markymark
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Post by markymark on Aug 11, 2022 15:34:29 GMT -5
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Aug 11, 2022 15:37:33 GMT -5
They're perfectly fine, but the OCD in me wants me to see them hit 1 million more often. They're so close all the time.
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Post by Fade on Aug 11, 2022 15:46:37 GMT -5
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Post by The Ichi on Aug 11, 2022 16:00:36 GMT -5
That's a great rating honestly. I was expecting lower.
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Post by Denny Zen is Cooking™ on Aug 11, 2022 16:01:29 GMT -5
There are ten thousand different ways you can spin a number like that depending on your motivation, ranging from "AEW is not showing signs of sustained growth" to "AEW is consistently the #1 program on cable on Wednesday nights."
Really, the most notable thing to me is that this demonstrates that WWE's momentum did not, somehow, affect AEW's viewership like some speculated it would.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2022 16:30:33 GMT -5
I think they need to cut back on the named shows. They load up those shows which is great and it clearly made for a fantastic show, but it feels like they have a named show every two weeks which takes away from it being special and an actual ratings mover. This isn't a bad rating at all, that's not what I'm saying, but I am getting to the point of not caring if there's a named show or a regular Dynamite and I don't think that should be the case.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2022 17:04:52 GMT -5
I think they need to cut back on the named shows. They load up those shows which is great and it clearly made for a fantastic show, but it feels like they have a named show every two weeks which takes away from it being special and an actual ratings mover. This isn't a bad rating at all, that's not what I'm saying, but I am getting to the point of not caring if there's a named show or a regular Dynamite and I don't think that should be the case. Agreed I completely missed Battle of The Belts as well and felt like I missed nothing, unfortunately. I really am still on the side that it should atleast be Battle FOR the belts but that is a different situation altogether.
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Post by Kalmia on Aug 11, 2022 17:08:44 GMT -5
I wonder if the combination of Punk being back, Danielson in a 2/3 falls match, and Omega potentially returning can nudge that number up a little next week and trouble the million.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Aug 11, 2022 17:20:57 GMT -5
They definitely have a ceiling this summer but have reached a nice level of consistency after some down weeks in June. I think the fall can raise that ceiling again especially if they bring back MJF.
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Post by sunnytaker on Aug 11, 2022 18:39:04 GMT -5
I think they need to cut back on the named shows. They load up those shows which is great and it clearly made for a fantastic show, but it feels like they have a named show every two weeks which takes away from it being special and an actual ratings mover. This isn't a bad rating at all, that's not what I'm saying, but I am getting to the point of not caring if there's a named show or a regular Dynamite and I don't think that should be the case. Agreed I completely missed Battle of The Belts as well and felt like I missed nothing, unfortunately. I really am still on the side that it should atleast be Battle FOR the belts but that is a different situation altogether. yeah battle OF the belts makes me think every match is going to be a strap match or something.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2022 18:51:25 GMT -5
Agreed I completely missed Battle of The Belts as well and felt like I missed nothing, unfortunately. I really am still on the side that it should atleast be Battle FOR the belts but that is a different situation altogether. yeah battle OF the belts makes me think every match is going to be a strap match or something. It's like how the name "Clash of the Champions" makes me think the show should be all Champion vs. Champion matches.
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markymark
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Post by markymark on Aug 11, 2022 20:16:28 GMT -5
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Post by smokinvokoun86 on Aug 11, 2022 20:28:37 GMT -5
Are people really worried about WBD? Because it seems like they still love AEW.
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Post by DMO- on Aug 11, 2022 21:41:41 GMT -5
There are ten thousand different ways you can spin a number like that depending on your motivation, ranging from "AEW is not showing signs of sustained growth" to "AEW is consistently the #1 program on cable on Wednesday nights." Really, the most notable thing to me is that this demonstrates that WWE's momentum did not, somehow, affect AEW's viewership like some speculated it would. I don’t see how others would speculate WWE gaining momentum would affect AEW’s viewership negatively, it’s not like there’s any other option to tune into on Wednesday nights. If anything for me, WWE gaining momentum makes watching AEW more exciting as you know Tony Khan will do what it takes to top them. This weeks dynamite proved that I’d say.
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Post by Denny Zen is Cooking™ on Aug 11, 2022 22:23:34 GMT -5
There are ten thousand different ways you can spin a number like that depending on your motivation, ranging from "AEW is not showing signs of sustained growth" to "AEW is consistently the #1 program on cable on Wednesday nights." Really, the most notable thing to me is that this demonstrates that WWE's momentum did not, somehow, affect AEW's viewership like some speculated it would. I don’t see how others would speculate WWE gaining momentum would affect AEW’s viewership negatively, it’s not like there’s any other option to tune into on Wednesday nights. If anything for me, WWE gaining momentum makes watching AEW more exciting as you know Tony Khan will do what it takes to top them. This weeks dynamite proved that I’d say. You’d be surprised, man. Take a wrong turn at Albuquerque and end up at r/scjerk and you’d have thought that the return of Karrion Kross was the death knell of AEW.
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Post by ARI WOW WOW on Aug 11, 2022 23:26:10 GMT -5
You have to have exciting buzzing dynamic midcard!
I would say that the ratings of about a million WERE good, right now they're mediocre and eventually, if they stayed the same for a while, i'd say they're not too good (but people will argue relative retention) and the reason being everything people point to, the disappearance of mid-card wrestlers for a long while, the no-mention of stories that are big one week, and no follow up/developments for weeks.
The show is fine, the wrestling is great. The stories and weekly developments are just okay and justify the pinned level of viewership. The show is exciting for the people watching, its probably not exciting and buzzing enough to make people who aren't tuning in tune in.
I used to avoid social media and would watch Dynamite unspoiled, now I just scroll through their twitter and IG and later tune in to watch something great that is being talked about, or something that would catch my eye on social media. Why?
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Post by clifford on Aug 12, 2022 2:42:05 GMT -5
I know they have a similar reach in audience in terms of potential numbers, but I really do wonder if being on TNT rather than TBS attracted more viewers (50,000 or so more a week that would have them at above a million viewers every week this summer). I know there was pre-emptions and all, but still, was TNT more of a 'name' network for them to be on? (I know TNT and TBS are owned by the same people)
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Post by polarbearpete on Aug 12, 2022 6:38:39 GMT -5
I know they have a similar reach in audience in terms of potential numbers, but I really do wonder if being on TNT rather than TBS attracted more viewers (50,000 or so more a week that would have them at above a million viewers every week this summer). I know there was pre-emptions and all, but still, was TNT more of a 'name' network for them to be on? (I know TNT and TBS are owned by the same people) The TBS lead-in gets higher viewership than the TNT lead-in did, if that means anything.
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Post by AdamAFL was sooooo wrong on Aug 12, 2022 7:06:01 GMT -5
There are ten thousand different ways you can spin a number like that depending on your motivation, ranging from "AEW is not showing signs of sustained growth" to "AEW is consistently the #1 program on cable on Wednesday nights." Really, the most notable thing to me is that this demonstrates that WWE's momentum did not, somehow, affect AEW's viewership like some speculated it would. I don’t see how others would speculate WWE gaining momentum would affect AEW’s viewership negatively, it’s not like there’s any other option to tune into on Wednesday nights. If anything for me, WWE gaining momentum makes watching AEW more exciting as you know Tony Khan will do what it takes to top them. This weeks dynamite proved that I’d say. I get it to a degree. The older I get the less time I'm able to dedicate to wrestling. At this point I only have time to watch Dynamite, Rampage and PPVs and the odd other show. If WWE becomes the better product I wouldn't have time for 5 more hours of wrestling so something else would have to give. I don't doubt it's been exaggerated but I don't think it's completely invalid as a point.
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Post by clifford on Aug 12, 2022 7:11:09 GMT -5
I know they have a similar reach in audience in terms of potential numbers, but I really do wonder if being on TNT rather than TBS attracted more viewers (50,000 or so more a week that would have them at above a million viewers every week this summer). I know there was pre-emptions and all, but still, was TNT more of a 'name' network for them to be on? (I know TNT and TBS are owned by the same people) The TBS lead-in gets higher viewership than the TNT lead-in did, if that means anything. Interesting. I wonder though if the type of viewer watching syndicated sitcoms on TBS sticks around more than the TNT viewer watching...um...whatever used to lead in to Dynamite when it was on TNT. Was it sports? Cause someone watching sports would be far more likely to stick around for wrestling than someone who just watched the Big Bang Theory. I know we're splitting hairs here but it really does prove the 'there are no casual wrestling fans anymore' argument wrong. There's quite clearly approx. 50,000 to 100,000 Nielsen viewers who go between watching and not watching Dynamite depending on the week. Whether that's what's booked for the show, the timeslot, the channel, the lead in, whatever- they are there to be won over or compelled to tune in.
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