With both shows back head to head for the first time in weeks, AEW again came out on top of NXT.
AEW Dynamite drew 886,000 viewers on TNT, down from last week’s 1,016,000 viewers.
NXT drew 689,000 viewers on USA, down from last week’s 838,000 viewers.
AEW nearly doubled NXT in the 18-49 demographic, coming in at #3 on cable for the day with a 0.34 rating (down from 0.37 last week), while NXT was #31 with a 0.18 rating (down from 0.22).
More Wednesday ratings: Showbuzz Daily
| Date | AEW | NXT |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/09/16 | 886,000 | 689,000 |
| 2020/09/09 | 1,016,000 | – |
| 2020/09/08 | – | 838,000 |
| 2020/09/02 | 928,000 | – |
| 2020/09/01 | – | 849,000 |
| 2020/08/27 | 813,000 | – |
| 2020/08/26 | – | 824,000 |
| 2020/08/22 | 755,000 | – |
| 2020/08/19 | – | 853,000 |
| 2020/08/12 | 792,000 | 619,000 |
| 2020/08/05 | 901,000 | 753,000 |
| 2020/07/29 | 773,000 | 707,000 |
| 2020/07/22 | 845,000 | 615,000 |
| 2020/07/15 | 788,000 | 631,000 |
| 2020/07/08 | 715,000 | 759,000 |
| 2020/07/01 | 748,000 | 792,000 |
| 2020/06/24 | 633,000 | 786,000 |
| 2020/06/17 | 772,000 | 746,000 |
| 2020/06/10 | 677,000 | 673,000 |
| 2020/06/03 | 730,000 | 715,000 |
| 2020/05/27 | 827,000 | 731,000 |
| 2020/05/20 | 701,000 | 592,000 |
| 2020/05/13 | 654,000 | 604,000 |
| 2020/05/06 | 732,000 | 663,000 |
| 2020/04/29 | 693,000 | 637,000 |
| 2020/04/22 | 731,000 | 665,000 |
| 2020/04/15 | 683,000 | 692,000 |
| 2020/04/08 | 692,000 | 693,000 |
| 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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