More on AEW Dynamite Week 242 Viewership – May 22, 2024, Rampage Week 143 – May 18, Collision Week 45 – May 18

May 25, 2024

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for May 22nd

The May 22nd episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW gain a large increase in overall viewership and a slight increase in key demographic ratings.

AEW drew 713,000 viewers and a 0.24 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 increases this week was due to the large gains from their younger female key demographic viewership group, which was up 53.7% compared to last week’s show. This reportedly offset the stiff sports competition that night from the 2024 NBA and NHL Playoffs and the large declines from their older male key demographic viewership and older female key demographic viewership groups, which were down 7.5% and 17.1% respectively compared to last week’s show. Meltzer reported that this week’s show also featured the very rare occurrence where AEW had more younger females than males key demographic viewers. Meltzer also reported that the gap at the start of the show was 48,000 Males 18-34 viewers and 74,000 Females 18-34 viewers before both went into almost opposite directions by the end of it. Meltzer also reported that AEW’s lead-in Big Bang Theory drew 895,000 viewers and a 0.14 rating on TBS.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2024 NBA Playoffs Western Conference Finals Game 1 of Dallas Mavericks vs. Minnesota Timberwolves drew 6,818,000 viewers on TNT and 198,000 viewers on TruTV, the 2024 NHL Playoffs Eastern Conference Finals Game 1 of New York Rangers vs. Florida Panthers drew 1,984,000 viewers on ESPN, the MLB simulcast games of Texas vs. Philadelphia and Boston vs. Tampa Bay drew 158,000 viewers on MLB Network, Survivor drew 4,568,000 viewers on CBS, My 600-LB Life drew 294,000 viewers on TLC, House Hunters Repack drew 635,000 viewers on Home & Garden TV, and Top Chef drew 487,000 viewers on BRAVO.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 319,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 62,000 viewers (up 31.9%), Females 18-34 had 64,000 viewers (up 82.9%), Males 35-49 had 135,000 viewers (down 7.5%), and Females 35-49 had 58,000 viewers (down 17.1%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/females viewership split was 197,000 male viewers and 122,000 female viewers for a split of 61.8% 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 794,000 viewers for their first quarter while their quarter low was at 631,000 viewers for their seventh quarter.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 15.7% in overall viewership and down 24.4% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was down 28% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 794,000 overall viewers and 312,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Roderick Strong & Trent Beretta vs. Will Ospreay & Orange Cassidy match)
2Q – 786,000 overall viewers and 329,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Strong & Beretta vs. Ospreay & Cassidy match & post-match brawl with The Undisputed Kingdom, the Young Bucks & Sonjay Dutt backstage promo segment, and the Bang Bang Gang & PAC promo segment & brawl with Lucha Bros)
3Q – 706,000 overall viewers and 307,000 key demo viewers (FTW Championship Eliminator Three-way match of HOOK vs. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Bryan Keith & post-match promo with Chris Jericho and the Mercedes Mone vs. Willow Nightingale match hype video segment)
4Q – 710,000 overall viewers and 323,000 key demo viewers (Konosuke Takeshita vs. Matt Sydal match & post-match stuff with Jon Moxley, the Young Bucks & Swerve Strickland backstage segment, and the start of the Nick Wayne vs. Strickland match)
5Q – 698,000 overall viewers and 333,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Wayne vs. Strickland match & post-match brawl with The Patriarchy & Prince Nana surprise return)
6Q – 688,000 overall viewers and 331,000 key demo viewers (Malakai Black vs. Kyle O’Reilly match & post-match stuff with Adam Copeland)
7Q – 631,000 overall viewers and 287,000 key demo viewers ( Anarchy in the Arena match hype video segment and the bulk of the “Timeless” Toni Storm & Mariah May vs. The Outcasts tag team match)
8Q – 693,000 overall viewers and 328,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Storm & May vs. The Outcasts tag team match & post-match brawl with Serena Deeb, the Bang Bang Gang backstage promo segment, and the Bryan Danielson vs. Satnam Singh match & post-match brawl with Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal)
Overrun – 702,000 overall viewers and 324,000 key demo viewers (Danielson vs. Singh post-match brawl with the Young Bucks & Darby Allin with a flamethrower)

More on AEW Rampage Viewership for May 18th

The May 18th episode of AEW Rampage saw AEW gain a large increase in overall viewership and key demographic rankings and a slight increase in key demographic ratings. This week’s show was notable for Rampage returning to TNT following the prior week’s show airing on TBS and for being preempted to a late Saturday night timeslot due to TNT’s 2024 NHL Playoffs commitments on the network that Friday night.

AEW drew 391,000 viewers and a 0.13 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 10th place.

Detailed key demographic viewership breakdowns were not available in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Dave Meltzer reported that the main reason for AEW’s increases that week was due to the larger than usual lead-in viewership from AEW’s Collision show that night and Rampage’s audience help up very well for its first quarter hour before suffering the usual big drop-off in viewership for a Rampage show.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2024 NBA Playoffs Game 6 of Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Dallas Mavericks drew 5,604,000 viewers on ABC, the 2024 NHL Playoffs Game 6 of Vancouver Canucks vs. Edmonton Oilers drew 1,012,000 viewers on ESPN, the MLB simulcast games of Cincinnati vs. Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit vs. Arizona drew 165,000 viewers on MLB Network, 7 Little Johnstons drew 191,000 viewers on TLC, and On Patrol Live drew 780,000 viewers on REELZ Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 170,000 viewers.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was up 33.5% in overall viewership and up 44.4% in key demographic viewership. The reason for the large increases was due to last year’s show aired on its usual Friday night timeslot but did not have as strong of a lead-in programming viewership.

AEW Rampage quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 462,000 overall viewers and 191,000 key demo viewers (The Elite video promo segment and the Kyle O’Reilly vs. Lee Moriarty match)
2Q – 397,000 overall viewers and 164,000 key demo viewers (The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn backstage interview segment, the RUSH vs. Cody Chhun match & post-match attack by RUSH, the Bryan Danielson backstage interview segment, and the start of the Deonna Purrazzo vs. Robyn Renegade match)
3Q – 340,000 overall viewers and 150,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Purrazzo vs. Renegade match & post-match stuff with Thunder Rosa, the Scorpio Sky video promo segment, and the Sonjay Dutt backstage promo segment)
4Q – 367,000 overall viewers and 174,000 key demo viewers (Brian Cage vs. Anthony Bowens match)

More on AEW Collision Viewership for May 18th

The May 18th episode of AEW Collision saw AEW gain a very large increase in overall viewership, a large increase in key demographic rankings, and a small increase in key demographic ratings. That week’s show was notable for being a taped and not a live show and for returning to TNT following the May 11th show being preempted to TBS due to TNT’s 2024 NBA Playoffs commitments on the network.

AEW drew 523,000 viewers and a 0.15 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 5th place.

Detailed key demographic viewership breakdowns were not available in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Dave Meltzer reported that the reason for AEW’s increases that week was due to Collision returning back to its regular network home and the large gains from their Over 50 demographic viewership group, which its percentage was not given. Another reason reportedly was due to the large gain from their overall key demographic viewership group, which its percentage was also not given.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2024 NBA Playoffs Game 6 of Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Dallas Mavericks drew 5,604,000 viewers on ABC, the 2024 NHL Playoffs Game 6 of Vancouver Canucks vs. Edmonton Oilers drew 1,012,000 viewers on ESPN, the MLB game of Los Angeles Angels vs. Texas Rangers drew 1,098,000 viewers on FOX, the MLB game of Seattle Mariners vs. Baltimore Orioles drew 207,000 viewers on MLB Network, the Mexican Liga MX soccer game of America vs. Chivas Guadalajara drew 339,000 viewers on TUDN, and On Patrol Live drew 780,000 viewers on REELZ Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 200,000 viewers.

AEW Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 588,000 overall viewers and 231,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Will Ospreay vs. Shane Taylor match)
2Q – 596,000 overall viewers and 227,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Ospreay vs. Taylor match & post-match brawl with Undisputed Kingdom, FTR & Bryan Danielson backstage promo segment, the Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli backstage promo segment, and the Chris Jericho & Big Bill backstage promo segment)
3Q – 577,000 overall viewers and 225,000 key demo viewers (FTW Contender Series match of HOOK vs. Johnny TV and the FTW Contender Series match of Katsuyori Shibata vs. Rocky Romero)
4Q – 510,000 overall viewers and 197,000 key demo viewers (FTW Contender Series match of Bryan Keith vs. Beefcake Boulder, the PAC backstage interview segment, the Willow Nightingale & Mercedes Mone video segment, the Bullet Club Gold promo segment, the Christian Cage and The Patriarchy backstage interview segment, and the start of the Orange Cassidy vs. Isiah Kassidy match)
5Q – 484,000 overall viewers and 173,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Cassidy vs. Kassidy match & post-match promo by Trent Beretta & post-match brawl by Cassidy & Beretta
6Q – 455,000 overall viewers and 164,000 key demo viewers (Anna Jay vs. Serena Deeb match & post-match stuff with “Timeless” Toni Storm, Mariah May, & Luther)
7Q – 494,000 overall viewers and 184,000 key demo viewers (Nick Wayne vs. Jack Cartwheel match and the first half of the Bryan Danielson & FTR vs. Lance Archer & The Righteous Trios match)
8Q – 481,000 overall viewers and 198,000 key demo viewers (Latter half of the Danielson & FTR vs. Archer & The Righteous Trios match & post-match brawl with Daniel Garcia)