WWE RAW Draws Record Low Viewership With TLC Fallout
Monday's post-TLC edition of WWE RAW on the USA Network, featuring fallout from Sunday's pay-per-view with Randy Orton vs. AJ Styles in the main event, drew an average of 2.053 million viewers, according to Showbuzz Daily.
This is down 4.5% from last week's 2.150 million viewers for the TLC go-home show. This is also the lowest non-holiday RAW viewership in show history.
For this week's show, the first hour drew 2.204 million viewers (last week's hour 1 – 2.255 million), the second hour drew 2.099 million viewers (last week's hour 2 – 2.201 million) and the final hour drew 1.858 million viewers (last week's hour 3 – 1.995 million).
This is the third-lowest third hour viewership of all-time, including holiday episodes.
RAW was #12 for the night in viewership on cable, behind the NFL's Monday Night Football game on ESPN, Monday Night Kickoff, SportsCenter at midnight, Hannity, The Ingraham Angle, Tucker Carlson Tonight, The Five, Special Report, Rachel Maddow Show, The Story, and FOX & Friends. The NFL MNF game between the Colts and the Saints topped the night in viewership and the 18-49 demographic with 11.057 million viewers, and a 3.37 rating in the 18-49 demographic. RAW was #8 in the 18-49 demographic on the Cable Top 150 this week, with an average 0.60 rating, behind the NFL game, Monday Night Kickoff, SportsCenter, two airings of Love & Hip-Hop 10, Love & Hip-Hop Hollywood, and Below Deck.
The Great Christmas Light special on ABC drew 3.266 million viewers on broadcast TV in the 8pm hour while The Neighborhood drew 6.445 million viewers on CBS, The Voice drew 8.800 million viewers on NBC, Nick Cannon's Viral Video special drew 1.787 million viewers on Fox and CW's Penn & Teller special drew 806,000 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: 2.342 million viewers (post-Draft episode)
October 28 Episode: 2.133 million viewers
November 4 Episode: 2.136 million viewers (post-Crown Jewel episode)
November 11 Episode: 2.058 million viewers (taped episode from England)
November 18 Episode: 2.128 million viewers
November 25 Episode: 2.109 million viewers (post-Survivor Series episode)
December 2 Episode: 2.208 million viewers
December 9 Episode: 2.150 million viewers
December 16 Episode: 2.053 million viewers (post-TLC episode)
December 23 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