Collision/Battle of the Belts rating

[markymark]

Battle of the Belts still did its best rating since BOTB 2 despite the weather issues.

[firsttimelongtime]

Seems like we found what the base line is for a Collusion with a Punk match. This week will probably be a bad number.

I think the more interesting number will be FTR vs MJF/Cole in two weeks.

[Kalmia]

That's really good for Battle of the Belts. I thought there might have been a larger drop-off between the second and third hours but it looks like AEW kept most of the audience for the extra hour.

Quick, hide the numbers before anyone at WBD gets the idea to expand Collision or Dynamite to three hours every week.

[salz4life]

I was just thinking.... what does SNL now do on late Saturday nights? I'm wondering how the BOTB number compares. I know its probably not fair to compare because the times are different... but just curious.

[markymark]

[markymark]

UFC Fight Night on ESPN drew an average of 995,000 and a 0.38 rating, easily landing no. 1 for the night on cable. Collision was no. 2. A movie on FX drew 674,000 viewers, but had a lower 18-49 demo rating of 0.16 and finished third on cable among all shows.

www.pwtorch.com/site/2023/07/18/aew-collision-ratings-report-6-15-fifth-episode-draws-similar-to-last-weeks-rating-key-metrics-cable-ranking-nxt-comparison/

AEW Dynamite was no. 1 among all cable shows on Wednesday night in the 18-49 demo. It drew more viewers in that demo than programming on CBS, Fox, and NBC.

www.pwtorch.com/site/2023/07/13/aew-dynamite-ratings-report-7-12-total-viewership-key-demo-ranking-compared-to-other-shows-2022-comparisons/

[Cyno]

Heard there were some pretty bad weather issues that killed the feed for a bit? So pretty good numbers in spite of that.

[markymark]

Jul 18, 2023 14:52:36 GMT -5 Cyno said:

Heard there were some pretty bad weather issues that killed the feed for a bit? So pretty good numbers in spite of that.

Yeah, BOTB still managed to get in the Top 5, no wonder why WBD is apparently asking for more AEW content(3 hour show)

[Cyno]

Yeah, looks like BotB really benefited from a strong lead-in with Punk vs Starks.

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Battle of the Belts got a way better rating than expected given they had a blackout for like 5 minutes

Collision did well getting number 2 on the night... they might have something there if they go with a Punk/Starks feud tbh

[thirteen3]

QT is ratings poison and Brody King is the antidote!

[Texas Tornado]

Jul 18, 2023 14:42:24 GMT -5 markymark said:

UFC Fight Night on ESPN drew an average of 995,000 and a 0.38 rating, easily landing no. 1 for the night on cable. Collision was no. 2. A movie on FX drew 674,000 viewers, but had a lower 18-49 demo rating of 0.16 and finished third on cable among all shows.

www.pwtorch.com/site/2023/07/18/aew-collision-ratings-report-6-15-fifth-episode-draws-similar-to-last-weeks-rating-key-metrics-cable-ranking-nxt-comparison/

AEW Dynamite was no. 1 among all cable shows on Wednesday night in the 18-49 demo. It drew more viewers in that demo than programming on CBS, Fox, and NBC.

www.pwtorch.com/site/2023/07/13/aew-dynamite-ratings-report-7-12-total-viewership-key-demo-ranking-compared-to-other-shows-2022-comparisons/

At this rate WBD is going to demand that all of their programming comes from AEW

[King Devitt]

Wow BOTB did MUCH better than I expected. I skipped it entirely because it didn't look that interesting.

[Non Banjoble Tokens]

For some reason after the feed for the show got cut off, they played a minute or two of Julia Hart vs. whats-her-name from last week. I have a tough enough time as it is remembering who wrestles what matches on what show from week to week, and that's for any wrestling company.

[Citizen Snips Has Left]

Jul 18, 2023 11:54:56 GMT -5 salz4life said:

I was just thinking.... what does SNL now do on late Saturday nights? I'm wondering how the BOTB number compares. I know its probably not fair to compare because the times are different... but just curious.

Usually in the 4 million viewers ballpark.

[salz4life]

Jul 19, 2023 5:07:34 GMT -5 Citizen Snips Has Left said:

Jul 18, 2023 11:54:56 GMT -5 salz4life said:

I was just thinking.... what does SNL now do on late Saturday nights? I'm wondering how the BOTB number compares. I know its probably not fair to compare because the times are different... but just curious.

Usually in the 4 million viewers ballpark.

Wow... ok. As much as I hear how bad it is, I didn't realize it was doing that well. I also keep hearing that once Lorne retires it's done.... I highly doubt NBC is going to allow that, granted the last time Lorne left the show absolutely cratered, so who knows.

[eJm]

Jul 19, 2023 8:23:36 GMT -5 salz4life said:

Jul 19, 2023 5:07:34 GMT -5 Citizen Snips Has Left said:

Usually in the 4 million viewers ballpark.

Wow... ok. As much as I hear how bad it is, I didn't realize it was doing that well. I also keep hearing that once Lorne retires it's done.... I highly doubt NBC is going to allow that, granted the last time Lorne left the show absolutely cratered, so who knows.

Think it's just like how The Simpsons still does well on Sunday nights on FOX to the point where programming's been built around it or basically why Grey's and other procedurals have run forever. It's routine TV for a lot of people and even if SNL is bad, people are going to watch SNL because it's part of their TV habits. Raw's the same way, really, and Smackdown's now doing well as routine TV after basically drifting between a lot of places and days (and doing exceedingly well on CW before it got axed for all the Vampire Diaries/DC/Riverdale stuff).