Raw Rating 9/3

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8:00- 4.308 million viewers
9:00- 4.395 million viewers
10:00- 3.907 million viewers

Viewer totals courtesy of TVbytheNumbers.com

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

That drop, ouch.

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Damn and with MNF starting next week, they are looking at 3.5m across the show. 3 hours won't make it past Rumble I think.

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People are burned out after two hours. I know that I am.

[Deleted]

Wow. One on the one hand, it seems people are tuning into hour one which is good, the fans now know it starts an hour earlier.

On on the other hand, that hour three drop is REALLY telling. The fans are getting burnt out throughout the show and can't stand to stick around, even if Cena is in the main event.

[hitch]

Can't sustain an audience for three hours. It's a ridiculous decision to go for that long.

[kidglov3s]

Toward the end of my three hour lecture yesterday it occurred to me that it went by a hell of a lot faster than a three hour Raw.

[Snaptastic]

Punk + Heyman =/= ratings

[TCM]

I'm scared to see the breakdown, because Cena/Del Rio was pretty awesome. What time did #wwehug come on? I would hate for that to have lost viewers.

[kidglov3s]

Sept 5, 2012 16:36:20 GMT -5 TCM said:

I'm scared to see the breakdown, because Cena/Del Rio was pretty awesome. What time did #wwehug come on? I would hate for that to have lost viewers.

It was around 10:00-10:10pm. If that had been the overrun, and it ended on the hug, might've been one of the best overruns of all time.

[Mista T]

dat drop. its called kids have to go to bed

[g1megatronfan]

3 hrs is way too long for a wrestling show. Especially when they were doing good to make a 2 hr show enjoyable.

[Arrow]

Sept 5, 2012 16:40:00 GMT -5 Mista T said:

dat drop. its called kids have to go to bed

The show didn't seem to have that problem before. It's not like Raw ends any later than it used to.

I think it's the fact that three hours is really pushing it. Unless your program is top-notch, compelling television then people are going to get burned out after two hours. Hell, I was actually enjoying Raw for the most part Monday, but I certainly didn't have the willpower to keep watching for a third hour and just switched to something else.

[Celgress]

Sept 5, 2012 16:18:44 GMT -5 @akeem said:

People are burned out after two hours. I know that I am.

I couldn't agree with you more. As WCW taught us, and as WWE should have learned by now, regular three hour shows are just too long.

[Metalheadbanger Man]

Maybe people thought CM Punk wouldn't actually come back. These people maybe have never watched a wrestling show before, but that might be a reason.

Or they were so devastated over Swagger leaving that they just tuned out altogether.

[Dub H]

Sept 5, 2012 16:53:07 GMT -5 Metalheadbanger Man said:

Or they were so devastated over Swagger leaving that they just tuned out altogether.

I know i was i'm sure that is the main reason!

[thecrusherwi]

I don't think it's 3 hours as much as it's the product. It a really boring, stale, slow paced show that ALSO is on for 3 long hours.

The last few months, I'm burned out on Raw when I think about even turning it on. With MNF starting this week, I doubt I'll watch much Raw until January. I still like wrestling, hell I still like WWE, but thought of sitting down and watching 3 hours of Raw is incredibly unappealing to me at the moment.

I almost wish they'd go back to the 1 hour format.

[Texas Tornado]

Not only am I usually burned out by the third hour, but boy was I PISSED when Punk walked out of the show. I literally changed the channel until the main event. I know they wanted to try and find some way to get Punk heat in Chicago, but I really hope other people did that as well. Absolutely stupid move.

[revolver86]

I guess I don't mind the 3 hours because I don't own a TV and go to my folk's once a week to watch RAW. It's the only show I watch, lol.

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WWE News: Raw TV ratings are in for Monday's Labor Day show - fewest third-hour viewers of 2012

Sep 5, 2012 - 5:35:03 PM
By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor


WWE Raw on Labor Day Monday, September 3, 2012 scored a 2.83 rating for all three hours, down 10 percent from a 3.14 rating the previous two weeks. It was the lowest overall rating since May 28.

The standard two-hour rating was a 2.85 rating, which was the result of the final hour (not the new first hour) dragging down the overall rating.

- Raw averaged 4.20 million viewers for all three hours, which was the second-fewest of the 3-Hour Raw era. Again, the average was dragged down by the final hour (as opposed to the new first hour).

The final hour averaged a year-low 3.91 million viewers. The score was lower than the final hour of the May 28 episode (against the NBA Playoffs and Hatfield & McCoy combo) and the January 9 episode (against the BCS National Title game). The previous final-hour-low was 3.85 million viewers on November 7, 2011.

The hour-by-hour break down of Raw was 4.31 million first hour viewers, 4.40 million second hour viewers, and a steep decline to 3.91 million third hour viewers.

- Externally, Raw's final hour was opposed by a down-to-the-wire conclusion to ESPN's college football game, which averaged 4.30 million viewers overall, two episodes of "Pawn Stars" on History, and a TNT drama, "Perception," which outdrew Raw.

As a result, Raw ranked #5 in overall viewers Monday night. Raw did rank #1 in key male demographics despite significant drop-offs in adult male viewers compared to last week.

Raw's m18-34 rating was down three-tenths of a rating compared to last week, the m18-49 rating was down nearly three-tenths, and males 12-34 was down one-and-a-half-tenths. Meanwhile, the unpredictable teen males 12-17 rating swung up three-tenths after swinging down five-tenths the previous week.

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