This past week turned out to be a slow week for wrestling shows looking for viewers. The one exception: Memphis Wrestling! MW landed a 1.0 and gained viewers every quarter hour. It would not surprise me if MW continued rehashing old shows since the numbers were up after showing matches from 2004. WWE Smackdown dropped a half point overall from last week. I guess some fans still haven’t figured out Smackdown switched to Ch.50. RAW dropped a full point overall from last week which is not good considering it’s the last RAW before Cyber Sunday. The national rating for RAW was a 2.9 which is below average. Might as well blame the low numbers on the economy. We’re blaming everything else on it. People could legitimately be dropping cable because they can’t afford it which in turn could cause lower viewership for wrestling shows airing on cable.
I’m on vacation from my real job this week and will be attending Ken Wayne’s NEW show this Friday. Come up and say hi!
Note: The ratings for RAW is listed as 2 separate hours. I will round off, to the highest number, the averages of both hours for the final rating.
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Thanks and enjoy!!!
TNA Impact ( Thursday ) 10-16-08
Final Rating: 1.4 ( 22,687 viewers ) 2 share
Quarter hours:
1st hour:
0.7 ( 11,344 viewers )
0.9 ( 14,585 )
1.4 ( 22,687 )
1.4 ( 22,687 )
2nd hour:
1.6 ( 25,928 )
1.6 ( 25,928 )
1.9 ( 30,790 )
1.5 ( 24,308 )
WWE Friday Night Smackdown 10-17-08
Final Rating: 3.0 ( 48,615 viewers ) 5 share
Quarter hours:
1st hour: 2.5 ( 40,513 viewers )
3.1 ( 50,236 )
3.1 ( 50,236 )
3.4 ( 55,097 )
2nd hour: 2.5 ( 40,513 viewers )
3.3 ( 53,477 )
3.4 ( 55,097 )
2.9 ( 46,995 )
Memphis Wrestling 10-18-08
Final Rating: 1.0 ( 16,205 viewers ) 2 share
Quarter hours: 0.8 ( 12,964 )
0.9 ( 14,585 )
1.1 ( 17,826 )
1.1 ( 17,826 )
TNA Impact Replay @ 8 a.m. 10-18-08
Final Rating: 0.4 ( 6,482 viewers ) 1 share
WWE A.M. 10-19-08
Final Rating: 1.5 ( 24,308 viewers ) 3 share
WWE RAW 10-13-08
Final Rating: 4.9 ( 79,405 viewers ) 7 share
1st hour: 5.1 ( 82,646 viewers ) 7 share
Quarter hours: 4.6 ( 74,543 viewers )
5.3 ( 85,887 )
5.9 ( 95,610 )
4.7 ( 76,164 )
2nd hour: 4.7 ( 76,164 viewers ) 6 share
Quarter hours: 5.6 ( 90,784 viewers )
4.8 ( 77,784 )
3.8 ( 61,579 )
4.6 ( 74,543 )
Overrun: 3.6 ( 58,338 viewers )
----Ron Guidry works for a Memphis TV station and provides the rating analysis every week. He was formerly known as “The Penguin” with the old Kick Ass Wrestling promotion.----
