AEW Dynamite nears one million viewers, draws best demo rating of 2020

[Big Red Machine]

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By Paul Fontaine | @PaulAceFontaine | Dec 10, 2020 2:14 pm


Following last week's Winter is Coming special episode, AEW Dynamite improved on those impressive numbers, averaging 995,000 viewers on TNT last night. The rating in the 18-49 demo was a 0.45.

Dynamite was up nine percent in total viewers from last week. This was the largest audience for the show on a night with NXT competition since October 16, 2019.

The 18-49 rating for Dynamite was up 7.1 percent from last week and was the highest for the show since October 9, 2019, opposed or unopposed, which was the second-ever episode of Dynamite.

Last night's Dynamite featured Sting's first interview in AEW, an appearance by NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal, and the fallout from Kenny Omega's AEW World Championship win.

NXT was also up in both viewership and the 18-49 demo, averaging 659,000 in total viewers and a 0.17 rating in 18-49. That's a slight increase of 0.2 percent in total viewers and a 6.3 percent increase in the demo.

Dynamite finished second in all of cable television in the 18-49 demo. In men 18-49, the show averaged a 0.57 rating. That was the highest in all of cable by a considerable margin, with the closest competition being the 0.40 rating that the season premiere of MTV's The Challenge drew.

NXT finished 37th on cable in 18-49.

The combined audience of 1.654 million viewers on Wednesday night was up 5.3 percent from last week and was the highest since February 19. The combined 0.62 rating in 18-49 was the highest in all of 2020 -- and that includes weeks when Dynamite and NXT aired on different nights. It was also well above the 0.53 rating that Raw did on Monday night and was essentially the same as last Friday's SmackDown.

As usual, Dynamite topped NXT in every demo except people over 50, where NXT had a 0.35 rating to Dynamite's 0.29. In the other categories, Dynamite either doubled or tripled NXT in most. In females 12-34, Dynamite's 0.22 rating more than quadrupled NXT's 0.05.

Year-over-year, Dynamite was up 27.9 percent in overall viewership and up a huge 60.7 percent in 18-49. NXT was down 15.3 percent in viewership and down 29.2 percent in 18-49. This week last year, the shows actually tied in overall viewership.

[Big Red Machine]

Has anyone heard anything about how Impact did?

[cero2k]

Has anyone heard anything about how Impact did?

TV was up 30%, Twitch did about 10x their usual audience.


If Chris Bey is accurate, they may have beaten NXT this week

[Big Red Machine]

Has anyone heard anything about how Impact did?

TV was up 30%, Twitch did about 10x their usual audience.


If Chris Bey is accurate, they may have beaten NXT this week

If you're going to count Twitch, you have to also count people watching NXT on the Network later.

[cero2k]

If you're going to count Twitch, you have to also count people watching NXT on the Network later.

no, Twitch is live at the same time as AXS

[Big Red Machine]

If you're going to count Twitch, you have to also count people watching NXT on the Network later.

no, Twitch is live at the same time as AXS

Fair point. Live Network views, then.

[cero2k]

Fair point. Live Network views, then.

100%. Are those still a thing tho? does the WWE network simultaneously play along with USA?

[Big Red Machine]

Fair point. Live Network views, then.

100%. Are those still a thing tho? does the WWE network simultaneously play along with USA?

Oh. Right. I think it's on one-day delay now.