Wednesday, January 30, 2008

The Ratings: Memphis Wrestling TV Report 1.26.08 Rerun 4

----This past Saturday’s did an overall 3.4 [57,083 viewers]. Why are the Reruns doing better or the same as the first air shows?? I think the main thing is that no matter what you think of Corey Maclin, this was a good storyline. Lawler is a classic heel here and the fans want to cheer for Corey. This was good for the first 5 months, but it just kept on over and over and over. His drawing power and Memphis Wrestling drawing power completely died last year. And guess what?? Corey Maclin was still in one of the major storylines with The Assassins & Sal Corrente.

----The show pretty much stayed the same for three quarters and then jumped in the final, which is a good thing. Lawler/Brian C vs Lifeguards was seen by over 60,000 people – that is 23% more than the average viewing audience.

----The “What Was Memphis Watching” number [highest rated program in the wrestling time slot] dropped again 6 % from last weekend, but the wrestling rating was up 5%.

-Angle replays
-Grind vs Smothers
1st Quarter – 3.3 [55,068 viewers]

-Shock/Summer angle
-classic clip
2cnd Quarter – 3.3 [54,732 viewers] [+336]

-Lawler video interview
-Tim Grind – interview
-“Hart’s Angels”
3rd Quarter – 3.3 [54,564 viewers] [+168]

-Hart/Lawler/Brian C interview
-Lawler/Brian C vs Lifeguards
4th Quarter 3.8 [63,798 viewers] [+9234 viewers]

12 Week Average: 2.9 [49,318]
12 week low – 1.9 [31,395 viewers] 12.22.07
12 week high – 4.0 [66,484 viewers] 11.17.07
From start to finish: [+8730 viewers]

What was Memphis watching??
News Channel 3/CSI Miami 7.64 [128,268 viewers]