Collision’s numbers rose on Oct. 21, but Battle of the Belts’ did not

The numbers are in for the Oct. 21 episode of Collision — and Battle of the Belts VIII — on TNT.

Despite facing competition from college football, baseball’s National League Championship Series, and an Impact Wrestling PPV, Collision saw its total viewership and rating among 18-49 year olds rise from the previous Saturday. The overall audience number of 518,000 was up slightly (3%), and the .16 demo rating was a 14% week-to-week improvement. Both were the best of the month, and second-best since August.

Battle of the Belts aired after Collision, and lost a not-insignificant amount of those viewers. With an audience of 397,000 and a .13 18-49 rating, it was also down significantly (24% in viewership and 13% in the demo) from the last BotB in July.

We’ll see if Collision can close out the month strong this weekend. In the meantime, here’s a look at the viewership and demo rating for every episode of it and BotB in their histories:

Collision

• June 17 - 816K / .33
• June 24 - 595K / .21
• July 1 - 452K / .13
• July 8 - 580K / .21
• July 15 - 579K / .20
• July 22 - 618K / .18
• July 29 - 739K / .27
• Aug. 5 - 417K / .13
• Aug. 12 - 476K / .17
• Aug. 19 - 482K / .17
• Aug. 26 - 552K / .16
• Sept. 2 - 345K / .11
• Sept. 9 - 476K / .15
• Sept. 16 - 467K / .15
• Sept. 23 - 562K / .18
• Sept. 30 - 328K / .08
• Oct. 7 - 353K / .09
• Oct. 14 - 504K / .14
• Oct. 21 - 518K / .16

Battle of the Belts

• Sat., Jan. 8 - 704K viewers / .27 rating
• Sat., April 16 - 527K / .18
• Sat., Aug. 6 - 437K / .12
• Fri., Oct. 7 - 317K / .10
• Fri., Jan. 6 - 409K / .11
• Fri., April 7 - 415K / .14
• Sat., July 15 - 524K / .15
• Sat., Oct. 21 - 397K / .13

For complete results from the latest Collision, check out our live blog here. To read a recap & review of the show, click here. Battle of the Belts was covered in that same live blog, but got its own reactions post here. Highlights for both shows are here.