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AEW Dynamite draws best viewership in four months

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 653,000 viewers on TBS, up 31.1 percent from the prior week. This marks the largest audience total for the show since AEW’s Blood & Guts special that took place in September 2025.

In the 18-49 demo, Dynamite drew a 0.09 rating. That’s up 12.5 percent from last week and ties the best rating the show has done in that category since November 26. Dynamite finished tied for 16th on the cable charts while going head-to-head with an NBA game on ESPN that topped the charts with a 0.59 rating in the key demo.

As compared to the same week in 2025, when Nielsen still used its panel-only ratings reporting method, Dynamite’s overall viewership was up 8.1 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 47.1 percent.

Listed below are the last 10 weeks of reported viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for Dynamite, as well as the nine-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 32.1 percent in viewers but steady in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Dynamite ratings —

DateAEW 18-49AEW total viewers
11/19/20250.1491,000
11/26/20250.1512,000
12/3/20250.09496,000
12/10/20250.09516,000
12/17/20250.08511,000
12/24/2025
12/31/20250.07398,000
1/7/20250.08516,000
1/14/20260.08526,000
1/21/20260.08498,000
1/28/20260.09653,000
*10 wk avg0.09496,000
*not including current week

WWE NXT draws best viewership since October

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Tuesday night’s WWE NXT episode averaged 674,000 viewers on The CW, up 10.8 percent from last week. It’s the best audience total for the show since October 14 and is the second-highest viewership for NXT since Nielsen started using its new Big Data + Panel rating system.

In the 18-49 demo, NXT drew a 0.08 rating. That’s the same rating the show did last week and ties the lowest number for NXT in that category since December 30. It was the lowest ranked show on English-language network television both in total viewers and the key demo on Tuesday, though The CW generally has a lower profile than the other major broadcast networks.

As compared to the same week in 2025 (which used the old panel-only method), NXT’s overall viewership was down 18.5 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 57.9 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for NXT, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 11.3 percent in viewers but down 11.1 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

WWE NXT ratings —

DateNXT 18-49NXT total viewers
11/18/20250.11650,000
11/25/20250.07562,000
12/2/20250.08532,000
12/9/20250.09647,000
12/16/20250.08607,000
12/23/20250.08602,000
12/30/20250.07604,000
1/6/20260.1627,000
1/13/20260.09618,000
1/20/20260.08608,000
1/27/20260.08674,000
*10 wk avg0.09605,700

AEW Collision draws record low 18-49 demo rating

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Saturday’s AEW Collision episode averaged 253,000 viewers on TNT, down 6.6 percent from two weeks ago (the most recent time a viewership number for the show has been reported). This marks the second-highest audience total for Collision since December 17, when the show aired after Dynamite.

Collision drew a 0.02 rating in the 18-49 demo, down 33.3 percent from the January 10 episode. This is the lowest rating Collision has done in that category in show history. It went head-to-head with UFC’s debut on Paramount Plus on Saturday night, as well as facing competition from the NBA on ABC and a college basketball game on Fox.

As compared to the same week in 2025, when Nielsen was still using its previous panel-only reporting method, Collision’s overall viewership was up 1.2 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 71.4 percent.

Listed below are the last nine weeks of available viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, along with the eight-week average in both categories. Numbers for the December 13 and January 17 episodes have not yet been reported. This week’s episode was down 6.1 percent in overall viewers and 50 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision ratings —

DateCollision 18-49Collision overall
11/15/20250.03219,000
11/19/20250.07322,000
11/27/20250.06285,000
12/6/20250.03267,000
12/13/2025
12/17/20250.05333,000
12/25/20250.04217,000
1/3/20260.03241,000
1/10/20260.03271,000
1/17/2026
1/24/20260.02253,000
“10 wk avg0.04269,375
*not including current week

AEW Dynamite ratings for January 21 episode

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

The January 21 episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 498,000 viewers on TBS, down 5.3 percent from the previous week. It’s the second-lowest reported audience total for the show since December 3.

Dynamite drew a 0.08 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s the same rating the show did the week before and ties the second-lowest rating Dynamite has ever drawn in that category on a Wednesday night. On the cable charts for the night, Dynamite was tied for 13th while going head-to-head with the NBA on ESPN and the NHL on TNT, which took the first and third spots on the chart.

As compared to the same week in 2025, when Nielsen was still using its old panel-only reporting method, Dynamite’s overall viewership was down 24 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 57.9 percent.

Listed below are the last 10 weeks of available viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for Dynamite (with numbers still not reported for the Christmas Eve episode), along with the nine-week average in both categories. This week’s episode was down 1.8 percent in viewers and 11.1 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Dynamite ratings —

DateAEW 18-49AEW total viewers
11/12/20250.15600,000
11/19/20250.1491,000
11/26/20250.1512,000
12/3/20250.09496,000
12/10/20250.09516,000
12/17/20250.08511,000
12/24/2025
12/31/20250.07398,000
1/7/20250.08516,000
1/14/20260.08526,000
1/21/20260.08498,000
*10 wk avg0.09507,333
*not including current week

TNA Impact ratings slightly down from last week

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Thursday night’s episode of TNA Impact averaged 171,000 viewers on AMC, down from the 173,000 the show averaged for it’s debut episode on the channel the week before.

Impact averaged a 0.03 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 25% from the first episode the prior week. Both numbers were initially reported by PWTorch.

The most recent widely reported viewership numbers for the station showed an average prime time viewership of 214,000 viewers for the week ending January 4, 2026, meaning that Impact would be 19.2% below that average.

The drops from the debut episode were less than what recent debuts have done. AEW Collision averaged 816,000 and a 0.33 rating for it’s debut episode on June 17, 2023 and dropped to 595,000 and 0.21 for week 2, declines of 27.1% and 36.4% respectively. WWE NXT averaged 1.179 million viewers for it’s debut on the USA Network in 2019 with a 0.43 rating and dropped to 1.006 million and 0.32 for week 2, drops of 14.7% and 25.6%.

Listed below are the total viewership and 18-49 rating for episode of TNA Impact on AMC since their debut.

DateImpact 18-49Impact T.V.
1/15/20260.04173,000
1/22/20260.03171,000

WWE NXT ratings down from New Year’s Evil

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Tuesday night’s WWE NXT episode averaged 618,000 viewers on The CW, down 1.4 percent from last week’s New Year’s Evil special. This marks the second-highest audience total for the show since December 9.

In the 18-49 demo, NXT drew a 0.09 rating. That’s down 10 percent from last week but ties the second-highest rating the show has done in that category since November 18. Among English-language network programming for the night, NXT was the lowest-rated show, though The CW has a smaller profile than the other major networks.

As compared to the same week in 2025, when Nielsen was still using its panel-only reporting method, NXT’s overall viewership was down 20.7 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 47.1 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership numbers and 18-49 ratings for NXT, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s episode was up 4.5 percent in overall viewers and 12.5 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

WWE NXT ratings —

DateNXT 18-49NXT total viewers
11/4/20250.08528,000
11/11/20250.07554,000
11/18/20250.11650,000
11/25/20250.07562,000
12/2/20250.08532,000
12/9/20250.09647,000
12/16/20250.08607,000
12/23/20250.08602,000
12/30/20250.07604,000
1/6/20260.1627,000
1/13/20260.09618,000
*10 wk avg0.08591,300
*not including current week

WWE SmackDown drops below one million viewers

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown averaged 990,000 viewers on USA Network, down 15.7 percent from the prior week. This marks the lowest audience total for the show since Halloween night 2025.

The episode took place from Berlin, Germany and aired live on Netflix outside of the United States prior to the USA Network airing. It was headlined by a big title change with Drew McIntyre defeating Cody Rhodes in a Three Stages of Hell match to become the new WWE Champion.

In the 18-49 demo, the USA Network broadcast drew a 0.26 rating. That’s down 7.1 percent from the previous week and is the third-highest number the show has done in that category since November 28.

SmackDown went head-to-head with a College Football Playoff game on ESPN that topped all of television with a 3.86 rating in 18-49 and drew more than 17 million viewers. SmackDown was second on TV in the key demo during a night where the main English-language broadcast networks combined for less than nine million viewers overall.

As compared to the same week in 2025, when Nielsen was still using its old panel-only measurement system, SmackDown’s overall viewership was down 31.1 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 35 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 11.6 percent in viewers but steady in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

WWE SmackDown ratings —

Date18-49Total viewers
10/31/20250.20933,000
11/7/20250.261,141,000
11/14/20250.271,158,000
11/21/20250.291,210,000
11/28/20250.281,142,000
12/5/20250.241,063,000
12/12/20250.261,240,000
12/19/20250.21995,000
12/26/20250.271,138,000
1/2/20260.281,175,000
1/9/20260.26990,000
10-week average0.261,119,500

AEW Dynamite ratings up for first episode of 2026

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

The January 7 edition AEW Dynamite averaged 516,000 viewers on TBS, up 29.7 percent from the New Year’s Smash episode the prior week. This ties the best audience total the show has done since November 12.

Dynamite drew a 0.08 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 14.3 percent from last week’s record low but ties the second-lowest rating the show has ever done in that category on a Wednesday night.

As compared to the same week in 2025, when Nielsen was still using its old panel-only reporting system, Dynamite’s overall viewership was down 16.1 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 52.9 percent.

Listed below are the last 10 weeks of viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings that are currently available for Dynamite, as well as the nine-week average in both categories. Numbers for the episode that aired on Christmas Eve have not yet been reported. This week’s show was up 3.6 percent in viewers but down 11.1 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

WWE NXT ratings up for New Year’s Evil 2026

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Tuesday night’s WWE NXT episode — the brand’s annual New Year’s Evil special — averaged 627,000 viewers on The CW, up 3.8 percent from last week. It’s the best audience total for the show since December 9.

In the 18-49 demo, NXT drew a 0.10 rating. That’s up 42.9 percent from last week and is the highest rating the show has done in that category since November 18.

As compared to the same week in 2025, when Nielsen was still using its old panel-only ratings reporting method, NXT’s overall viewership was down 21.4 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 52.4 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for NXT, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 7.9 percent in viewers and 25 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

WWE NXT ratings —

DateNXT 18-49NXT total viewers
10/21/20250.07525,000
10/28/20250.07527,000
11/4/20250.08528,000
11/11/20250.07554,000
11/18/20250.11650,000
11/25/20250.07562,000
12/2/20250.08532,000
12/9/20250.09647,000
12/16/20250.08607,000
12/23/20250.08602,000
12/30/20250.07604,000
*10 wk avg0.08573,400
not including current week

WWE SmackDown ratings up for move to three hours

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown episode averaged 1.175 million viewers on USA Network, up 3.3 percent from the previous week. It’s the second-largest audience total for the show since November 21.

This was the first SmackDown episode of 2026 and marked the return to a three-hour format. The show drew a 0.28 rating in the 18-49 demo, which is up 3.7 percent from the prior week and ties the best rating SmackDown has done in that category since the November 21 edition.

As compared to the same week in 2025, (which used Nielsen’s old panel-only reporting method), SmackDown’s overall viewership was down 23.1 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 37.8 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s episode was up 5.2 percent in viewers and 7.7 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

WWE SmackDown ratings —

Date18-49Total viewers
10/24/20250.291,147,000
10/31/20250.20933,000
11/7/20250.261,141,000
11/14/20250.271,158,000
11/21/20250.291,210,000
11/28/20250.281,142,000
12/5/20250.241,063,000
12/12/20250.261,240,000
12/19/20250.21995,000
12/26/20250.271,138,000
12/2/20260.281,175,000
10-week average0.261,116,700

AEW Collision ratings down on Christmas night

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

The December 25 airing of AEW Christmas Collision averaged 217,000 viewers on TNT, down 34.8 percent from the previous episode that followed Dynamite on a Wednesday night. This ties the lowest audience total for Collision since September 20.

Collision drew a 0.04 rating in the 18-49 demo, finishing 44th on the primetime cable charts for the night. That’s down 20 percent from the prior week and is the second-highest rating for Collision in the month of December, although no ratings have been reported for the December 13 episode that aired in the afternoon due to TNT’s coverage of college basketball.

There is no year-over-year comparison as Collision did not air an episode this week in 2024.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision (minus the week for which no numbers have been reported), as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 23.7 percent in viewers and 20 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision ratings —

WWE NXT ratings steady for Christmas week episode

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

The December 23 episode of WWE NXT averaged 602,000 viewers on The CW, down 0.8 percent from the previous week. This marks the fourth-highest audience for the show since October 14.

In the 18-49 demo, NXT drew a 0.08 rating. That’s identical to the rating the December 16 episode drew and matches the third-highest rating the show has done in that category since October 14. Among network programming in prime time, NXT tied a repeat episode of the Fox series “Doc” for the lowest rated show of the night.

As compared to the same week in 2024 (under Nielsen’s old panel-only ratings measurement system), NXT’s overall viewership was down 16.7 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 42.9 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for NXT, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 3.4 percent in viewers and steady in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

WWE SmackDown drops below one million viewers for pre-taped episode

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

The December 19 pre-taped edition of WWE SmackDown averaged 995,000 viewers on USA Network, down 19.8 percent from the previous week. It’s the lowest audience total for the show since Halloween night.

In the 18-49 demo, SmackDown drew a 0.21 rating. That’s down 19.2 percent from the prior week and is also the lowest rating SmackDown has done since the Halloween night episode.

The show went head-to-head with a College Football Playoff game that combined for nearly 15 million viewers between ABC & ESPN and drew a 3.15 rating in 18-49. SmackDown finished ahead of everything else on television in the key demo.

There was also competition from the undercard of Netflix’s Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua boxing special that took place on the same night.

As compared to the same week in 2024 (which used Nielsen’s old panel-only reporting method), SmackDown’s overall viewership was down 25 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 43.2 percent.

This Friday’s December 26 episode of SmackDown has also been taped in advance. Spoilers for the show can be found here.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 11.5 percent in viewers and 19.2 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

WWE SmackDown ratings —

Date18-49Total viewers
10/10/20250.221,025,000
10/17/20250.281,182,000
10/24/20250.291,147,000
10/31/20250.20933,000
11/7/20250.261,141,000
11/14/20250.271,158,000
11/21/20250.291,210,000
11/28/20250.281,142,000
12/5/20250.241,063,000
12/12/20250.261,240,000
12/19/20250.21995,000
10-week average0.261,124,100

AEW Dynamite ties record low 18-49 demo rating

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

The December 17 episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 511,000 viewers on TBS, down one percent from the previous week. It’s the fourth-largest audience total for the show since October 15.

Dynamite drew a 0.08 rating in the 18-49 demo, down 11.1 percent from last week. It ties the lowest rating the show has ever done in that category on a Wednesday night and is the lowest rating for Dynamite overall since October’s Title Tuesday episode.

The show went head-to-head with a speech from President Donald Trump, which led to increased ratings for cable news networks across the board.

The episode of Collision that immediately followed Dynamite averaged 333,000 viewers. That’s up 3.4 percent from the last time the show followed Dynamite in November and is the best audience for Collision since October 15, which also was an episode that aired after Dynamite.

In the 18-49 demo, Collision did a 0.05 rating. That’s down 28.6 percent from the previous Wednesday airing of the show and is the lowest of the four episodes that have followed Dynamite on a Wednesday.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for Dynamite, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 4.2 percent in overall viewers but down 20 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

DateAEW 18-49AEW total viewers
10/7/20250.07321,000
10/15/20250.11534,000
10/22/20250.08477,000
10/29/20250.08459,000
11/5/20250.09497,000
11/12/20250.15600,000
11/19/20250.1491,000
11/26/20250.1512,000
12/3/20250.09496,000
12/10/20250.09516,000
12/17/20250.08511,000
*10 wk avg0.10490,300
*not including current week

WWE NXT ratings down for last live episode of 2025

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Tuesday night’s WWE NXT episode averaged 607,000 viewers on The CW, down 6.2 percent from the previous week. Despite the decrease, this is the third-highest audience total for the show since October 14.

In the 18-49 demo, NXT drew a 0.08 rating. That’s down 11.1 percent from last week but ties the fourth-highest rating the show has done in that category since the October 14 episode.

There was no major sports competition on the night, although a college basketball game did air head-to-head on ESPN and averaged a 0.28 rating in the 18-49 demo.

As compared to the same week in 2024, when Nielsen was still using its panel-only measurement system, NXT’s overall viewership was down 14.3 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 50 percent.

This was the last live NXT episode of 2025, as the final two shows of the year have already been taped in advance. Spoilers can be found here.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for NXT, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 3.9 percent in viewers but down 11.1 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

WWE NXT ratings —

DateNXT 18-49NXT total viewers
10/7/20250.12625,000
10/14/20250.12690,000
10/21/20250.07525,000
10/28/20250.07527,000
11/4/20250.08528,000
11/11/20250.07554,000
11/18/20250.11650,000
11/25/20250.07562,000
12/2/20250.08532,000
12/9/20250.09647,000
12/16/20250.08607,000
*10 wk avg0.09584,000
*not including current week