More on AEW Dynamite Week 263 Viewership – Oct. 16, 2024, Rampage Week 164 – Oct. 11

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for October 16th

The October 16th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW gain a very large increase in overall viewership and a large increase in key demographic ratings and key demographic rankings. This week’s show was notable for Dynamite returning to their normal Wednesday night timeslot following last week’s show being preempted to a Tuesday night timeslot due to TBS’ 2024 MLB Playoffs commitments.

AEW drew 633,000 viewers and a 0.20 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was #10 place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reasons for AEW’s increases this week was due to a combination of Dynamite returning back to its normal Wednesday night timeslot and the large increases from their Over 50 demographic viewership and overall key demographic viewership groups, which its percentages were not given. This reportedly offset the very stiff sports competition from the 2024 MLB Playoffs and news competition from the Kamala Harris interview special on FOX News. This reportedly also offset AEW’s lead-in programming Big Bang Theory drawing its lowest ratings for a show since AEW moved to TBS. Meltzer reported that Big Bang Theory failed to chart meaning that it drew a 0.11 or less for its key demographic rating that night.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the Jesse Watters Primetime Kamala Harris interview special drew 4,296,000 viewers on FOX News, the 2024 MLB Playoffs NCLS Game 3 of Los Angeles Dodgers vs. New York Mets drew 5,882,000 viewers on TBS, the 2024 WNBA Finals Game 3 of New York Liberty vs. Minnesota Lynx drew 1,394,000 viewers on ESPN, the College football game of Western Kentucky vs. Sam Houston State drew 403,000 viewers on ESPN2, the NHL game of Buffalo Sabres vs. Pittsburgh Penguins drew 422,000 viewers on TNT, The Challenge drew 379,000 viewers on MTV, Expedition Unknown drew 1,202,000 viewers on Discovery Channel, Sistas Series drew 882,000 viewers on BET, and Real Housewives of Salt Lake City drew 360,000 viewers on BRAVO.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 262,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 43,000 viewers, Females 18-34 had 30,000 viewers, Males 35-49 had 143,000 viewers, and Females 35-49 had 46,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that AEW’s male/female viewership skew was 71% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 29.7% in overall viewership and down 35.9% in key demographic viewership. AEW’s 18-34 viewership was down 54.7% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

• 1Q – 766,000 overall viewers and 297,000 key demo viewers (Jon Moxley & Pals video promo segment, the Adam Cole & MJF promo segment, and the Chris Jericho backstage interview segment)
• 2Q – 679,000 overall viewers and 285,000 key demo viewers (Mark Briscoe backstage interview segment with FTR and the FTR vs. The Learning Tree tag team match)
• 3Q – 665,000 overall viewers and 276,000 key demo viewers (The Acclaimed, Billy Gunn, MVP, & Shelton Benjamin backstage segment, the TBS Championship match of Queen Aminata vs. Mercedes Mone (c), and the Private Party, Young Bucks, & Stokely Hathaway backstage promo segment)
• 4Q – 603,000 overall viewers and 252,000 key demo viewers (The Elite backstage promo segment and the bulk of The Elite vs. The Conglomeration Trios match)
• 5Q – 628,000 overall viewers and 257,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Elite vs. The Conglomeration Trios match & post-match brawl with Blackpool Combat Club, Top Flight, Action Andretti, & The Dark Order and The Elite, Daniel Garcia, & Private Party backstage segment)
• 6Q – 603,000 overall viewers and 250,000 key demo viewers (Lio Rush vs. Shelton Benjamin match & post-match promo by MVP and the Darby Allin video promo segment)
• 7Q – 627,000 overall viewers and 251,000 key demo viewers (Swerve Strickland & Prince Nana backstage interview segment, the Don Callis & Brian Cage press conference promo segment, and “The Glamour” Mariah May, Anna Jay, & Christopher Daniels backstage segment)
• 8Q – 563,000 overall viewers and 242,000 key demo viewers (Ricochet backstage interview segment, the Blackpool Combat Club, Top Flight, Action Andretti, & The Dark Order backstage brawl segment & promo by Evil Uno, and the start of the Jay White vs. Christian Cage match)
• Overrun – 521,000 overall viewers and 233,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the White vs. Cage match)

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More on AEW Rampage Viewership for October 11th

The October 11th episode of AEW Rampage saw AEW gain a large increase in overall viewership and a slight increase in key demographic ratings.

AEW drew 253,000 viewers and a 0.09 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was outside of the top 25.

Dave Meltzer reported that the main reason for AEW’s increases that week was due to the large increases from their Over 50 key demographic viewership group and older key demographic viewership group, which its percentages were not given. This reportedly offset the stiff sports competition from the 2024 MLB Playoffs and the large decline from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was down 35.3% compared to the prior week’s show.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2024 MLB Playoffs Game 5 of San Diego Padres vs. Los Angeles Dodgers drew 7,335,000 viewers on FOX and 222,000 viewers on FOX Deportes, the College football game of Northwestern vs. Maryland drew 712,000 viewers on FS1, Scare Tactics drew 515,000 viewers on USA Network, On Patrol Live drew 686,000 viewers on REELZ Channel, and 90 Day Fiance First Look drew 370,000 viewers on TLC.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 115,000 viewers. AEW’s 18-34 had 22,000 viewers (down 8.3%), Females 18-34 had 9,000 viewers (down 9.1%), Males 35-49 had 71,000 viewers (up 51.1%), and Females 35-49 had 13,000 viewers (equal). Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 71.4% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 37.8% in overall viewership and down 38.8% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 key demographic viewership was down 73.8% compared to the same week last year. Meltzer reported that the reason for the large declines was due to last year’s show benefited from having the NBA as the lead-in program.

AEW Rampage quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

• 1Q – 290,000 overall viewers and 120,000 key demo viewers (The Conglomeration vs. Undisputed Kingdom tag team match, the Mercedes Mone & Kamille backstage interview segment, and the Acclaimed & MxM Collection brawl & promo segment)
• 2Q – 255,000 overall viewers and 110,000 key demo viewers (Kris Statlander video promo segment, the Conglomeration backstage interview segment, the Statlander vs. Amira match, the Chris Jericho backstage interview segment, and the start of The Beast Mortos vs. The Butcher match)
• 3Q – 251,000 overall viewers and 123,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Beast Mortos vs. The Butcher match, the Harley Cameron backstage interview segment, the Lance Archer vs. Matt Brannigan match, the Jake Roberts & La Faccion Ingobernable video promo segment, and the Anna Jay backstage interview segment)
• 4Q – 215,000 overall viewers and 107,000 key demo viewers (Rocky Romero vs. Brian Keith match & post-match brawl with Big Bill & The Conglomeration)