More on AEW Dynamite Week 236 Viewership – April 10, 2024, Rampage Week 137 – April 5, Collision Week 40 – April 6

Apr 14, 2024

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for April 10th

The April 10th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW gain a large increase in overall viewership and key demographic ratings.

AEW drew 819,000 viewers and a 0.30 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 3rd place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reasons for AEW’s increases this week was due to the large gains from their younger key demographic viewership, older male key demographic viewership, and older female key demographic viewership groups, which were up 64.8%, 11%, and 25.5% respectively compared to last week’s show. Another reason reportedly was due to interest over AEW’s airing footage of the Jack Perry & CM Punk backstage altercation at this past August’s All In event. Meltzer reported that AEW’s lead-in programming Big Bang Theory drew a higher than usual 1,115,000 viewers and a 0.24 key demographic rating.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the NBA game of Dallas Mavericks vs. Miami Heat drew 1,233,000 viewers on ESPN, the NHL game of Las Vegas Golden Knights vs. Edmonton Oilers drew 211,000 viewers on TNT, the MLB game of Baltimore Orioles vs. Boston Red Sox drew 626,000 viewers on MLB TV, Survivor drew 4,636,000 viewers on CBS, My 600-LB Life drew 435,000 viewers on TLC, House Hunters Repack drew 734,000 viewers on Home & Garden TV, and Top Chef drew 516,000 viewers on BRAVO.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 400,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 was 85,000 viewers (up 46.6%), Females 18-34 was 65,000 viewers (up 97%), Males 35-49 was 181,000 viewers (up 11%), and Females 35-49 was 69,000 viewers (up 25.5%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s male/female viewership split was 266,000 male viewers and 134,000 female viewers for a split of 65.5% in favor of males.

In terms of the one million viewership milestone, none of AEW’s eight quarters drew one million or more viewers. AEW’s peak quarter hour viewership was at 981,000 viewers for their first quarter while their quarter low was at 723,000 viewers for their eighth quarter.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 5.4% in overall viewership but up 9.6% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was down 14.3% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 981,000 overall viewers and 433,000 key demo viewers (Samoa Joe & Swerve Strickland brawl segment and first half of the TNT Championship Cope Open match of Penta El Zero Miedo vs. Adam Copeland (c))
2Q – 857,000 overall viewers and 410,000 key demo viewers (Latter half of the TNT Championship Cope Open match)
3Q – 880,000 overall viewers and 449,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the TNT Championship Cope Open match & post-match brawl with Brody King, Julia Hart, & Willow Nightingale, the Chris Jericho, HOOK, & Katsuyori Shibata backstage interview segment, the Mark Briscoe, Eddie Kingston, Copeland, Nightingale, & Stokely Hathaway backstage segment, and the Young Bucks backstage promo & Jack Perry & CM Punk All In backstage altercation footage segment)
4Q – 822,000 overall viewers and 426,000 key demo viewers (FTR promo segment, the Bryan Danielson video promo segment, and the Will Ospreay interview segment)
5Q – 767,000 overall viewers and 384,000 key demo viewers (Julia Hart video promo segment and the LionHOOK & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Shane Taylor Promotions Trios match)
6Q – 761,000 overall viewers and 375,000 key demo viewers (Dustin Rhodes backstage interview segment, the Kazuchika Okada vs. Cristiano Argento match & post-match Okada promo & brawl with PAC, FTR, & Young Bucks, the Bullet Club Gold backstage promo segment, and the “Timeless” Toni Storm & Thunder Rosa promo segment with Luther & brawl with Deonna Purrazzo)
7Q – 759,000 overall viewers and 372,000 key demo viewers (Mariah May vs. Anna Jay match & post-match brawl with Mina Shirakawa and the Mercedes Mone backstage interview segment)
8Q – 723,000 overall viewers and 353,000 key demo viewers (AEW World Championship Eliminator match of Dustin Rhodes vs. Samoa Joe & post-match brawl with Swerve Strickland)

More on AEW Rampage Viewership for April 5th

The April 5th episode of AEW Rampage saw AEW suffer a very large decline in overall viewership and a large decline in key demographic ratings and key demographic rankings.

AEW drew 267,000 viewers and a 0.08 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 35th place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the reason for AEW’s declines that week was due a combination of very stiff sports competition that night from the 2024 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament and also from WWE’s 2024 Hall of Fame ceremony and ROH’s Supercard of Honor 2024 event. Another reason reportedly was due to the large decline in their key demographic viewership group, which was down 32.9% compared to the prior week’s show. Meltzer reported that AEW’s overall viewership was the lowest for a regular Rampage show in Rampage series history.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2024 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament game of Iowa vs. UConn drew 13,911,000 viewers on ESPN, the NBA game of Minnesota Timberwolevs vs. Phoenix Suns drew 285,000 viewers on NBA TV, On Patrol Live drew 752,000 viewers on REELZ Channel, 90 Day Fiance First Look drew 379,000 viewers on TLC, and House Hunters drew 664,000 viewers on Home & Garden TV.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 100,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 was 13,000 viewers, Females 18-34 was 15,000 viewers, Males 35-49 was 47,000 viewers, and Females 35-49 was 25,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that AEW’s male/female viewership split was 60,000 male viewers and 40,000 female viewers for a split of 60% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 46.9% in overall viewership and down 53.9% in key demographic viewership.

AEW Rampage quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 313,000 overall viewers and 109,000 key demo viewers (Malakai Black vs. Christopher Daniels match)
2Q – 280,000 overall viewers and 92,000 key demo viewers (Roderick Strong & London Lightning pre-match promo & AEW International Championship Eliminator match of Lightning vs. Strong, the Leyla Hirsch backstage interview segment, and the start of the Serena Deeb vs. Trish Adora match)
3Q – 241,000 overall viewers and 104,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Deeb vs. Adora match, the Julia Hart backstage promo segment, and the Saraya, Harely Cameron, & Zak Knight backstage promo segment)
4Q – 233,000 overall viewers and 94,000 key demo viewers (Final Four Elimination match of Komander vs. Bryan Keith vs. Daniel Garcia vs. Action Andretti)

More on AEW Collision Viewership for April 6th

The April 6th episode of AEW Collision saw AEW gain a small increase in key demographic ratings and key demographic rankings and a slight increase in overall viewership. That week’s show was notable for airing at a later than usual 11:30PM EST start time due to TNT’s 2024 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament commitments that night.

AEW drew 463,000 viewers and a 0.15 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 21st place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reasons for AEW’s increases that week was due to a combination of a very strong lead-in viewership from the 2024 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament game of UConn vs. Alabama and post-show coverage, which drew 6,391,000 viewers and 2,120,000 viewers respectively. This reportedly offset the very late start time for the show and the first-to-second hour viewership drop of 76%.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, Impractical Jokers drew 719,000 viewers on TBS and On Patrol Live drew 692,000 viewers on REELZ Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 204,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 41,000 viewers, Females 18-34 had 23,000 viewers, Males 35-49 had 86,000 viewers, and Females 35-49 had 54,000 viewers (down 66.7%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s male/female viewership split was 127,000 male viewers and 77,000 female viewers for a split of 62.3% in favor of males.

AEW Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 1,002,000 overall viewers and 368,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament Semifinal Round match of FTR vs. Top Flight)
2Q – 671,000 overall viewers and 281,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the FTR vs. Top Flight match, the Kazuchika Okada video segment narrated by Young Bucks, and the PAC vs. Encore Moore match & post-match promo by PAC)
3Q – 547,000 overall viewers and 242,000 key demo viewers (Bryan Danielson backstage interview segment and the bulk of Chris Jericho & HOOK vs. Shane Taylor Promotions tag team match)
4Q – 443,000 overall viewers and 221,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Jericho & HOOK vs. Shane Taylor Promotions tag team match & post-match brawl with Anthony Ogogo, the Dustin Rhodes backstage promo segment, and the Will Ospreay backstage interview segment)
5Q – 367,000 overall viewers and 168,000 key demo viewers (House of Black vs. Christopher Daniels, Matt Sydal, & Bryan Keith Trios match & post-match brawl with Adam Copeland, Mark Briscoe, FTR, & Young Bucks)
6Q – 321,000 overall viewers and 145,000 key demo viewers (Rocky Romero & Undisputed Kingdom backstage promo segment, the Chris Jericho, HOOK, & Katsuyori Shibata backstage segment, the Young Bucks All In backstage footage announcement segment, and the start of the Yuka Sakazaki vs. Trish Adora match)
7Q – 282,000 overall viewers and 139,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Sakazaki vs. Adora match & post-match angle with Serena Deeb, the Daniel Garcia & Matt Menard backstage promo segment, the Claudio Castagnoli vs. The Butcher match, and the Julia Hart & Skye Blue backstage promo segment)
8Q – 236,000 overall viewers and 119,000 key demo viewers (Samoa Joe backstage promo segment and the bulk of the Penta El Zero Miedo vs. Komander match)
Overrun (1 minute) – 234,000 overall viewers and 126,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Penta vs. Komander match & post-match angle with Adam Copeland)