TV.
The big NBA Finals game between the Raptors and the Warriors drew 18.217 million viewers at 9pm on ABC.
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:
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