A very good week for wrestling shows this past week. WWE Smackdown continued it’s stronghold on Memphis’ viewing audience with a 5.2 rating. I’m still trying to figure out why UPN is giving up Smackdown. It makes no sense to me to not renew the highest rated show on their network. Maybe they should have consulted with the USA Network and asked them what happened when they let RAW go. Mind-boggling I tell ya!
Memphis Wrestling did its best number to date with a 1.9 rating. I guess wrestling fans are figuring out that MW is back on TV. I’m concerned that while the fans are beginning to find MW on ch. 50, that once they watch the show and realize that they aren’t making fresh, current shows that they’ll won’t come back and watch the next week. MW was the highest rated show on ch. 50 that day, so I guess the suits at WPXX are pleased and in the grand scheme of things, that’s all that matters.
WWE RAW’s rating this week was the most impressive number of the week. While RAW has had better numbers in previous weeks and was up over a full point from last week’s show, it was up against a juggernaut in the Cowboys/Eagles Monday Night Football game. RAW more than held it’s own with an overall 5.2 rating. The MNF game was the highest rated cable show ever!!! (13.3 was the national rating) In Memphis, the game drew a 15.2 rating/20 share. I think with RAW being in Memphis that night it helped spike their numbers, but with that outrageous MNF rating, RAW’s numbers were quite impressive.
I was unable to get ratings for TNA Impact from last Thursday night.
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!!!
WWE Friday Night Smackdown 9-12-08
Final Rating: 5.2 ( 84,266 viewers ) 8 share
Quarter hours:
1st hour: 5.1 ( 82,646 viewers )
5.1 ( 82,646 )
4.7 ( 76,164 )
4.5 ( 72,923 )
2nd hour: 5.9 ( 95,610 viewers )
5.4 ( 87,507 )
5.3 ( 85,887 )
5.4 ( 87,507 )
Memphis Wrestling 9-13-08
Final Rating: 1.9 ( 30,790 viewers ) 3 share
Quarter hours: 1.7 ( 27,549 viewers )
2.0 ( 32,410 )
2.2 ( 35,651 )
1.5 ( 24,308 )
TNA Impact Replay 9-13-08
Final Rating: 1.4 ( 22,687 viewers ) 3 share
WWE A.M. 9-14-08
Final Rating: 0.9 ( 14,585 viewers ) 2 share
WWE RAW 9-15-08
Final Rating: 5.2 ( 84,266 viewers ) 7 share
1st hour: 5.0 ( 81,025 viewers ) 7 share
Quarter hours: 4.9 ( 79,405 viewers )
5.0 ( 81,025 )
5.2 ( 84,266 )
4.8 ( 77,784 )
2nd hour: 5.4 (87,507 viewers ) 7 share
Quarter hours: 5.8 ( 93,989 viewers )
5.6 ( 90,748 )
4.8 ( 77,784 )
5.3 ( 85,887 )
Overrun: 3.4 ( 55,057 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.
