WWE Raw ratings for Jan. 23 Royal Rumble go-home show up to 4.6 million viewers
by Geno Mrosko on Jan 24, 2012 8:18 PM EST
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It would seem the usual January ratings bounce back has finally arrived. That's because the numbers are in for last night's (Jan. 23, 2012) episode of Monday Night Raw and the numbers are up from the past few weeks.
PWTorch.com has the data:
WWE Raw on Monday, January 23 scored a 3.18 rating for the final Royal Rumble PPV hype, up six percent from a 3.01 rating last week.
Raw averaged 4.62 million viewers, up eight percent from an average of 4.29 million viewers last week. Raw did follow the concerning pattern of second hour viewership declining, though, for the 13th week out of the last 14 weeks. Raw averaged 4.67 million first hour viewers, then declined to an average of 4.57 million second hour viewers.
That decline in viewership is especially damning this week considering WWE finally decided to pay off the CM Punk vs. John Laurinaitis physical confrontation tease by having Punk give Laurinaitis the GTS shortly before the show went off the air.
So it wasn't just rushed and short-sighted, it was ultimately not worth it for the short term ratings pop.
Raw last night was the go-home show to the Royal Rumble and featured Chris Jericho stating his intentions for this Sunday night's pay-per-view, Brodus Clay doing his thing with a different color look, Kane breaking Zack Ryder's back and John Cena making his angry face (which is the same as his constipated face).
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Some random ramblings about the ratings decline
This is yet another week with a small ratings decline. I know this week’s episode was far from perfect and that Ryder wheeling out scene had to chase off viewers (did it happen while still in the first hour though? I can’t recall), but I do think that the small decline in the ratings is more representative of the fan base’s attention span and other programming on TV or it might just be a flaw in the ratings system.
They apparently lose 100,000 viewers between the 2 hours. While that is a lot of people, its still a small percentage of the total viewers. It may be that they are losing fewer viewers than that in the second hour or maybe they’re losing a whole lot more that isn’t being recorded. Either way, its difficult to draw an actual conclusion from the data as is.
If 100k drop is accurate, that’s still not too bad given the nature of TV viewers today. They’re losing around 2% of their viewers while asking them to dedicate 2 hours of their time to a show that isn’t exactly light on commercials, advertisements, and replays of things most of the viewers have already seen. I’m curious if anyone has any information on other 2 hour long programs (such as special 2 hour episodes of shows or movies on TV) and the ratings for the separate hours they are on.
by hfl2013 on Jan 24, 2012 10:44 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
While it is a relatively small drop
Traditionally Raw picks up anywhere between 250,000 to a million viewers between hours one and two
by Jonathan Loesche on Jan 25, 2012 9:14 AM EST up reply actions
Totally agree with this
It’s great to see the numbers up significantly from last week. I guess that’s something to do with American Football.
I think it was that constipated face that made people eat their fiber and go to the bathroom; thus the drop in numbers.
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by Luke Thomas on Jan 5, 2012 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
I’d love to comment on Eve’s horrendous acting but her jaw is in the way.
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