Running against no live edition of NXT, AEW Dynamite capitalized in a big way, generating 1.016 million viewers for yesterday’s show, the highest overall audience since October 11, 2019, which was the second week that Dynamite was on TV.
In the 18-49 demographic, Dynamite ticked up to a 0.37 rating, putting it in 7th place on the night among shows on cable and trailing two NBA playoff games which scored 1.32 and 1.24 in that demo.
The 18-49 rating is the second highest in 2020, behind only an episode in January which pulled in a 0.38.
NBCU did run a re-run of NXT on SyFy but that show didn’t chart on the top 150 shows on the night, so figures are not available.
| Date |
WWE NXT Viewership (18-49) |
AEW Dynamite Viewership (18-49) |
| 9/18/19 |
1,179,000 (0.43) |
N/A |
| 9/25/19 |
1,006,000 (0.32) |
N/A |
| 10/2/19 |
891,000 (0.32) |
1,409,000 (0.68) |
| 10/9/19 |
790,000 (0.22) |
1,140,000 (0.46)1 |
| 10/16/19 |
712,000 (0.20) |
1,014,000 (0.44) |
| 10/23/19 |
698,000 (0.21) |
963,000 (0.45) |
| 10/30/19 |
580,000 (0.18) |
759,000 (0.33) |
| 11/6/19 |
813,000 (0.30) |
822,000 (0.35) |
| 11/13/19 |
750,000 (0.25) |
957,000 (0.43) |
| 11/20/19 |
916,000 (0.30) |
893,000 (0.39) |
| 11/27/19 |
810,000 (0.24) |
663,000 (0.26) |
| 12/4/19 |
845,000 (0.29) |
851,000 (0.32) |
| 12/11/19 |
778,000 (0.24) |
778,000 (0.28) |
| 12/18/19 |
795,000 (0.27) |
683,000 (0.25) |
| 12/25/19 |
831,000 (0.22)2 |
N/A2 |
| 1/1/20 |
548,000 (0.15)3 |
967,000 (0.36) |
| 1/8/20 |
721,000 (0.19) |
947,000 (0.36) |
| 1/15/20 |
700,000 (0.21) |
940,000 (0.38) |
| 1/22/20 |
769,000 (0.24) |
871,000 (0.35)4 |
| 1/29/20 |
712,000 (0.22) |
828,000 (0.34) |
| 2/5/20 |
770,000 (0.22) |
928,000 (0.36) |
| 2/12/20 |
757,000 (0.24) |
817,000 (0.30) |
| 2/19/20 |
794,000 (0.25) |
893,000 (0.31) |
| 2/26/20 |
717,000 (0.23) |
865,000 (0.30) |
| 3/4/20 |
718,000 (0.23) |
906,000 (0.35) |
| 3/11/20 |
697,000 (0.21) |
766,000 (0.26) |
| 3/18/20 |
532,000 (0.16) |
932,000 (0.35) |
| 3/25/20 |
669,000 (0.20) |
819,000 (0.34) |
| 4/1/20 |
590,000 (0.15) |
685,000 (0.25) |
| 4/8/20 |
693,000 (0.19) |
692,000 (0.26) |
| 4/15/20 |
692,000 (0.17) |
683,000 (0.25) |
| 4/22/20 |
665,000 (0.18) |
731,000 (0.25) |
| 4/29/20 |
637,000 (0.16) |
693,000 (0.27) |
| 5/6/20 |
663,000 (0.18) |
732,000 (0.28) |
| 5/13/20 |
604,000 (0.15) |
654,000 (0.23) |
| 5/20/20 |
592,000 (0.13) |
701,000 (0.26) |
| 5/27/20 |
731,000 (0.19) |
827,000 (0.32) |
| 6/3/20 |
715,000 (0.20) |
730,000 (0.29) |
| 6/10/20 |
673,000 (0.16) |
677,000 (0.23) |
| 6/17/20 |
746,000 (0.20) |
772,000 (0.28) |
| 6/24/20 |
786,000 (0.19) |
636,000 (0.22) |
| 7/1/20 |
792,000 (0.22)5 |
748,000 (0.29)5 |
| 7/8/20 |
759,000 (0.20)6 |
715,000 (0.28)6 |
| 7/15/20 |
631,000 (0.14) |
788,000 (0.29)7 |
| 7/22/20 |
615,000 (0.17) |
845,000 (0.32) |
| 7/29/20 |
707,000 (0.18) |
773,000 (0.30) |
| 8/5/20 |
753,000 (0.20) |
901,000 (0.36) |
| 8/12/20 |
619,000 (0.16) |
792,000 (0.32) |
| 8/19/20 |
853,000 (0.24) |
N/A8 |
| 8/22/20 |
N/A |
755,000 (0.31)9 |
| 8/26/20 |
824,000 (0.24) |
N/A10 |
| 8/27/20 |
N/A |
813,000 (0.29)11 |
| 9/1/20 |
849,000 (0.26)12 |
N/A |
| 9/2/20 |
N/A13 |
928,000 (0.36) |
| 9/8/20 |
838,000 (0.22)14 |
N/A |
| 9/9/20 |
N/A15 |
1,016,000 (0.36) |
1 – AEW Dynamite was simulcast on both TNT and TruTV.
2 – AEW Dynamite did not air this week; NXT airs a taped show.
3 – NXT show was a “Best of 2019” special.
4 – AEW Dynamite matches were pre-taped on Chris Jericho’s cruise.
5 – NXT Great American Bash (Night One) & AEW Fyter Fest (Night One)
6 – NXT Great American Bash (Night Two) & AEW Fyter Fest (Night Two)
7 – AEW presented “Fight for the Fallen”
8 – AEW Dynamite is pre-empted to Saturday Night; NXT runs unopposed.
9 – AEW Dynamite aired on Saturday, August 22.
10 – AEW Dynamite is pre-empted to Thursday; NXT runs unopposed.
11 – AEW Dynamite aired on Thursday, August 27.
12 – NXT is pre-empted to Tuesday, September 1.
13 – NXT was pre-empted to Tuesday, September 1.
14 – NXT is pre-empted to Tuesday, September 8.
15 – NXT was pre-empted to Tuesday, September 8.
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