In a night that was dominated by US election news coverage, AEW and NXT were both down, and Dynamite was back on top of NXT after Halloween Havoc beat them last week.
AEW Dynamite drew 717,000 viewers on TNT, down from last week’s 781,000 viewers.
NXT drew 610,000 viewers on USA, down from last week’s 876,000 viewers.
In the 18-49 demographic, AEW was #56 on cable for the day with a 0.30 rating (down from 0.32 last week), while NXT was #68 with a 0.14 rating (down from 0.25).
News channels dominated cable viewership, taking the top 54 spots on cable (in 18-49) for the day. AEW Dynamite was the #2 rated non-news show on cable, behind “Real Housewives of OC” on Bravo (1,012,000 viewers, 0.32 rating).
More Wednesday ratings: Showbuzz Daily
| Date | AEW | NXT |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/11/04 | 717,000 | 610,000 |
| 2020/10/28 | 781,000 | 876,000 |
| 2020/10/21 | 753,000 | 644,000 |
| 2020/10/14 | 826,000 | 651,000 |
| 2020/10/07 | 753,000 | 639,000 |
| 2020/09/30 | 866,000 | 732,000 |
| 2020/09/23 | 835,000 | 696,000 |
| 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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