More on AEW Dynamite Week 246 Viewership – June 19, 2024, Rampage Week 147 – June 14, Collision Week 49 – June 15

Jun 23, 2024

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for June 19th

The June 19th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW suffer a very large decline in overall viewership and a large decline in key demographic ratings, and a slight decline in key demographic rankings.

AEW drew 502,000 viewers and a 0.16 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 3rd place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s special extended Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reasons for AEW’s declines this week was due to a combination of the large declines from their older key demographic viewership, which was down 41.9% compared to last week’s show, and the very weak lead-in programming Black Panther, which drew a 0.04 key demo rating on TBS. Meltzer reported that AEW’s usual lead-in program Big Bang Theory usually averages between a 0.13 to a 0.23 for its key demo rating. Meltzer reported that this issue also lead to the rare occasion where AEW generated a 243% increase in their key demo viewers tuning into the start of the show compared to the prior week’s increase that was only 45%. Meltzer also reported that the Juneteenth holiday also negatively affected Dynamite’s numbers to a degree as well due to TBS’s sister station TNT was also hit hard during Dynamite’s two hours being down 74% compared to the prior week. This reportedly offset the small gains from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was up 4.6% compared to last week’s show. Meltzer also reported that AEW’s overall viewership was the third lowest ever for a Dynamite show, the lowest ever for a Dynamite show in its regular Wednesday night timeslot, and the lowest ever key demographic rating for a Dynamite show in series history. In a follow-up report, Meltzer reported in Friday’s Daily Update that the Lamar Kendrick concert on Amazon would have also been another factor due to the concert went head-to-head against Dynamite and drew the largest ever viewership for a musical show in Amazon history.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2024 Olympic Trials drew 3,488,000 viewers on NBC, the 2024 College World Series game of Texas A&M vs. Florida drew 1,791,000 viewers on ESPN, the MLB game of Boston Red Sox vs. Toronto Blue Jays drew 192,000 viewers on MLB Network, the WNBA game of Washington Mystics vs. Indiana Fever drew 460,000 viewers on NBA TV, Expedition Unknown drew 1,130,000 viewers on Discovery Channel, Top Chef drew 666,000 viewers on Bravo, and Sistas Series drew 749,000 viewers on BET.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 213,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 60.6% 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 586,000 viewers for their first quarter while their quarter low was at 431,000 viewers for their eighth quarter.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 44.3% in overall viewership and down 51.1% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was down 45.8% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 586,000 overall viewers and 288,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the MJF vs. RUSH match)
2Q – 542,000 overall viewers and 255,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the MJF vs. RUSH match & post-match promo by Cage of Agony & Hechicero, the Kyle O’Reilly, Orange Cassidy, Dante Martin, & Mark Briscoe backstage interview segment & stuff with Jack Perry, and the start of the Will Ospreay & Swerve Strickland promo segment)
3Q – 496,000 overall viewers and 210,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Ospreay, Strickland, & Prince Nana, promo segment, the Din Callis Family backstage promo segment, and the start of the Briscoe, O’Reilly, Cassidy, & Martin vs. Don Callis Family, Roderick Strong, & Zack Sabre Jr. 8-Man tag team match)
4Q – 489,000 overall viewers and 194,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Briscoe, O’Reilly, Cassidy, & Martin vs. Don Callis Family, Strong, & Sabre Jr. 8-Man tag team match & post-match brawl with Jack Perry & in-ring stuff with Cassidy & Sabre Jr., the Mercedes Mone vs. Stephanie Vaquer match hype video segment, and the RUSH & Don Callis backstage segment)
5Q – 492,000 overall viewers and 201,000 key demo viewers (AEW World Tag Team Championship Eliminator match of The Acclaimed vs. The Young Bucks)
6Q – 523,000 overall viewers and 222,000 key demo viewers (Samoa Joe, HOOK, & Katsuyori Shibata backstage segment, the “Timeless” Toni Storm, Mina Shirakawa, & Mariah May AEW Women’s World Championship match contract signing segment & brawl with The Outcasts & Anna Jay, and the 2024 Men’s & Women’s Owen Hart Cup brackets video segment)
7Q – 498,000 overall viewers and 207,000 key demo viewers (2024 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup First Round match of Nyla Rose vs. Kris Statlander & post-match Stokely Hathaway & Willow Nightingale promos, the Private Party & The Learning Tree backstage segment, and the Daniel Garcia vs. Rhett Tutus match)
8Q – 431,000 overall viewers and 161,000 key demo viewers (Garcia vs. Titus post-match brawl with Cage of Agony, Matt Menard, Hechicero, MJF, & Will Ospreay, the Ospreay & Cage backstage segment, and the bulk of the 2024 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup First Round match of PAC vs. Claudio Castagnoli)
Overrun – 423,000 overall viewers and 152,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the PAC vs. Castagnoli match & post-match stuff with Bryan Danielson)

More on AEW Rampage Viewership for June 14th

The June 14th episode of AEW Rampage saw AEW gain a large increase in overall viewership and key demographic rankings and a small gain in key demographic ratings.

AEW drew 334,000 viewers and a 0.12 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 4th 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 large increase from their key demographic viewership group, which was up 29.4% compared to the prior week’s show, and female key demographic viewership group, which its percentage was not given. Meltzer reported that AEW’s key demographic viewership was its highest since the March 8, 2024 show.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2024 NBA Finals Game 4 of Boston Celtics vs. Dallas Mavericks drew 9,618,000 viewers on ABC, the 2024 College Baseball World Series game of Florida State vs. Tennessee drew 1,372,000 viewers on ESPN, the MLB game of Cincinnati Reds vs. Milwaukee Brewers drew 253,000 viewers on MLB Network, On Patrol Live drew 756,000 viewers on REELZ Channel, and Zillow Gone Wild drew 585,000 viewers on Home and Garden Network.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 154,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 56.5% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 22.1% in overall viewership and down 6.1% in key demographic viewership.

AEW Rampage quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 397,000 overall viewers and 169,000 key demo viewers (“Timeless” Toni Storm vs. Alex Windsor match and the Harley Cameron backstage interview segment)
2Q – 321,000 overall viewers and 153,000 key demo viewers (Thunder Rosa & Deonna Purrazzo No DQ match hype video segment, the Cage of Agony vs. Solomon Tupu, Jay Martson, & Jay Guitterez Trios match, and the start of the Shota Umino vs. Rocky Romero match)
3Q – 291,000 overall viewers and 136,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Umino vs. Romero match and the Satnam Singh vs. Rosario Grillo match & post-match promo by Jay Lethal & Sonay Dutt)
4Q – 328,000 overall viewers and 159,000 key demo viewers (PAC vs. Jay Lethal match)

More on AEW Collision Viewership for June 15th

The June 15th episode of AEW Collision saw AEW gain a large increase in overall viewership but suffered a small decline in key demographic rankings. That week’s show was notable for being the Collision One-Year Anniversary special.

AEW drew 431,000 viewers and a 0.13 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 8th 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 increase that week was due to the large increase from their Over 50 demographic viewership group, which its percentage was not given, and the large increase from their male key demographic viewership group, which its percentage was not given. This reportedly offset the stiff sports competition and WWE holding a PLE event that same day and the large decline from their female key demographic viewership group, which its percentage was not given.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2024 NHL Stanley Cup Finals Game 4 of Florida Panthers vs. Edmonton Oilers drew a combined 3,085,000 viewers on ABC and ESPN, the 2024 Olympic Trials drew 3,141,000 viewers on NBC, the 2024 College Baseball World Series game of Florida vs. Texas A&M drew 735,000 viewers on ESPN, the MLB game of New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox drew 2,400,000 viewers on FOX, UFC Fight Night drew 387,000 viewers on ESPN2, and On Patrol Live drew 846,000 viewers on REELZ Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 167,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 72% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 47.2% in overall viewership and down 61.3% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that the reason for the large declines was due to last year’s show was the Collision series debut show.

AEW Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 465,000 overall viewers and 192,000 key demo viewers (Christian Cage backstage promo segment and the bulk of the Blackpool Combat Club vs. Lio Rush, Rocky Romero, & TMDK 8-Man Tag Team match)
2Q – 476,000 overall viewers and 195,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Blackpool Combat Club vs. Rush, Romero, & TMDK 8-Man Tag Team match & post-match promo by Jon Moxley, the MJF vs. RUSH match hype video segment, and The Acclaimed, Billy Gunn, Brandon Cutler, & Christopher Daniels promo segment & brawl)
3Q – 408,000 overall viewers and 144,000 key demo viewers (No DQ match of Thunder Rosa vs. Deonna Purrazzo)
4Q – 403,000 overall viewers and 155,000 key demo viewers (Collision 1-Year Anniversary celebration video segment, the Hechicero vs. Dalton Castle match & post-match brawl with Gates of Agony, The Outrunners, Matt Menard, & Daniel Garcia and the Top Flight, Action Andretti, & Lio Rush backstage promo segment)
5Q – 455,000 overall viewers and 180,000 key demo viewers (Christian Cage & The Patriarchy Father’s Day Special promo segment, the Bullet Club Gold backstage promo segment, and the start of the Vacant TNT Championship Ladder Qualifying match of Dante Martin vs. Lee Moriarty)
6Q – 423,000 overall viewers and 171,000 key demo viewers (Bilk of the Martin vs. Moriarty match & post-match brawl with Shane Taylor Promotions, Darius Martin, Action Andretti, & Lio Rush)
7Q – 398,000 overall viewers and 153,000 key demo viewers (Hikaru Shida video promo segment, the Kyle O’Reilly vs. Anthony Henry match, and the start of the Undisputed AEW World Trios Championship Eliminator match of House of Black vs. Bang Bang Gang)
8Q – 416,000 overall viewers and 147,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the House of Black vs. Bang Bang Gang)
Overrun – 456,000 overall viewers and 161,000 key demo viewers (House of Black vs. Bang Bang Gang post-match angle with The Patriarchy & House of Black)