This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite was down from last week, dropping 120,000 viewers. The show pulled 833,000 viewers overall with a 0.28 (370,000 viewers) rating in the key 18-49 demographic and a 0.21 in the 18-34 demo.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that the March 29th show was #4 for the night behind the NBA and Vanderpump Rules. AEW Dynamite was #2 in its time slot for the first hour (behind Dallas Mavericks vs. Philadelphia 76ers; 1,442,000/0.44) and #3 in its second hour behind the NBA game and Vanderpump Rules.
AEW Dynamite was ahead of ABC programming that night and surpassed both CBS and FOX in the second hour. However, the AEW show fell behind Telemundo and Univision.
Compared to the March 22nd show, Dynamite this week was down 12.5% in viewers, down 14.7% in 18-49, and down 18.8% in 18-34.
The March 29th episode of Dynamite was also down 14.9% in viewers, down 24.8% in 18-49, and down 13% in 18-34 compared to the same time period last year.
The show was #6 in women 18-49, #4 in men 18-49, #4 in 18-34, #4 in women 12-34 and #4 in men 12-34. Dynamite garnered 96,000 viewers in men 18-34 (down 13.5%), 51,000 in women 18-34 (down 27.1%), 154,000 in men 35-49 (down 18.9%), and 69,000 in women 35-49 (up 9.5%). The total audience was 67.6% male in 18-49. Dynamite had a 0.13 rating in 12-17 (down 13.3%), 0.21 in 18-34 (down 18.8%), 0.35 in 35-49 (down 11.9%), and 0.37 in 50+ (down 7.5%).
The following is a breakdown of the numbers, including a look at each individual quarter-hour:
Q1: Matt Hardy vs. Jack Perry – 962,000 viewers, 387,000 in 18-49
Q2: MJF and Perry segment/Kenny Omega & Don Callis segment – 881,000 viewers (down 81,000), 388,000 in 18-49 (up 1,000)
Q3: The Acclaimed & JAS video/Blackpool Combat Club vs. Dalton Castle & The Boys/Hangman Page & Don Callis segment – 853,000 viewers (down 28,000), 371,000 in 18-49 (down 17,000)
Q4: Kenny Omega vs. Jeff Cobb/Bryan Danielson returns – 835,000 viewers (down 18,000), 380,000 in 18-49 (up 9,000)
Q5: The Gunns promo/Orange Cassidy vs. The Butcher – 847,000 viewers (up 12,000), 387,000 in 18-49 (down 7,000)
Q6: End of Cassidy vs. Butcher/Jade Cargill segment/Juice Robinson promo/Ruby Soho vs. Willow Nightingale – 820,000 viewers (down 27,000), 360,000 in 18-49 (down 27,000)
Q7: End of Soho vs. Nightingale – 747,000 viewers (down 73,000), 343,000 in 18-49 (down 17,000)
Q8: Adam Cole vs. Daniel Garcia – 719,000 viewers (down 28,000), 340,000 in 18-49 (down 3,000)
