AEW Dynamite Falls Short of One Million Viewers But Still Brings in Best Audience in Months
-- Last night's AEW Dynamite, running without direct live competition from NXT on USA, brought in 928,000 viewers, the highest audience for the show since March 18. In the key 18-49 demographic, Dynamite finished with a 0.36 rating for 8th place, continuing a trend that has seen it post strong results in that demo over the past couple of months. Despite NXT airing on Tuesday, Dynamite did have some wrestling competition on the night as NBCU aired a re-run of NXT on SyFy which generated a respectable 183,000 viewers and a 0.04 rating. Two NBA playoff of games, both of which overlapped with Dynamite led the way with 4.1 million and 2.7 million viewers, as well as a 1.73 and 1.08 rating in 18-49.
| 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) |
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.
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