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• AEW Collision On 5/11 Drops Below 400,000 Viewers Against NBA And NHL Playoffs, Key Demo Rating Also Down
Check out the viewership numbers for the May 11th episode of AEW Collision. Wrestlenomics reports that 378,000 viewers tuned in on May 11. This is down from the previous episode on April 27, when 621,000 viewers watched the show. Collision aired on TBS, rather than TNT, due to the NHL playoffs. There was not a new episode of AEW Collision on May 4. In the 18 to 49 demographic, Collision drew a 0.1...2024
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• Amazon To Own Rights To NBA Cup, Play-in Tournament

Amazon will get the rights to the NBA Cup and Play-in Tournament in the next media deal, according to John Ourand of Puck (h/t Sports Media Watch). There was a possibility that the league would sell the rights for the two tournaments as part of a separate deal. The Amazon deal is likely to include a conference final every-other-year, as well as Saturday games. ESPN will carry regular season games ...2024
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• Amazon To Have 'Exclusive Access' To Full Night Of NBA Games

Amazon's NBA deal is expected to include "exclusive access" to a full night of NBA games, reported John Ourand of Puck (h/t Sports Media Watch). The games are expected to be available only through Prime Video, though local RSNs would produce the broadcasts. The deal between the two will also include a traditional slate of regular season and playoff games. The NBA reportedly has a framework of a de...2024
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• WWE NXT Viewership And Rating Report For 4/2/2024
The ratings for the most recent episode of WWE NXT are in. According to Sports Media Watch, the show received 641,000 live viewers on the USA Network, up from 601,000 the previous week. It received a 0.20 rating among the 18-49 demographic. The show had a 0.17 rating one week ago. This week’s episode of […] The post WWE NXT Viewership And Rating Report For 4/2/2024 first appeared on PW...2024
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• AEW Rampage (3/29) Viewership Down From Special Wednesday Episode, Up From Previous Friday Episode
The numbers are in for the March 29 episode of AEW Rampage. According to Sports Media Watch, AEW Rampage on Friday, March 29 drew 349,000 viewers. This number is way down from the 541,000 viewers the show drew following AEW Dynamite on Wednesday, March 20. On the flip side, this number is up from the March 15 episode of the show, which aired in the standard 10 p.m. timeslot on Friday. That show d...2024
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• Looks like Collision won’t go head-to-head with WrestleMania after all

AEW Dynamite The lowest rated episodes of AEW Collision have come on the Saturdays when the show airs opposite a WWE premium live event. That’s one of the reasons why observers were surprised Tony Khan & his partners at TNT seemed to be planning to air a new episode in Collision’s usual time slot on April 6 when night one of WrestleMania XL will be streaming from Philadelphia’s Lincoln Fi...2024
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• Arrowheadlines: The Chiefs want to be the world’s team

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Chiefs headlines for Wednesday, November 8 The latest Chiefs want to be ‘world’s team’ by going global with star power and Super Bowl success | AP News The NFL added a 17th game to the schedule to facilitate playing more games abroad, and it is reviewing Spain and Brazil as future hosts, one of them possibly for the 2024 season. “It can be looked at as maybe arr...2023
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• PGA Championship reveals shockingly low viewership, ought to thank Michael Block
ROCHESTER, NY — (L-R) Michael Block, PGA of America Club Professional, Low Club Professional, and champion Brooks Koepka shake hands during the trophy ceremony after the final round of the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club. | Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The viewership of the 2023 PGA Championship was down a staggering number when compared to last year’s tournament. De...2023
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• SmackDown ratings rise with The Rock, but maybe not as much as expected

WWE.com The Rock returned on the Mar. 1 SmackDown, and the show’s number rose. But not quite to the levels they were at shortly after Rocky’s WrestleMania program started last month. Overall viewership and the 18-49 demo rating were both up 3% from the previous week to 2,348000 and .64, according to Wrestlenomics. But since Feb, 23’s pre-taped show had SmackDown’s lowest numbers of the yea...2024
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• Pre-taped SmackDown finishes first in the ratings despite drops

WWE.com Last Fridays’s SmackDown featured some big names like Drew McIntyre in action, but the Feb. 23 episode largely felt like what it was — something WWE taped a week in advance, and that FOX aired just hours before WWE’s Elimination Chamber premium live event kicked off. Numbers often drop for pre-taped shows, and drop they did for the latest SmackDown. According to Wrestlenomics, vie...2024
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• Jinder didn’t pop a number for Raw going up against the NFL Playoffs

USA But the show’s performance was flat on MLK Day. Which means the Modern Day Maharaja didn’t hinder its ratings on Jan. 15, either. Once again going head-to-head with a meaningful football game on Jan. 15, WWE countered with a World Heavyweight title match — which seemed to get a promotional assist from AEW owner Tony Khan. It didn’t seem to make a big difference for the show’s performan...2024
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• CM Punk wasn’t enough against the National Championship game

WWE.com WWE came up with a successful strategy to help Raw draw viewers while competing against the College Football Playoff semi-finals on New Year’s Day. For their head-to-head with the National Championship final on Jan. 8, their strategy was largely based on the latest appearance of CM Punk. It didn’t work as well as “Day 1” and Dwayne Johnson. Per Wrestlenomics, Monday’s episode avera...2024
• Collision’s numbers up, but still bad, ahead of battle with SmackDown

All Elite Wrestling The numbers are in for the Nov. 11 episode of Collision on TNT. According to Wrestlenomics, last Saturday’s show drew an audience of 396,000 and did a .11 rating among 18-49 year olds. Those are both better than the previous week, but still among the lowest in Collision’s existence. There was plenty of college football on the dial opposite Collision. The Georgia/Ole Mis...2023
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• Big Blue View mailbag: Matt Peart, Tre Hawkins, Jalin Hyatt, more NYG questions

The mail’s here! While we wait for Sunday night’s New York Giants-Dallas Cowboys season opener, let’s bust open the Big Blue View Mailbag and answer some Giants questions. John Foti asks: I too was surprised that the Giants kept Peart over Phillips and I was rooting for the guy since he was a third-round pick. But mostly I look at Peart’s physical attributes and they scream “can’t miss”. However, ...2023
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• SmackDown ratings rise with The Rock, but maybe not as much as expected
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• Collision’s numbers fell, and there’s no shortage of reasons why

AEW’s X The numbers are in for the Feb. 24 episode of AEW Collision on TNT. Collision was returning from a week off. While it wasn’t on at the same time as Elimination Chamber, the latest episode did air on the same day as WWE’s latest premium live event — and that’s historically still had an impact on AEW’s Saturday numbers. And Collision did run opposite ABC’s primetime coverage of NBA ...2024
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• Collision claws back some recent losses against historic NFL ratings

All Elite Wrestling The numbers are in for the Jan. 20 episode of AEW Collision on TNT. According to Wrestlenomics, the latest Collision drew an audience of 441,000 and did a .12 rating among 18-49 year olds. Both are up from the previous Saturday, with the overall viewership being Collision’s best of the new year. Which isn’t saying much considering the numbers AEW’s been doing on Saturd...2024
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• Jinder didn’t pop a number for Raw going up against the NFL Playoffs
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• Collision’s numbers increase, even against the NFL

All Elite Wrestling The numbers are in for the Dec. 16 episode of AEW Collision on TNT. According to Wrestlenomics, the latest Collision drew an audience of 457,000 and did a .15 rating among 18-49 year olds. Both are up slightly from the week before, and the best AEW’s Saturday show has done since October. While the gains aren’t huge, the fact Collision increased at all is impressive con...2023
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• AEW Rampage (3/29) Viewership Down From Special Wednesday Episode, Up From Previous Friday Episode
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• PGA Championship reveals shockingly low viewership, ought to thank Michael Block
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• Warriors-Kings Game 7 was most watched first-round NBA playoff game since 1999
Steph Curry, as he has for more than a decade, remains must-see television. The NBA and ESPN announced on Tuesday that the final game of the thrilling Warriors-Kings series averaged 9.8 million viewers, the most-watched first round NBA playoff game in 24 years. Golden State’s 120-100 win over Sacramento was ABC’s largest audience ever for a non-Finals postseason game and peaked with 11.9 million v...2023
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• Opening Night Of NHL Playoffs, NCAA’s Frozen Four See Sharp Rise In Viewership
Graphic: NHL/ESPN The 2023 NHL postseason kicked off Monday night on ESPN, and according to Sports Media Watch, viewership was up double-digits from last season. Per Sports Media Watch, Monday’s opening night of the playoffs averaged 672,000 viewers on ESPN … Continue reading →...2023
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• WWE NXT On 3/5 Records Increase In Average Viewership, Key Demo Rating Remains Steady
Check out the ratings for the March 5 episode of NXT. According to Sports Media Watch, the March 5, episode of NXT drew 654,000 viewers. This number is up from the 616,000 viewers recorded on Febraury 27. The March 5 episode posted a 0.16 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic, which is the same rating that the show recorded on February 27. The show faced competition from the NBA game between the Bost...2024
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• NBA Prepared to Take Over Local Broadcasting Rights from Bally Sports

The NBA is prepared to take over broadcasting rights for games carried by bankrupt Diamond Sports Group, which owns Bally Sports, should it become necessary, as relayed by Jon Lewis of Sports Media Watch. As of now, Bally Sports is the planned provider for local broadcasts of many NBA teams, including the Cavaliers, Pacers, Spurs, […] The post NBA Prepared to Take Over Local Broadcasting Rig...2023
• 2/9 AEW Rampage Draws Highest Viewership Since April 2023

AEW Rampage viewership was up on February 9. Per Sports Media Watch, 456,000 viewers watched the February 9 episode of Rampage. This marked the show’s highest viewership since April 2023. The February 2 episode drew 314,000 viewers. In the 18 to 49 demographic, Rampage scored a 0.14 rating. This also marked an increase compared to […] The post 2/9 AEW Rampage Draws Highest Viewership S...2024
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• AEW Collision On 5/11 Drops Below 400,000 Viewers Against NBA And NHL Playoffs, Key Demo Rating Also Down
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• Amazon To Have 'Exclusive Access' To Full Night Of NBA Games
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• Looks like Collision won’t go head-to-head with WrestleMania after all
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• Collision claws back some recent losses against historic NFL ratings
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• CM Punk wasn’t enough against the National Championship game
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• Big Blue View mailbag: Matt Peart, Tre Hawkins, Jalin Hyatt, more NYG questions
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• Warriors-Kings Game 7 Draws Most First-Round Viewers Since 1999
If you think people will be tuning in for the Lakers vs. Warriors playoff series, you are probably correct. And you can base it on how many viewers tuned in for the first-round Game 7 between the Warriors and Kings. As relayed by Jon Lewis of Sports Media Watch and confirmed by the NBA, the […] The post Warriors-Kings Game 7 Draws Most First-Round Viewers Since 1999 appeared first on Hoops W...2023
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• Opening Night Of NHL Playoffs, NCAA’s Frozen Four See Sharp Rise In Viewership
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