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**The Official Raw Ratings Thread** (Discuss Ratings In Here)

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
For a list of the weekly rating dating back to January, please click here:

http://www.gerweck.net/tv-ratings/2012-tv-ratings/

RATINGS BREAKDOWN FOR THIS WEEKS RAW 4/9

Raw on 4/9 did a 3.10 rating and 4.29 million viewers. The show was third for the night on cable. The show did a 2.4 in Males 12-17, 2.7 in Males 18-49, 1.0 in Girls 12-17 and 1.1 in Women 18-49 with a 69.3% male skew. It was down 21% from the 5.46 million viewers of the week after Mania show last year, and last year there was no bombshell along the lines of the Brock Lesnar return on the night after Mania show.

In the segment-by-segment, Brodus Clay & Santino Marella vs. Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger lost 99,000 viewers.

Backstage with Laurinaitis with Miz an Cena, Marella looking for the Three Stooges and R-Truth vs. Cody Rhodes gained 255,000 viewers.

Lord Tensai vs. Yoshi Tatsu lost 415,000 viewers.

The mic work between C.M. Punk and Chris Jericho in the top of the hour segment gained 379,000 viewers to a 3.19.

Punk vs. Henry and the post-match with Jericho pouring beer all over Punk, as well as the quick Del Rio vs. Ryder match lost 169,000 viewers.

The Three Stooges in-ring segment lost 240,000 viewers and was the low point of the show at 2.90.

The Brock Lesnar interview gained 423,000 viewers.

And the Cena vs. Otunga match with Lesnar run-in gained 301,000 viewers, which is a very weak overrun number, finishing at 3.42.
 
#2,627 · (Edited)
- Last night's three-hour episode of WWE's RAW: Starring Brock Lesnar from Detroit, Michigan scored a 3.0 cable rating with 4,388,000 viewers over the full three hours. This week's show did hours of 2.48, 3.22 and 3.41.

During the normal two hours, RAW did a 3.3 cable rating with 4,752,000 viewers. This is up from the previous week and can be seen as a good sign for the John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar feud.
3.3 is a decent number for today I guess. The third hour with the Brock segment had almost 5 million viewers so that's a good sign for ER. They increased the hype for Lesnar/Cena IMO, I would do it in a different way and book Cena as strong as possible and not a scared bitch like he was on RAW. Brock is perfect in his persona and carrying the shows on his back.

250k-300k for ER, hard to believe that they're doing more for a random B show after people spent big money on WM28 just a few weeks ago.
 
#2,631 ·
3.3 is a decent number for today I guess. The third hour with the Brock segment had almost 5 million viewers so that's a good sign for ER. They increased the hype for Lesnar/Cena IMO, I would do it in a different way and book Cena as strong as possible and not a scared bitch like he was on RAW. Brock is perfect in his persona and carrying the shows on his back.

250k-300k for ER, hard to believe that they're doing more for a random B show after people spent big money on WM28 just a few weeks ago.
I think WWE is doing it the right way. Booking Cena strong and him losing clean to Lesnar just one month after his loss to Rock where he was booked strong simply means Cena is weak. Lesnar beats a broken Cena gets the job done prefectly.

Cena has a explanation when he comes back(assuming he takes time off after ER) or rejuvenates, that he was shattered by his defeat at WM and wasnt himself and wasnt ready for Brock mentally at ER. Also Brock Lesnar defeats Cena in his return match making him the most dominant heel in the WWE.
 
#2,633 ·
Observer Newsletter
Segment Breakdown

Raw on 4/23 did a 3.06 rating and 4.42 million viewers, which is the usual range, but it was a three-hour show, so I’d consider that a good rating. In the usual two hours the show did a 3.33 rating and 4.76 million viewers (hours of 3.22 and 3.41–so the second hour going down as a pattern has changed of late).

It’s hard to judge this as compared to a usual episode. The general rule of a three hour Raw is the first hour is much lower, bringing down the average. But because it starts earlier and is longer, hours two and three are usually above what the show is usually getting. So in other words, this fit the usual pattern, but overall, you expect the three-hour number to be slightly down and this was right at normal levels, so it was a mild success. Raw was fourth for the night on cable. The show did a 2.4 in Males 12-17 (down 14%), 2.9 in Males 18-49 (up 4%), 0.8 in Women 12-17 (down 27%) and 1.1 in Women 18-49 (down 8%). When we talk about creatures of habit, on the three hour show, the group that tuned in late the most was teenage boys, who did a 1.3 first quarter and a 3.4 final quarter of the show. The show has 70.1% male viewers. Since Lesnar came back, there has been a shift. More guys and less women.

In the segment-by-segment, Chris Jericho vs. Kofi Kingston lost 73,000 viewers.

Jericho promo, John Laurinaitis and Eve Torres backstage and taped promos of Brock Lesnar and a C.M. Punk promo gained 52,000 viewers. R-Truth vs. Lord Tensai lost 3,000 viewers.

Kane interview with Randy Orton throwing Paul Bearer into the freezer gained 865,000 viewers, which were all the people who didn’t know Raw started an hour earlier.

Cody Rhodes & Alberto Del Rio vs. Big Show & Great Khali gained 195,000 viewers.

Jericho, Laurinaitis, Torres and Teddy Long discussing Punk’s drinking lost 112,000 viewers.

Beth Phoenix vs. Nikki Bella gained 437,000 viewers, which was a big surprise.

The Field Sobriety test segment gained 270,000 viewers to a 3.63 quarter which is one of the best quarters in a while.

Sheamus vs. Mark Henry with Daniel Bryan as ref and Primo & Epico vs. Zack Ryder & Santino Marella lost 439,000 viewers.

Kane putting Paul Bearer back in the freezer and AW recruiting Primo & Epico lost 370,000 viewers.

Brodus Clay & Hornswoggle vs. Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger gained 225,000 viewers.

The final segment with Lesnar and Laurinaitis and Cena in at the end gained 873,000 viewers to a 3.83 quarter, built up because they went 15 minutes past time and people didn’t tune out as they sometimes do for long overruns.
Cameltoe>Punk in ratings
 
#2,638 ·
Observer Newsletter
Segment Breakdown



Cameltoe>Punk in ratings
More like: Hot women>Sobriety test in ratings.

But I agree, Punk can't draw huge #'s, but he is dependable to hold a top of the hour or something.
 
#2,635 ·
Hour 1
Q1 - 2.50 rating / 3.69 million
Q2 - 2.45 rating / 3.62 million
Q3 - 2.49 rating / 3.67 million
Q4 - 2.48 rating / 3.67 million

Hour 2
Q5 - 3.08 rating / 4.47 million
Q6 - 3.22 rating / 4.67 million
Q7 - 3.14 rating / 4.55 million
Q8 - 3.44 rating / 4.99 million

Hour 3
Q9 - 3.63 rating / 5.14 million
Q10 - 3.32 rating / 4.70 million
Q11 - 3.06 rating / 4.33 million
Q12 - 3.22 rating / 4.56 million
Overrun - 3.83 rating / 5.43 million
 
#2,647 · (Edited)
The Punk/Jericho and contract signing both did awesome numbers. Great news. And it's pretty likely Q8 did that well because the Punk/Jericho segment started in the middle of that quarter and went through into Q9. I'm just guessing. The Divas title match was only about 5 or so minutes so I doubt that's what gained 400k viewers.
 
#2,637 · (Edited)
Is Punk/Jericho in Q8 or in Q9?
 
#2,640 ·
Lesnar's segments draw, Simple as that. It's interesting to see that since Lesnar came back, the percentage of M/F viewership has increased to 70% Male. WWE are getting exactly what they want from his return, I imagine the Buyrate for Extreme Rules will be pretty strong.
 
#2,643 ·
Can't believe Beth losing the title gained that many viewers. That was a real surprise... very odd unless it was because it was coupled with the Punk sobriety test in Q8. Though I'm not sure if that gets taken into account, but if not it's weird, but I guess good for the divas division.

Punk's segment getting over the 5 million mark is excellent, and a great number, while him gaining on top of another big gain is another great sign not just for Punk, but the whole Punk/Jericho angle.

Lesnar and Cena then ending with a high rating and high a very high viewership is fantastic as well. Same as Punk/Jericho, shows the Lesnar/Cena stuff is drawing fans in. Lesnar's been drawing very consistently even in odd Quarter Hours, and in overruns he does huge numbers.

So overall I'd say considering the current state of WWE, these are great numbers going into ER. Went over the 5 mil mark twice, and the average viewership for the normal two hours seem to be really nice as well.
 
#2,649 ·
Some really good numbers there. Divas doing such a big gain is a head scratcher lol. But here's the thing and it is a repeat of last week, they seem to be starting to gain during many segments in the show now and not just 10pm and the end. That's the best sign that they could possibly get that things are starting to click imo. 10pm finally did a respectable number and the overrun really produced the goods. The upward trend continues.
 
#2,657 ·
It's not, they gained a below average gain for the top of the hour just like they always do. This time the Divas match gained big on a random segment so they got a bigger overall audience.

Last year did 220k if I remember correctly, if it wasn't for the UFC PPV, I would probably say 300k for Lesnar's return but now it's hard to predict, people already paid a lot of money on PPVs this month.
 
#2,661 ·
Think about it like this, if Vince was in the ring promoting a Austin segment in 98, Austin comes out, do his promo, do a huge gain, then the Blue Meanie comes out for the top of the hour timeslot and gain another 5k because it's almost impossible to lose in that TV slot for any show(*almost*, like Punk proved in the past), you want to give Blue Meanie a credit for a big quarter? you know the answer.
 
#2,662 ·
Yeh I get that theory and for w/e reason (i still stand by my cametoe = ratingz) Q8 had a 445K new people tune in, and thats an awesomething for the WWE, but the Q9 slot gets NO credit for keeping those people tuned in at all? And b/c it didn't gain another 500K viewers (which means it would've had 5.6 million total viewers roughly) the segment is a failure?
 
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