[JOAL.com]

Originally Posted by Jepo

Put the belt on the cast of NCIS.

why not, NCIS = ratings!

[Deakon]

Originally Posted by Starbuck

Well that's.....pretty meh. Pretty even for both hours but still not at that 5 million mark. Ah well. They won't be sweating it since Rock's back next week. If things don't pick up then they really will have to hit the panic button. Only thing is, what else can they do?

The Rock is the panic button.

[Rock316AE]

WWE Raw on Monday, February 20 scored a 3.24 rating the night after the Elimination Chamber PPV, up from a weak 2.99 rating last week. It was nearly identical to a 3.25 rating two weeks ago on Feb. 6.

Raw averaged 4.63 million viewers, nearly identical to an average of 4.62 million viewers on Feb. 6 prior to last week's show dropping to a near-year low.

Raw averaged 4.66 million first hour viewers, then declined one percent to an average of 4.59 million second hour viewers. It re-started Raw's pattern of the second hour declining in viewership from the first hour.

-- Compared to the President's Day Raw one year, this year's show was down from a 3.83 overall rating (half of a ratings point) and down more than one million viewers (5.86 million viewers last year).

Hours: 3.3 and 3.19.

I said that it's not going to be close but this is terrible. The roster is too irrelevant to do a big number, and I'm not even sure if Taker/HHH drew decent. Let's see what happens next week with Rock, although it's impossible to draw big numbers with such a terrible program and horrendous talent. Maybe Rock will FINALLY do the big 4.0, and he's also the last person who did it BTW.

[linkintpark]

I'm predicting below a 4.0 next week, I'd go as low as a 3.6 for the entire show.

[Gamblor]

Not good numbers at all considering it was the night after EC and we're on the road to WM. Not to mention with the advertised Taker/HHH segment... I wonder how that did? I'm sure the show had a good starting number, perhaps went way down after that, and picked back up at the 10pm timeslot. But then Cena was thrown in Q7, so it'll be interesting to see what happened with that.

Next week with Rock returning, the Taker/HHH feud now on the fast track, and Punk/Jericho 100% confirmed, if it doesn't hit 5 million or at least pretty damn close to that, it's not a good sign.

[all in all...]

Would you say its time to panic?

[Shazayum]

Good shows always score low, and the shit shows always score high.

[Jairus Cain]

you people do realize that ratings are irrelevant, right?

[Mister Hands]

Originally Posted by A-C-P

My thoughts exactly. I guess these are jsut the new norm viewership #s for Raw live.

But like an above poster said (get your popcorn ready becuase) HERE WE GO!

This is my general stance. Even if the Rock draws a big number next week, and through WM, eventually, we're gonna be right back here having this same discussion either before or just after Extreme Rules, as if WWE are the first TV show to have to deal with a diminishing audience. And when the combination of Cena, Punk/Jericho and HHH/Taker can't do much to alter the numbers in RTWM season, then you have to "start" to think that maybe it's nothing to do with the roster. Either WWE revamps itself creatively to boost interest (unlikely) or it revamps itself structurally to survive on dwindling numbers.

[Rock316AE]

Originally Posted by linkintpark

I'm predicting below a 4.0 next week, I'd go as low as a 3.6 for the entire show.

Who talked about a 4.0 overall? that's impossible today with the current roster. I'm talking about Rock's segment.