This Week’s RAW Rating Is In + UFC & DWTS Ratings

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— This week’s edition of WWE RAW drew a 3.3 cable rating, with 5.1 million viewers. More shortly.

— The 3/19 edition of WWE AM RAW drew a 0.55 (0.6) cable rating, with 670,000 viewers.

— This weekend’s UFC 128 pre-lims scored a 0.85 (0.9) cable rating, with 1.3 million viewers. This is up from the UFC 127 pre-lim special, which averaged 714,000 viewers.

— ABC sent out the following press release today: On the heels of its dominant victory the prior week with The Bachelor finale, ABC turned in another big Monday win with the 12th season premiere of Dancing with the Stars leading into Castle. During prime, ABC beat out its closest competition (CBS) by 10.3 million viewers (19.1 million vs. 8.8 million) and by 61% in Adults 18-49 (4.5/13 vs. 2.8/8). In fact it was the 2nd straight week for ABC to win all 6 half-hours on Monday evening in viewers and young adults. * Hitting a season-high on the night, ABC generated the most-watched Monday for any network in nearly 1 year – since 3/29/10. DWTS: Dominating each of its half-hours from 8-10pm, ABC’s 12th season opener of Dancing with the Stars towered over second-place CBS in the time period by 13.5 million viewers (22.3 million vs. 8.8 million) and by 89% in Adults 18-49 (5.1/15 vs. 2.7/8). In fact it was ABC’s 5th consecutive week to lead the time period in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49 and the 8th consecutive week in Adults 18-34. * DWTS’ audience surged from its first hour to its second hour, gaining 2.8 million viewers (20.9 million to 23.7 million) and by 19% in Adults 18-49 (4.7/14 to 5.6/15). * DWTS was up from its most-recent season opener in September by 1.0 million viewers (21.3 million on 9/20/10). In fact it was Dancing’s 3rd-most-watched premiere ever.