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WWE SmackDown ratings up despite NCAA competition

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Friday night’s episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 1.439 million viewers on the USA Network, up 1.4% from the previous week. It’s the highest audience for the show since February 6th and the second highest since September 5th of last year.

SmackDown averaged a 0.32 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s the same rating the show did last week and ties the second best rating the show has done in that category since the February 6th episode.

The show went head to head with coverage of the NCAA Tournament in college basketball on CBS, TNT, TBS and Tru TV which dominated the cable charts. It was the highest rated show on TV not related to basketball.

As compared to the same week in 2025, against similar competition, the overall viewership was down 1.4% while the 18-49 rating was down 18%.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for WWE SmackDown as well as the 10 week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 22.3% in overall viewers and 14.3% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.

Date18-49Total viewers
1/9/20260.26990,000
1/16/20260.21968,000
1/23/20260.22943,000
1/30/20260.291,260,000
2/6/20260.351,459,000
2/13/20260.261,042,000
2/20/20260.291,113,000
2/27/20260.341,379,000
3/6/20260.271,190,000
3/13/20260.321,419,000
3/20/20260.321,439,000
10 week average0.281,176,300

AEW Dynamite ratings way up for Revolution fallout

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 730,000 viewers on TBS, up 17.9% from the previous week. It’s the largest audience for the show since June 18th of last year.

Dynamite averaged a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 30% from last week and was the second highest rating the show has done in that category since November 12th.

The show went head to head with Tru TV’s coverage of NCAA tournament play-in games which dominated the cable charts as well as CBS’s Survivor, which topped all television in both total viewers and 18-49. The show finished 8th on the cable charts for the night in the key demo.

As compared to the same week in 2025 the overall viewership was up 10.9% while the 18-49 rating was down 31.6%. It’s the 7th week out of the last 8 that the show has had a year over year increase in total viewers.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for AEW Dynamite on TBS as well as the 10 week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 20.8% in overall viewers and 30% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.

DateAEW 18-49AEW total viewers
1/7/20250.08516,000
1/14/20260.08526,000
1/21/20260.08498,000
1/28/20260.09653,000
2/4/20260.15654,000
2/11/20260.12604,000
2/18/20260.12692,000
2/25/20260.1633,000
3/4/20260.12650,000
3/11/20260.09619,000
3/18/20260.13730,000
*10 wk avg0.10604,500

WWE SmackDown viewership and 18-49 rating both up

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Friday night’s episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 1.419 million viewers on the USA Network, up 19.2% from the previous week. It’s the second largest audience for the show since September 5th of last year.

SmackDown averaged a 0.32 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 18.5% from the prior week and was the third highest rating the show has done in that category since the September 26th episode.

The show went head to head with FOX’s coverage of the World Baseball Classic as well as various college basketball conference championship games across several cable stations. The show finished 4th on the prime time cable charts in the 18-49 demo, trailing three separate basketball broadcasts on ESPN.

As compared to the same week in 2025, the overall viewership was down 9.7% while the 18-49 rating was down 38.5%.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for WWE SmackDown as well as the 10 week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 23.2% in overall viewers and 14.3% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.

Date18-49Total viewers
1/2/20260.281,175,000
1/9/20260.26990,000
1/16/20260.21968,000
1/23/20260.22943,000
1/30/20260.291,260,000
2/6/20260.351,459,000
2/13/20260.261,042,000
2/20/20260.291,113,000
2/27/20260.341,379,000
3/6/20260.271,190,000
3/13/20260.321,419,000
10 week average0.281,151,900

AEW Collision ratings up for Revolution go-home show

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 458,000 viewers on TNT, up 23.8% from the previous week. It’s the highest audience for the show since February 21st.

Collision averaged a 0.07 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 40% from last week and was also the highest rating the show has done in that category since the February 21st episode.

On a Saturday night with the typical heavy sports competition, Collision finished tied for 19th on the primetime cable charts for the night in the 18-49 demo. It went head to head with UFC on Paramount+, the WBC on FOX, and college basketball games on various cable and network stations which dominated the charts.

As compared to the same week in 2025 the overall viewership was up 12.3% while the 18-49 rating was down 30%.

Listed below are the last 10 weeks of available overall viewership and 18-49 rating totals as well as the 9 week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 20.8% in overall viewers and 16.7% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.

DateCollision 18-49Collision overall
1/3/20260.03241,000
1/10/20260.03271,000
1/17/2026
1/24/20260.02253,000
1/31/20260.07492,000
2/7/20260.07388,000
2/14/20260.1561,000
2/21/20260.08470,000
2/28/20260.06365,000
3/7/20260.05370,000
3/14/20260.07458,000
*10 wk avg0.06379,000
*not includingcurrent week

AEW Collision viewership up, 18-49 demo rating down

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 370,000 viewers on TNT, up 1.4 percent from the prior week. This is the second-lowest audience total for the show since January 24.

In the 18-49 demo, Collision drew a 0.05 rating. That’s down 16.7 percent from last week and is also the lowest rating the show has done in that category since the January 24 episode.

The show faced very strong competition head-to-head with Fox airing the World Baseball Classic, which topped all of television, as well as going up against CBS’ two hours of UFC 365 and WWE NXT’s Vengeance Day PLE on Peacock.

As compared to the same week in 2025, Collision’s overall viewership was up 1.9 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 50 percent.

Listed below are the last 10 weeks of available viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision (with the numbers for the January 17 edition still not reported), as well as the nine-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 2.2 percent in overall viewers but down 16.7 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision ratings —

DateCollision 18-49Collision overall
12/25/20250.04217,000
1/3/20260.03241,000
1/10/20260.03271,000
1/17/2026
1/24/20260.02253,000
1/31/20260.07492,000
2/7/20260.07388,000
2/14/20260.1561,000
2/21/20260.08470,000
2/28/20260.06365,000
3/7/20260.05370,000
*10 wk avg0.06362,000
*not includingcurrent week

WWE SmackDown ratings down for Elimination Chamber fallout episode

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown episode averaged 1.19 million viewers on USA Network, down 13.7 percent from the previous week. It’s the lowest audience total the show has done on USA since January 23, which was prior to when Nielsen adjusted the way it determines ratings using the Big Data + Panel measurement system.

The show featured the fallout from Elimination Chamber and included a WWE Championship change with Cody Rhodes defeating Drew McIntyre. It drew a 0.27 rating in the 18-49 demo, which is down 20.6 percent from last week and is also the lowest rating SmackDown has done in that category on USA since the January 23 episode.

The show had tougher-than-usual sports competition, going head-to-head with an NBA game on ESPN that topped the cable charts with a 0.40 rating in the 18-49 demo and nearly 1.7 million viewers overall. SmackDown was also up against Fox’s coverage of the World Baseball Classic which averaged nearly 2.8 million viewers and a 0.72 rating in 18-49.

As compared to the same week in 2025, SmackDown’s overall viewership was down 31.7 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 48.1 percent.

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 up 3.8 percent in viewers but down 3.6 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

WWE SmackDown ratings —

Date18-49Total viewers
12/26/20250.271,138,000
1/2/20260.281,175,000
1/9/20260.26990,000
1/16/20260.21968,000
1/23/20260.22943,000
1/30/20260.291,260,000
2/6/20260.351,459,000
2/13/20260.261,042,000
2/20/20260.291,113,000
2/27/20260.341,379,000
3/6/20260.271,190,000
10 week average0.281,146,700

TNA Impact ratings up for live episode

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Last week’s episode of TNA’s Thursday Night Impact on AMC averaged 249,000 viewers, up 6.9% from the previous week. It’s the second highest audience the show has done since debuting on the network.

Impact averaged a 0.04 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 33.3% from the prior week and ties the 4th highest rating the show has done in that category among the 8 episodes that have aired so far.

Impact tied for 61st among prime time cable network programming for that night. It was head to head with an NHL game on ESPN that topped the cable charts with a 0.26 18-49 rating and 808,000 viewers.

Listed below are the overall viewership and 18-49 demo rating for each episode of TNA Impact that has aired thus far on AMC along with the 7 week average in both categories. This episode was up 15.7% in overall viewers and even in 18-49 as compared to the averages prior to last week.

DateImpact 18-49Impact T.V.
1/15/20260.04173,000
1/22/20260.03171,000
1/29/20260.04201,000
2/5/20260.05241,000
2/12/20260.05254,000
2/19/20260.05233,000
2/26/20260.03233,000
3/5/20260.04249,000
*10 wk avg0.04215,143

WWE SmackDown ratings up with return to USA Network

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Friday night’s episode of WWE Smackdown averaged 1.379 million viewers on the USA Network, up 23.9% from the previous week’s airing on SyFy. It’s the second highest audience for the show since September 5th of last year.

Smackdown averaged a 0.34 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 17.2% from the prior week and ties the second highest rating the show has done in that category since September 19th. Despite airing head to head with an NBA game on ESPN that topped the cable charts, the show finished second on the cable charts in the key demo and fifth overall on television for the night.

As compared to the same week in 2025 the overall viewership was down 20.3% while the 18-49 rating was down 36.4%.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for WWE Smackdown as well as the 10 week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 24.4% in overall viewers and 30.8% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.

Date18-49Total viewers
12/19/20250.21995,000
12/26/20250.271,138,000
1/2/20260.281,175,000
1/9/20260.26990,000
1/16/20260.21968,000
1/23/20260.22943,000
1/30/20260.291,260,000
2/6/20260.351,459,000
2/13/20260.261,042,000
2/20/20260.291,113,000
2/27/20260.341,379,000
10 week average0.261,108,300

AEW Collision ratings down against WWE Elimination Chamber

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 365,000 viewers on TNT, down 22.3% from the previous week. It’s the lowest audience reported for the show since January 24th, prior to when Nielsen made their latest adjustments to the way they determined ratings using the Big Data + Panel measurement system.

Collision averaged a 0.06 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 25% from last week and is also the lowest number the show had done in that category since the January 24th episode. The show had major competition with an NBA game on ESPN, College basketball on CBS and WWE’s broadcast of Elimination Chamber on ESPN+.

As compared to the same week in 2025 the overall viewership was up 30.4% while the 18-49 rating was identical.

Listed below are the last 10 weeks of available overall viewership and 18-49 rating, with the numbers for the January 17th show still not being reported, as well as the 10 week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 1.8% in overall viewership and 20% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.

DateCollision 18-49Collision overall
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
1/31/20260.07492,000
2/7/20260.07388,000
2/14/20260.1561,000
2/21/20260.08470,000
2/28/20260.06365,000
*10 wk avg0.05358,444

TNA Impact viewership steady, 18-49 demo rating down

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

The Thursday, February 26 episode of TNA Impact averaged 233,000 viewers on AMC, identical to the viewership number the show did the previous week. This ties the lowest audience total for Impact since January 29.

In the 18-49 demo, Impact drew a 0.03 rating. That’s down 40 percent from the prior week and matches the lowest rating the show has done in that category since debuting on AMC.

On a night with no major sports competition but network TV returning with all new programming on the major networks, Impact tied for 96th on the cable charts in the 18-49 demo.

Listed below are the viewership totals and 18-49 rating for each episode of Thursday Night Impact that’s aired so far on AMC, along with the average in each category prior to the current week. Last week’s show was up 9.8 percent in viewers but down 25 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

TNA Impact ratings —

DateImpact 18-49Impact T.V.
1/15/20260.04173,000
1/22/20260.03171,000
1/29/20260.04201,000
2/5/20260.05241,000
2/12/20260.05254,000
2/19/20260.05233,000
2/26/20260.03233,000
*10 wk avg0.04212,167
*not includingcurrent week

AEW Dynamite viewership & 18-49 ratings drop

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 633,000 viewers on TBS, down 8.5% from the previous week. It’s the second lowest audience for the show since Nielsen adjusted the way they report numbers using the Big Data + Panel method.

Dynamite averaged a 0.10 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 16.7% from last week and is the lowest audience the show has done in that category since January 28th.

Dynamite went head to head with the 50th season premiere of CBS’s Survivor as well as the NBA on ESPN and the NHL on TNT. The show finished 15th on the prime time cable charts on the night.

As compared to the same week in 2025 the overall viewership was up 5.9% while the 18-49 rating was down 44.4%.

Listed below are the last 10 weeks of available overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for AEW Dynamite on TBS, with the numbers for the Christmas Eve episode still not being reported, along with the 9 week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 12.8% in overall viewers but even in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.

DateAEW 18-49AEW total viewers
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
2/4/20260.15654,000
2/11/20260.12604,000
2/18/20260.12692,000
2/25/20260.1633,000
*10 wk avg0.10561,333
*not includingcurrent week

TNA Impact viewership down, 18-49 rating steady

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Last week’s episode of TNA Impact averaged 233,000 viewers on AMC, down 8.3% from the previous week. It’s the lowest audience for the show since January 29th.

Impact averaged a 0.05 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s the same rating the show did last week and ties the highest rating the show has done on the station.

The show went head to head with NBC’s coverage of the Winter Olympics, which also aired on Peacock and the USA Network, and tied for 54th on the primetime cable charts for the night.

Listed below are the overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for each episode of TNA Impact that has aired so far on AMC along with the average in both categories. This week’s show was up 9.8% in overall viewers and 25% in 18-49 as opposed to the averages so far.

DateImpact 18-49Impact T.V.
1/15/20260.04173,000
1/22/20260.03171,000
1/29/20260.04201,000
2/5/20260.05241,000
2/12/20260.05254,000
2/19/20260.05233,000
*10 wk avg0.04212,167
*not includingcurrent week

AEW Dynamite viewership reaches highest levels since August

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Last week’s episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 692,000 viewers on TBS, up 14.6% from the previous week. It’s the largest audience for the show since August 6th of last year.

Dynamite averaged the same 0.12 rating in the 18-49 demo that the show did last week. That ties the second highest rating the show has done in that category since the Grand Slam Mexico show in September.

The show went head to head with coverage of the Winter Olympics on NBC, Peacock and the USA Network but still finished sixth overall in the primetime cable ratings for the night.

As compared to the same week in 2025, the overall viewership was up 22.9% while the 18-49 rating was down 29.4%.

Listed below are the last 10 week of available overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings with the numbers for the Christmas Eve episode still not being reported along with the 9 week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 27.7% in overall viewers and 33.3% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.

DateAEW 18-49AEW total viewers
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
2/4/20260.15654,000
2/11/20260.12604,000
2/18/20260.12692,000
“10 wk avg0.09541,778
*not includingcurrent week

TNA Impact scores highest audience to date on AMC

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Last week’s episode of TNA Impact averaged 254,000 viewers on AMC, up 5.4% from the previous week. It’s the largest audience the show has done since starting on the network last month.

Impact averaged a 0.05 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s the same rating the show did the prior week and also ties the largest rating the show has done in that category on AMC. They tied for 51st on the prime time cable ratings for the night.

It’s notable that beginning the week of January 26th, all wrestling ratings shows had a noticable increase in both total viewers and demo rating as Nielsen changed the way it determines those numbers via the the Big Data + Panel system.

Listed below are the overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for each episode of Thursday Night Impact on AMC to date along with the averages in each category prior to last week’s episode. That show was up 22.1% in overall viewers and 25% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.

DateImpact 18-49Impact T.V.
1/15/20260.04173,000
1/22/20260.03171,000
1/29/20260.04201,000
2/5/20260.05241,000
2/12/20260.05254,000
*10 wk avg0.04208,000
*not includingcurrent week