Here’s what was written about the ratings this week’s ratings in this week’s Observer Newsletter
For the week of 4/26 to 5/2, and these are actual numbers from a system that monitors and not Nielsen ratings so these are exact numbers based on a sample of millions of homes, as of the end of 5/4, AEW did 57 percent of its viewers live for the 4/28 show, 34 percent on DVR and 9 percent on video-on-demand. Keep in mind this would be DVR+7. Impact was 73 percent live, 24 percent DVR and 3 percent VOD and that would be DVR+6. ROH would have been 90 percent live, 9 percent DVR and 1 percent VOD and that would be for the most part DVR+3 (the time slot varies depending on the city but most markets show it on Saturday). Raw would be 75 percent live, 21 percent DVR and 4 percent VOD and that’s DVR+7. NXT would be 72 percent live, 24 percent and 4 percent VOD and that would be DVR+7. Smackdown was 67 percent live, 25 percent DVD (which would be +4) and 8 percent VOD.
What that translates into is that including all forms of viewing, the average minute of:
• AEW 1,556,000 viewers
• Impact 164,000 viewers
• Raw 2,365,000 viewers
• NXT 1,034,000 viewers
• Smackdown 3,057,000 viewers
The actual total number of individual viewers during the show over a one week period between live, VOD and DVR viewing (air date up through 5/4) who tuned in at some point was
• 2,224,000 for AEW
• 328,000 for Impact
• 3,942,000 for RAW
• 2,068,000 for NXT
• 5,558,000 for Smackdown.