AEW beat NXT again, but both empty arena shows were significantly down this week.
AEW Dynamite drew 685,000 viewers on TNT, down from last week’s 819,000 viewers.
NXT drew 590,000 viewers on USA, down from last week’s 669,000 viewers.
That’s the third lowest Dynamite number ever (663k on 11/27 and 683k on 12/18) and fourth lowest NXT number ever (542k on 3/18, 548k on 1/1, 580k on 10/30).
AEW was #37 for the day on cable in the 18-49 demographic with a 0.25 rating, while NXT was #74 with a 0.15 rating. News programming mostly dominated the night again.
More Wednesday ratings: Showbuzz Daily
| Date | AEW | NXT |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/04/01 | 685,000 | 590,000 |
| 2020/03/25 | 819,000 | 669,000 |
| 2020/03/18 | 932,000 | 542,000 |
| 2020/03/11 | 766,000 | 697,000 |
| 2020/03/04 | 906,000 | 718,000 |
| 2020/02/26 | 865,000 | 717,000 |
| 2020/02/19 | 893,000 | 794,000 |
| 2020/02/12 | 817,000 | 757,000 |
| 2020/02/05 | 928,000 | 770,000 |
| 2020/01/29 | 828,000 | 712,000 |
| 2020/01/22 | 871,000 | 769,000 |
| 2020/01/15 | 940,000 | 700,000 |
| 2020/01/08 | 947,000 | 721,000 |
| 2020/01/01 | 967,000 | 548,000 |
| 2019/12/25 | – | 831,000 |
| 2019/12/18 | 683,000 | 795,000 |
| 2019/12/11 | 778,000 | 778,000 |
| 2019/12/04 | 851,000 | 845,000 |
| 2019/11/27 | 663,000 | 810,000 |
| 2019/11/20 | 893,000 | 916,000 |
| 2019/11/13 | 957,000 | 750,000 |
| 2019/11/06 | 822,000 | 813,000 |
| 2019/10/30 | 759,000 | 580,000 |
| 2019/10/23 | 963,000 | 698,000 |
| 2019/10/16 | 1,014,000 | 712,000 |
| 2019/10/09 | 1,018,000 | 790,000 |
| 2019/10/02 | 1,409,000 | 891,000 |
| 2019/09/25 | – | 1,006,000 |
| 2019/09/18 | – | 1,179,000 |

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