Tag: Collision Ratings

AEW Collision draws record-low viewership for regular time slot

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Saturday night’s AEW Collision episode averaged 289,000 viewers on TNT, down 34.6 percent from the previous week. It’s the lowest audience total the show has ever done in its regular time slot. The only lower numbers were for a November 2023 episode that aired on a Friday and an August 2024 one that aired in the afternoon.

Collision finished 19th for the day on the cable charts with a 0.10 rating in the 18-49 demo, down 23.1 percent from last week. It’s the lowest rating the show has done in that category since August 3 — and it ties Collision’s fourth-lowest rating of 2024.

The show took place during Labor Day weekend and went head-to-head with the first full week of the college football season. It also came on the same day as a WWE PLE (that aired in the afternoon), which has traditionally had a negative effect on Collision viewership.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Collision’s overall audience was down 16.2 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 9.1 percent. That’s the best the 18-49 number has held up year-over-year to date.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 23.5 percent in overall viewers and down 16.7 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision viewership up for taped All In go-home show

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Saturday night’s AEW Collision episode (taped Wednesday in Cardiff) averaged 442,000 viewers on TNT. That’s up 8.9 percent from the previous week and is the second-highest audience total the show has done since May 18.

Collision drew the same 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demo as it did last week. It ties the highest rating the show has done in that category since July 20.

This was the last week until December where Collision won’t have college football as major competition. The show did go head-to-head with the UFC prelims on ESPN as well as MLB on Fox.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Collision’s overall viewership was down 19.9 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 18.8 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 17.3 percent in total viewers and up 8.3 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision draws best ratings in four weeks

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Saturday night’s AEW Collision episode averaged 406,000 viewers on TNT, up 9.7 percent from the previous week. It’s the best audience total for the show since July 20.

Collision drew a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demo, up 18.2 percent from last week. That’s also the highest rating the show has done in that category since the July 20 episode.

The show went head-to-head with the UFC prelims on ESPN as well as an NFL preseason game on the NFL Network. It had been up against the Olympics for the last three weeks.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Collision was down 15.8 percent in overall viewers and down 23.5 percent in 18-49.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 8.2 percent in overall viewers and up 8.3 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision ratings up for return to normal time slot

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Saturday night’s AEW Collision episode averaged 370,000 viewers on TNT, up 95.8 percent from the previous week (when the show aired in the afternoon to avoid going head-to-head with WWE SummerSlam). It’s the second-lowest audience total Collision has done in 2024 when not airing on the same day as a WWE PLE.

In the 18-49 demo, Collision drew a 0.11 rating. That’s up 37.5 percent from last week but is the lowest rating the show has done in 2024 on days without WWE competition.

The show went against the Olympics, NFL preseason football, and a UFC Fight Night event on Saturday night.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Collision’s overall audience was down 22.3 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 35.3 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 1.6 percent in viewers and down 8.3 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Saturday afternoon episode draws lowest viewership in AEW Collision history

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Saturday afternoon’s AEW Collision episode averaged 189,000 viewers on TNT, down 50.5 percent from the previous week. It’s the lowest audience total in the history of the show. The previous low was when Collision went head-to-head with WWE Royal Rumble this January and averaged 300,000 viewers.

In the 18-49 demo, Collision drew a 0.08 rating. That’s the second-lowest rating in show history, only beating the 0.06 that Collision drew against the Royal Rumble.

Collision did not go head-to-head with the WWE SummerSlam main card on Saturday. The episode (which was taped in advance) was moved to an earlier time slot, airing at 5 p.m. Eastern opposite the SummerSlam pre-show. Collision also went head-to-head with coverage of the Olympics on USA Network, NBC, and Peacock as well as a UFC event on ABC.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Collision was down 54.7 percent in overall viewers and down 38.5 percent in 18-49.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 52.6 percent in overall viewers and down 38.5 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision and Battle of the Belts ratings down

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Saturday night’s AEW Collision episode averaged 382,000 viewers on TNT, down 19.1 percent from the previous week. It’s the second-highest audience total the show has done since June 29.

Collision drew a 0.12 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 20 percent from last week and is the lowest number for the show since July 6.

Battle of the Belts XI aired on TNT immediately after Collision, averaging 308,000 viewers. That’s down 27 percent from the last Battle of the Belts special and is the lowest viewership total in the history of the show. It drew a 0.09 rating in the 18-49 demo, which ties the lowest rating in Battle of the Belts history.

Collision/Battle of the Belts went head-to-head with NBC’s Olympic coverage as well as the UFC 304 prelims and the start of the UFC 304 PPV broadcast.

As compared to the same week in 2023, the overall viewership for Collision was down 48.3 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 55.6 percent. Battle of the Belts (which aired two weeks earlier last year) was down 41.2 percent in overall viewers and down 40 percent in 18-49 as compared to the 2023 edition.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, along with the 10-week average in both categories. The full ratings history for Battle of the Belts is also listed.

AEW Collision ratings drop against WWE Money in the Bank

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Going head-to-head with WWE Money in the Bank, AEW Collision experienced a ratings drop on Saturday night.

The Collision episode averaged 306,000 viewers on TNT, down 27.5 percent from the previous week. It’s the second-lowest audience total the show has ever done on a Saturday night, ahead of only an episode from January 27 of this year that went against WWE Royal Rumble.

Collision drew a 0.08 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 33.3 percent from last week and ties the second-lowest rating the show has ever done, regardless of day of the week, again beating only the January 27 episode (which did a 0.06).

In both overall viewership and the 18-49 demo, Collision was slightly below what AEW Rampage drew on Friday night (309,000 viewers and a 0.10 demo rating for Rampage).

As compared to the same week in 2023, when there was no competition from WWE, Collision’s overall audience was down 47.2 percent year-over-year while its 18-49 rating was down 61.9 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 31.2 percent in overall viewers and down 42.9 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision ratings down for Forbidden Door go-home show

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Saturday night’s AEW Collision episode averaged 422,000 viewers on TNT, down 1.6 percent from the previous week. It’s the lowest audience total for the show since June 8.

Collision drew a 0.12 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 14.3 percent from the previous week and is the lowest rating Collision has done in that category since June 1.

The show went head-to-head with the UFC 303 prelims as well as the MLB on Fox and the Olympic trials on NBC.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Collision was down 6.6 percent in overall viewers and down 7.7 percent in 18-49. That episode one year ago aired on the same day as a WWE PLE (but did not go directly against it).

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 6.1 percent in overall viewers and down 14.3 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision 18-49 demo rating up, viewership down slightly

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Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 429,000 viewers on TNT, almost identical to the 431,000 viewers the show did the previous week. It’s the second-largest audience total for the show since May 18.

Collision finished fifth on the cable charts with a 0.14 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 7.7 percent from last week and is the best rating the show has done in that category since May 25.

Collision was the highest rated non-sports show on cable, trailing only the College Baseball World Series and Copa America soccer coverage that aired on two different stations.

As compared to the same week in 2023 (which was the second-ever episode of the show), Collision was down 27.9 percent in total viewers and down 33.3 percent in 18-49.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for AEW Collision, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 5.2 percent in overall viewers but steady in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision viewership up for anniversary episode

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Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 431,000 viewers on TNT, up 11.1 percent from the previous week. It’s the best audience total for the show since May 18.

Collision drew the same 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demo that it did last week. This ties the third-highest rating the show has done in that category since April 27. In the demo, Collision finished second for the night on cable, beating out a UFC Fight Night broadcast on ESPN2 that ranked fourth with a 0.11 rating.

Game four of the NHL Stanley Cup Final aired head-to-head with Collision and topped all of television with a 0.86 rating in the 18-49 demo on ABC. WWE also had a PLE earlier in the day from Scotland which usually has a negative effect on Collision’s ratings, but it didn’t seem to this week.

This was the one-year anniversary edition of Collision. As compared to the premiere episode (which featured the return of CM Punk), Collision was down 47.2 percent in viewership from one year ago this week and down 60.6 percent in 18-49.

Listed below are the overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for the last 11 weeks of Collision, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 5.3 percent in overall viewers and down 7.1 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision ratings up despite Stanley Cup Finals competition

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Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 388,000 viewers on TNT, up 2.7 percent from the previous week. This is tied for the third-lowest audience total the show has done since February 24.

Collision drew a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 18.2 percent from last week but ties the third-lowest rating the show has done in that category since March 30.

The show aired head-to-head with game one of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals on ABC as well as Fox’s coverage of a Los Angeles Dodgers vs. New York Yankees MLB game.

A UFC Fight Night show topped the cable charts on Saturday with a 0.22 rating and Collision finished fifth.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 14.9 percent in overall viewers and down 7.1 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision ratings down, ties second-lowest viewership of 2024

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Saturday night’s pre-taped episode of AEW Collision averaged 378,000 viewers on TNT, down 8.9 percent from the previous week when the show aired on TBS. It ties the lowest audience total Collision has done since January 27 (head-to-head with WWE Royal Rumble) and also ties the second-lowest viewership the show has done in 2024.

Collision drew a 0.11 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 26.7 percent from last week and also ties the lowest rating the show has done in that category since January 27.

An NHL Eastern Conference Finals game aired against Collision, averaging 3.016 million viewers (0.80 rating in 18-49) on ABC. There was also competition from the UFC 302 prelims on ESPN2.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 18 percent in overall viewers and down 21.4 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision viewership down, 18-49 demo rating steady

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Saturday night’s AEW Collision, the go-home show for Double or Nothing, averaged 415,000 viewers on TBS. That’s down 20.7 percent from last week when the show aired on its regular network TNT but up 9.8 percent from two weeks ago when it last aired on TBS. This is the second-lowest audience total the show has done since March 16 — with both episodes being the ones that aired on TBS.

Collision drew a 0.15 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s the same rating the show did last week and ties the second-highest number Collision has drawn so far in 2024.

The episode went head-to-head with the NBA Eastern Conference Finals on ABC (which averaged 6.482 million viewers) and the NHL Western Conference Finals on TNT (which averaged 1.46 million viewers).

WWE King & Queen of the Ring also took place on Saturday but aired earlier in the day.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 10.7 percent in viewers but up 7.1 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision and Rampage ratings both up

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– Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 523,000 viewers on TNT, up 38.4 percent from the previous week. It’s the second-largest audience total the show has done so far in 2024.

Collision drew a 0.15 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 25 percent from last week and ties the second-highest rating Collision has drawn in that category this year.

There was one NBA playoff game as competition on Saturday night in addition to an NHL playoff game.

– AEW Rampage, which immediately followed Collision on TNT, averaged 391,000 viewers. That’s up 14.3 percent from the previous week and is the second-largest viewership the show has done since March 20.

Rampage drew a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demo, up 18.2 percent from last week. It ties Rampage’s third-highest rating in that category since February 9.

As compared to the same week in 2023 (when the show aired on a Friday afternoon), Rampage’s overall audience was up 33.5 percent while its 18-49 rating was up 44.4 percent. It’s the fifth straight week the show has been up year-over-year in the key demo, although Rampage has been airing in a more favorable time slot with a wrestling lead-in this year.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision and Rampage, as well as the 10-week averages in both categories. As compared to the recent averages, Collision was up 16 percent in overall viewers and up 15.4 percent in 18-49. Rampage was up 8.4 percent overall and up 8.3 percent in 18-49.

NBA playoff lead-in boosts AEW Collision to best ratings of 2024

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Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision, which had the benefit of a lead-in from the NBA playoffs, averaged 621,000 viewers on TNT. That’s up 34.7 percent from the previous week and is the largest audience total Collision has done since July 29 of last year. 

Collision drew a 0.21 rating in the 18-49 demo, up 61.5 percent from last week. It’s also the best rating the show has done in that category since July 29 and is the third-highest rating Collision has drawn in its history.

With the lead-in from the NBA, the first 10 minutes of Collision drew a 0.49 rating in 18-49.

AEW Rampage, which aired immediately after Collision, averaged 293,000 viewers. That’s down 26.2 percent from last week, when it followed a Collision episode that averaged far less viewers. This Rampage did start a half hour later, however.

Rampaged drew a 0.09 rating in the 18-49 demo, down 30.8 percent from last week.

The overall audience is Rampage’s second lowest of 2024 to date, while the 18-49 rating is tied for Rampage’s third-lowest rating of the year in that category.

This week, Rampage will again be airing outside of its normal Friday time slot. There will be a live episode of the show after Dynamite on Wednesday.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for both Collision and Rampage, as well as the 10-week averages in both categories. As compared to the recent averages, Collision was up 41 percent in overall viewers and up 61.5 percent in 18-49. Rampage was down 17.4 percent in overall viewers and down 18.2 percent in the demo.