TNA is doing something right. This past week’s Impact drew another great number (2.9) and continued its long run of 2+ ratings. Since TNA’s PPV Slammiversary at the Desoto Civic Center, Impact has not pulled a number less than 2.0. It consistently had numbers less than 2.0 before the PPV. While I had initially questioned why TNA would run a PPV in a market that hadn’t shown, through TV ratings that it supported TNA’s product, the decision to have Slammiversary in the Memphis area has paid off. More people got exposed to their product therefore more people are watching Impact. Impact’s numbers have almost doubled compared to the numbers before the PPV. I hope the folks at TNA are paying attention to these numbers and will bring more of the TNA live product back to Memphis. On a side note the replay of Impact ran last Friday at 9am. I was surprised they even had a rating for the replay at that time of the day.
Smackdown’s ratings were down almost a full point from last week. I don’t think it was anything on the show that caused the drop. Sometimes the numbers just fluctuate from week to week. Smackdown has consistently drawn in the 5.0 range and when the ratings are steadily that high, you don’t take much into the number dropping a point or less. If it starts dropping 2 or 3 points then there might be a cause for concern.
RAW bounced back this week and pulled a strong 6.2. RAW held the audience throughout the show as the numbers stayed in the high 5’s – low 6’s through the entire show. The main event even held the viewers this week with the overrun pulling a 6.0. I was happy to see the overrun do a good number because over the past few weeks the overrun rating was dropping drastically meaning people were changing the channel at 10pm, obviously not concerned with the outcome of the main event. It’s not a good sign when your fan base stops watching your flagship show before the main event ends. Glad to see they stuck around this week.
Sanford and Son and The Andy Griffith Show, which runs in the old Memphis Wrestling timeslot, drew a 5.0 [80,916 viewers] and 5.5 [89,010 viewers] respectively. Also, I looked at what WPXX Ch. 50 was doing in the new Memphis Wrestling timeslot which is slated to be at 11am on Saturdays. It had a paid program that did not register a rating.
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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) 7-17-08
Final Rating: 2.9 [47,068 viewers] 4 share
Quarter hours:
1st hour: 2.9 [47,068 viewers], 2.6 [42,199 viewers], 2.5 [40,576 viewers], 2.9 [47,068 viewers]
2nd hour: 3.0 [48,691 viewers], 3.3 [53,525 viewers], 3.1 [50,281 viewers], 2.9 [47,037 viewers]
WWE Friday Night Smackdown 7-18-08
Final Rating: 4.6 [74,610 viewers] 8 share
Quarter hours:
1st hour: 4.4 [71,366 viewers], 3.5 [56,769 viewers], 3.4 [55,147 viewers], 4.6 [74,610 viewers]
2nd hour: 5.1 [82,720 viewers], 5.1 [82,720 viewers], 4.5 [72,988 viewers], 6.2 [100,561 viewers]
TNA Impact Replay 7-18-08 ( 9am )
Final Rating: 0.6 [9732 viewers] 2 share
Quarter hours:
1st hour: 0.3 [4866 viewers], 0.3 [4866 viewers], 0.4 [6489 viewers], 0.4 [6489 viewers]
2nd hour: 1.0 [16,220 viewers], 0.8 [12,976 viewers], 0.8 [12,976 viewers], 0.8 [12,976 viewers]
WWE A.M. 7-20-08
Final Rating: 0.9 [14,598 viewers] 2 share
Quarter hours: 0.8 [12,976 viewers], 0.8 [12,976 viewers], 0.9 [14,598 viewers], 1.2 [19,463 viewers]
WWE Raw 7-21-08
Final Rating: 6.2 [100,561 viewers] 9 share
1st hour: 6.0 [97,317 viewers] 9 share
Quarter hours: 6.1 [98,939 viewers], 6.1 [98,939 viewers], 5.7 [92,452 viewers], 6.1[98,939 viewers]
2nd hour: 6.4 [103,805 viewers] 9 share
Quarter hours: 6.7 [108,671 viewers], 6.3 [102,183 viewers], 6.5 [105,427 viewers], 5.9 [95,696 viewers]
Overrun: 6.0 [97,101 viewers]
----Ron Guidry works for a Memphis TV station and provides the rating analysis every week. He was formerly known as “The Penguin” was the old Kick Ass Wrestling promotion.
