According to Showbuzz Daily, last Wednesday’s New Year’s Smash AEW Dynamite on TBS was able to draw a total of 876,000 viewers, with a rating of 0.28 in the key 18-49 demographic. This is down 8.46% from last week’s 957,000 viewers for the Holiday Bash episode.
Last Wednesday’s 0.28 rating is down 6.66% from last week’s 0.30 rating. Last Wednesday’s 0.28 rating represents 365,000 viewers in the key 18-49 demographic, which is down 7.82% from last week’s 396,000 viewers with a 0.30 rating, Wrestlenomics reports. This past Wednesday’s episode of AEW Dynamite drew the ninth-lowest total audience of the year so far and also drew the second-lowest key demo rating of the year so far, tied with two other episodes.
AEW Dynamite averaged 955,711 viewers per episode over 52 episodes in 2022. This is up 7.17% from the viewership in 2021, which averaged 891,810 viewers per episode over 52 episodes. AEW’s Dynamite would also average a 0.34 rating per episode in the 18-49 key demographic over 52 episodes in 2022. This is even with the 2021 key demo rating of 0.34 per episode.
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AEW Dynamite last night on TBS (8-10pm):
876,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.28
#5 cable original in P18-49
📊 https://t.co/1SscdBCpr8 pic.twitter.com/KsjWAf4bNh— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) December 29, 2022
Raw's "Best of" episode with mostly old content on Monday had higher viewership (1,075,000, 8-11pm). Dynamite edged out Raw in P18-49, which has happened 3 times previously.
The difference in P18-49 was driven by Dynamite's higher M18-49 and larger audience with P35-49.
— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) December 29, 2022
AEW Dynamite finishes 2022 with an average of 960,000 viewers, +2% versus 2021 (942,000).
And an average P18-49 rating of 0.34, -3% from last year (0.36).
Excluding any preemptions. pic.twitter.com/FQ8FkfFRQd
— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) December 29, 2022
