This week saw a minor drop in the ratings across the board. It kind of surprised me as I thought all 3 shows were really good. TNA Impact, although it dropped 1/10th of a point, had another strong, consistent week. Last week I mentioned that I thought the World X Cup matches were a big contributor to its good rating and I think it’s the same this week. Too bad they can’t have those matches all year long.
Although it was down a half a ratings point from last week, Smackdown had another good week. While SD was the 4th most watched show last Friday night, all four shows’ ratings were separated by 10th’s of a point. A 10th of a point here and there and SD is the most watched show that night. Smackdown will be interesting to watch over the next few months. With the move of J.R. and Triple-H to SD one would instantly think that would mean an increase in ratings. It looks like WWE wants Smackdown’s numbers to be good and strong when they make the move to MyNetwork. I don’t think that Memphis’ viewing habits of Smackdown will change, though. It will always be a good draw.
RAW saw the biggest drop amongst the 3 major shows. The final rating was down over a full point and if you compared the last 2 hours of last week’s 3 hr. show to this week’s show the drop was worse, about 1.6 points. I was very surprised that the numbers dropped. I thought this was the best RAW show of the year. It may have been one of the best shows in years. It was one of those “anything-can-happen” shows that WWE used to do so well. No Vince, no Triple-H and WWE does the best RAW show in ages. How ironic.
The ratings slide also hit the non-wrestling shows. Sanford and Son and The Andy Griffith Show‘s strong run as the “replacements” for MW finally slowed down this week. The shows drew a 3.3 [54,568 viewers] and 2.6 [42,994 viewers] respectively. While the numbers have dropped this week, those are still good ratings for shows over 30 years old in a Saturday night timeslot.
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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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TNA Impact (Thursday) 6-26-08
Final Rating: 2.3 [38,093 viewers] 3 share
Quarter hours:
1st hour: 1.6 [26,499 viewers], 2.6 [43,061 viewers], 2.3 [38,093 viewers], 2.0 [33124 viewers]
2nd hour: 2.5 [41,405 viewers], 2.5 [41,405 viewers], 2.7 [44717 viewers], 2.4 [39,749 viewerrs]
WWE Friday Night Smackdown 6-27-08
Final Rating: 5.1 [84,334 viewers] 9 share
Quarter hours:
1st hour: 4.8 [79,373 viewers], 4.4 [72,758 viewers], 4.9 [81,026 viewers], 5.0 [82,680 viewers]
2nd hour: 5.1 [84,334 viewers], 5.8 [95,909 viewers], 5.3 [87,641 viewers], 5.6 [92,602 viewers]
TNA Impact Replay 6-28-08
Final Rating: 0.9 [14,882 viewers] 2 share
Quarter hours:
1st hour: 0.6 [9,922 viewers], 1.3 [21,497 viewers], 0.8 [13,229 viewers], 0.5 [8268 viewers]
2nd hour: 1.0 [16,536 viewers], 0.7 [11,575 viewers], 1.0 [16,538 viewers], 1.1 [18,190 viewers]
WWE A.M. 6-29-08
Final Rating: 1.4 [23,150 viewers] 4 share
Quarter hours: 1.8 [29,765 viewers], 1.0 [16,538 viewers], 1.4 [23,150 viewers], 1.5 [24,804 viewers]
WWE Raw 6-30-08
Final Rating: 5.3 [87,641 viewers] 8 share
1st hour: 5.4 [89,294 viewers] 8 share
Quarter hours: 5.1 [84,334 viewers], 4.8 [79,373 viewers], 5.6 [92,602 viewers], 5.9 [97,562 viewers]
2nd hour: 5.1 [84,334 viewers] 7 share
Quarter hours: 5.8 [95,909 viewers], 5.3 [87,641 viewers], 4.9 [81,026 viewers], 4.4 [72,758 viewers]
Overrun: 4.5 [74,4112 viewers]
----Ron Guidry works for a Memphis TV station and provides the rating anaylsis every week. He was formerly known as “The Penguin” was the old Kick Ass Wrestling promotion.
