More on AEW Dynamite Week 241 Viewership – May 15, 2024, Rampage Week 142 – May 11, Collision Week 44 – May 11

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for May 15th

The May 15th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW suffer a large decline in overall viewership and a slight decline in key demographic ratings.

AEW drew 672,000 viewers and a 0.23 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 6th place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reasons for AEW’s declines this week was due to a combination of stiff sports competition that night from the 2024 NBA and NHL Playoffs and the large decline from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was down 10.9% compared to last week’s show. Another reason reportedly was due to the continued erosion of AEW’s younger key demographic viewership, which drew 82,000 viewers and was down compared to the 150,000 viewers average from recent months ago. This reportedly offset the weaker than usual non-sports competition that night, which Meltzer reported that the second place entertainment show drew 373,000 viewers and a 0.11 rating, and the stronger than usual lead-in programming Big Bang Theory viewership, which drew 1,012,000 viewers and a 0.16 rating on TBS. Meltzer reported that AEW’s overall viewership was its lowest for a Dynamite show in its regular timeslot since the January 6, 2021 show and their key demographic viewership was the lowest since the June 24,2020 show.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2024 NBA Playoffs Game 5 of Dallas Mavericks vs. Oklahoma City Thunder drew 3,745,000 viewers on TNT and 515,000 viewers on TruTV, the 2024 NBA Playoffs Game 5 of Boston Celtics vs. Cleveland Cavaliers drew 3,383,000 viewers on TNT and 350,000 viewers on TruTV, the 2024 NHL Playoffs Game 5 of Colorado Avalanche vs. Dallas Stars drew 1,558,000 viewers on ESPN, the MLB simulcast games of Philadelphia vs. New York Mets and Chicago Cubs vs. Atlanta drew 197,000 viewers on MLB Network, Survivor drew 4,713,000 viewers on CBS, My 600-LB Life drew 314,000 viewers on TLC, House Hunters Repack drew 657,000 viewers on Home & Garden TV, and Top Chef drew 498,000 viewers on BRAVO.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 298,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 47,000 viewers, Females 18-34 had 35,000 viewers, Males 35-49 had 146,000 viewers, and Females 35-49 had 70,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/females viewership split was 193,000 male viewers and 105,000 female viewers for a split of 64.8% in favor of males.

In terms of the one million viewership milestone, none of AEW’s eight quarters drew one million or more viewers. AEW’s peak quarter hour viewership was at 753,000 viewers for their first quarter while their quarter low was at 622,000 viewers for their eighth quarter.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 17.4% in overall viewership and down 19% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was down 44.2% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

• 1Q – 753,000 overall viewers and 288,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Blackpool Combat Club vs. Kyle Fletcher & Jeff Cobb tag team match)
• 2Q – 692,000 overall viewers and 298,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Blackpool Combat Club vs. Fletcher & Cobb tag team match & post-match brawl with Konosuke Takeshita & Claudio Castagnoli, the Swerve Strickland & Mogul Embassy video package segment, and the House of Black, Adam Copeland, & Kyle O’Reilly brawl segment)
• 3Q – 656,000 overall viewers and 285,000 key demo viewers (Eddie Kingston video segment, The Elite backstage promo segment, the FTR backstage interview segment, and the AEW World Tag Team Championship Eliminator match of Matt Sydal & Christopher Daniels vs. Young Bucks match & post-match promo by Young Bucks)
• 4Q – 692,000 overall viewers and 312,000 key demo viewers (“Timeless” Toni Storm, Mariah May, & Luther backstage interview segment, the Malakai Black backstage promo segment, the HOOK vs. Sebastian Wolfe match & post-match promo with HOOK & The Learning Tree & brawl with Katsuyori Shibata)
• 5Q – 652,000 overall viewers and 302,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the AEW World Championship Eliminator match of Brian Cage vs. Swerve Strickland)
• 6Q – 678,000 overall viewers and 309,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Cage vs. Strickland match & post-match brawl with The Patriarchy & promo by Christian Cage and the HOOK, Katsuyori Shibata, & Samoa Joe backstage promo segment)
• 7Q – 663,000 overall viewers and 295,000 key demo viewers (“Timeless” Toni Storm vs. Harley Cameron match & post-match angle with Serena Deeb, the Will Ospreay & Undisputed Kingdom backstage interview segment, and the bulk Willow Nightingale & Mercedes Mone TBS Championship match contract signing segment)
• 8Q – 622,000 overall viewers and 289,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Nightingale & Mone TBS Championship match contract signing segment & brawl and the start of the AEW Continental Championship match of Dax Harwood vs. Kazuchika Okada (c))
• Overrun – 634,000 overall viewers and 305,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the AEW Continental Championship match & post-match brawl with The Elite, Cash Wheeler, Bryan Danielson, & Darby Allin)

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More on AEW Rampage Viewership for May 11th

The May 11th episode of AEW Rampage saw AEW suffer a very large decline in overall viewership, a large decline in key demographic rankings, and a small decline in key demographic ratings. That week’s show was notable for Rampage being preempted to a late Saturday night timeslot and aired as a live show on TBS due to TNT’s 2024 NBA Playoffs commitments on the network.

AEW drew 321,000 viewers and a 0.11 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 23rd place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reason for AEW’s declines that week was due to a combination of Rampage airing outside of its usual network home and the large declines from their younger male key demographic viewership and younger female key demographic viewership groups compared to the lead-in viewership from that night’s Collision show, which was down 60% and 11.1% respectively. This reportedly offset the gains from their older male key demographic viewership and older female key demographic viewership groups compared to the lead-in viewership from that night’s Collision show, which was up 2.9% and 4.5% respectively.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2024 NBA Playoffs Game 3 of Boston Celtics vs. Cleveland Cavaliers drew 5,602,000 viewers on ABC, the 2024 NHL Playoffs Game 3 of Dallas Stars vs. Colorado Avalanche drew 1,331,000 viewers on TNT and 217,000 viewers on TruTV, Top Ranked Boxing drew 725,000 viewers on ESPN, UFC Fight Night drew 903,000 viewers on ESPN, the MLB simulcast games of Kansas City vs. Los Angeles Angels and Oakland vs. Seattle drew 103,000 viewers on MLB Network, and On Patrol Live drew 734,000 viewers on REELZ Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 145,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 20,000 viewers, Females 18-34 had 8,000 viewers, Males 35-49 had 71,000 viewers, and Females 35-49 had 46,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/females viewership split was 91,000 male viewers and 54,000 female viewers for a split of 62.8% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was up 20.4% in overall viewership and up 57.1% in key demographic viewership. The reason for the large increases was due to last year’s show also aired on a Saturday night but did not have as strong of a lead-in programming viewership.

AEW Rampage quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

• 1Q – 370,000 overall viewers and 169,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the TNT Championship match of Kyle O’Reilly vs. Adam Copeland (c) & post-match angle, the Claudio Castagnoli backstage interview segment, and the start of the Trent Beretta vs. Dalton Castle match)
• 2Q – 334,000 overall viewers and 148,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Beretta vs. Castle match, the Deonna Purrazzo backstage promo segment, the RUSH video promo segment, and “The Bounty Hunter” Bryan Keith vs. JD Drake match)
• 3Q – 295,000 overall viewers and 128,000 key demo viewers (Adam Copeland backstage promo segment, the Deonna Purrazzo vs. Lady Frost match & post-match angle with Thunder Rosa, and The Acclaimed music video segment,
• 4Q – 307,000 overall viewers and 140,000 key demo viewers (Scorpio Sky video promo segment and the bulk of the PAC vs. Johnny TV match)
• Overrun – 363,000 overall viewers and 166,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the PAC vs. Johnny TV match & post-match angle with Bullet Club Gold)

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More on AEW Collision Viewership for May 11th

The May 11th episode of AEW Collision saw AEW suffer a very large decline in overall viewership and a large decline in key demographic ratings and key demographic rankings. That week’s show was notable for Collision being preempted to TBS due to TNT’s 2024 NBA Playoffs commitments on the network that night.

AEW drew 378,000 viewers and a 0.12 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 18th place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reasons for AEW’s declines that week was a combination of the prior week’s show benefiting from the very larger than usual lead-in viewership from the 2024 NBA Playoffs, the stiff sports competition that night, and Collision airing outside of its usual network home that night.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2024 NBA Playoffs Game 3 of Boston Celtics vs. Cleveland Cavaliers drew 5,602,000 viewers on ABC, the 2024 NHL Playoffs Game 4 of New York Rangers vs. Carolina Hurricanes drew 1,542,000 viewers on TNT and 217,000 viewers on TruTV, UFC Fight Night drew 903,000 viewers on ESPN, the MLB simulcast games of Kansas City vs. Los Angeles Angels and Oakland vs. Seattle drew 103,000 viewers on MLB Network, and On Patrol Live drew 734,000 viewers on REELZ Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 163,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 41,000 viewers, Females 18-34 had 9,000 viewers, Males 35-49 had 69,000 viewers, and Females 35-49 had 44,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/females viewership split was 110,000 male viewers and 53,000 female viewers for a split of 67.5% in favor of males.

AEW Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

• 1Q – 489,000 overall viewers and 178,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Blackpool Combat Club vs. Top Flight tag team match)
• 2Q – 396,000 overall viewers and 170,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the BCC vs. Top Flight tag team match & post-match Bryan Danielson promo, the Mogul Embassy & Swerve Strickland video segment, and the start of the Will Ospreay vs. Lee Moriarty match)
• 3Q – 404,000 overall viewers and 181,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Ospreay vs. Moriarty match & post-match brawl with Shane Taylor & angle with Undisputed Kingdom, the Mercedes Mone promo video segment, and the Brian Cage & Gates of Agony vs. Evan Rivers & Voros Twins Trios match)
• 4Q – 376,000 overall viewers and 155,000 key demo viewers (Cage & The Gates of Agony post-match brawl with Swerve Strickland, the Strickland backstage promo segment, the Daniel Garcia vs. KM match, and The Elite & Team AEW video package segment)
• 5Q – 354,000 overall viewers and 155,000 key demo viewers (Dax Hardwood vs. “Dynamite Kid” Tommy Billington match)
• 6Q – 315,000 overall viewers and 141,000 key demo viewers (The Elite & Christopher Daniels backstage promo segment, the FTR backstage promo segment, and the bulk of the Thunder Rosa vs. Robyn Renegade match)
• 7Q – 339,000 overall viewers and 154,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Rosa vs. Renegade match, the Johnny TV & Taya Valkyrie backstage interview segment, the HOOK video promo segment, and the start of the TNT Championship match of Kyle O’Reilly vs. Adam Copeland (c))
• 8Q – 345,000 overall viewers and 163,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the TNT Championship match)
• Overrun – 401,000 viewers and 189,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the TNT Championship match)