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AEW DYNAMITE AUDIENCE, DEMO UP AND COULD HAVE BEEN EVEN BETTER IF NOT FOR SUBSTANTIAL VIEWER LOSS IN HOUR TWO

By Dave Scherer on 2023-08-17 18:45:00

The 8/16 edition of AEW Dynamite brought in overnight viewers, 874,000, up from last week's 846,000 overnight viewers according to Wrestlenomics.com.  They had the number one show on cable last night.

In the 18-49 demo, AEW scored a 0.32, up from last week's 0.29.

The number could have been even better if not for the massive viewer loss in hour two. 

The show started out with 946,000 viewers in the first quarter and didn't go below 900,000 until the 9:00 quarter, which did 898,000 viewers.  From there, the tune out was substantial as they dropped to 822,000 (down 13% from the open) for the Texas Chainsaw Massacre at 9:15.  By the time we got to the main event, where The Gunns took on The Young Bucks, the audience had dropped to 738,000 viewers, which was down 208,000 (22%) from the opening quarter hour.  If the second hour could have held up even slightly, they would have easily been over 900,000 viewers.

Date Audience AEW People 18-49 Demo
08/16/23 - Young v. Gunns 874,000 0.32
08/9/23 - Shida v. Jay 846,000 0.29
08/2/23 - 200th Show 894,000 0.31
07/26/23 - Lucha B-Mox/Claudio-Best Friends 898,000 0.29
07/19/23 Blood and Guts 953,000 0.34
07/12/23 Strickland vs. Wayne 825,000 0.29
07/5/23 Omega vs. Yuta 855,000 0.29
06/28/23 Forbidden Door Post Show 809,000 0.24
06/21/23 Forbidden Door Push, Punk returns 902,000 0.33
06/14/23 BCC vs. The Elite 832,000 0.29
06/7/23 Ricky Starks vs. Jay White. 903,000 0.33
05/31/23 Jericho/Saraya vs. Cole/Baker 923,000 0.29
05/24/23 Lucha Brothers vs. Claudio/Yuta 846,000 0.32
05/17/23 Starks vs. White, Callis promo 814,000 0.28
05/10/23 - PPV edition with Mox-Omega 877,000 0.32
05/03/23 MJF/Guevara vs. Darby/Jungle Boy 776,000 0.28
04/26/23 Omega/Konosuke vs. Butcher/Blade 863,000 0.28
04/19/23 Guevara vs. Jungle Boy 830,000 0.28
04/12/23 Jericho vs. Lee 866,000 0.28
04/05/23 FTR vs. Gunns 877,000 0.30
03/29/23 - Cole vs. Garcia 833,000 0.28
03/22/23 - Omega vs. Vikingo 954,000 0.33
03/15/23 - Elite vs. JAS vs. House of Black 852,000 0.27
03/08/23 - Wardlow vs. Hobbs 858,000 0.29
03/01/23 -  MJF/Danielson Faceoff. 833,000 0.27
02/22/23 - Moxley vs. Evil Uno 1,028,000 0.35
02/15/23 - Ruby vs. Storm vs. Baker 824,000 0.27
02/09/23 - Acclaimed vs. Gunn Club 899,000 0.30
02/01/23 - Samoa Joe vs. Darby Allin 901,000 0.31
01/25/23 - Mark Briscoe vs. Jay Lethal 1,003,000 0.32
01/18/23 - Darby Allin vs. KUSHIDA 969,000 0.31
01/11/23 - Elite vs. Death Triangle Ladder 967,000 0.33
01/04/23 - Samoa Joe vs. Darby Allin 864,000 0.26
12/28/22  - Wardlow vs. Samoa Joe 876,000 0.28
12/21/22 - Hayter vs. Shida 957, 000 0.30
12/14/22 - MJF vs. Starks 950, 000 0.33
12/07/22 - Acclaimed vs. FTR 840,000 0.29
11/30/22 - Elite vs. Death Triangle 870,000 0.26
11/23/22 - Jericho vs. Ishii 880,000 0.32
11/16/22 - Moxley & MJF Faceoff 818,000 0.28
11/09/22 - Danielson vs. Guerrera Best of 3 930,000 0.32
11/02/22 - Joe vs. Cage 911,000 0.29
10/26/22 - Moxley vs. Penta 997,000 0.32
10/18/22 - Moxley vs. Page, Tuesday vs. NXT 752,000 0.26
10/12/22 - Pac vs. Orange 983,000 0.32
10/5/22 - Jericho/Sammy vs. Bryan/Garcia 1,038,000 0.33
09/28/22 - Jericho vs. Bandido 990,000 0.34
09/21/22 - Grand Slam 2, Tournament Final 1,039,000 0.35
09/14/22 - AEW Title Tournament Semi-Finals 1,175,000 0.39
09/07/22 - AEW Title Tournament Begins 1,035,000 0.38
08/31/22 - All Out go home in Chicago 1,020,000 0.34
08/24/22 Moxley vs. Punk 1,049,000 0.34
08/17/22 Omega returns 957,000 0.30
08/10/22 972,000 0.33
08/03/22 938,000 0.32
07/28/22 Fight for the Fallen 2022 976,000 0.33
07/20/22 FyterFest Week 2 910,000 0.32
07/13/22 FyterFest Week 1 942,000 0.32
07/6/22 979,000 0.36
06/29/22 Blood and Guts Match 1,023,000 0.36
06/22/22 878,000 0.31
06/15/22 761,000 0.28
06/08/22 939,000 0.34
06/01/22 - Moxley vs. Garcia, LA debut 969,000 0.40
05/25/22 - Samoa Joe vs. Kyle O'Reilly 929,000 0.35
05/18/22 - Adam Cole vs Jeff Hardy. 922,000 0.33
05/10/22 - Hardy vs. Allin, Punk vs. Silver 840,000 0.33
05/04/22 - D. Purrazzo vs. Mercedes Martinez 833,000 0.32
0427/22 - Dax vs. Cash 921,000 0.33
04/20/22 - Allin-Andrade, Tony Announcement 930,000 0.37
04/13/22 - Punk vs. Penta, Joe vs. Suzuki 977,000 0.37
04/06/22 - FTR vs. Young Bucks 989,000 0.38
03/30/22 - Punk vs. Caster, Andrade vs. Allin 979,000 0.38
03/22/22 Jericho & Garcia vs. Reynolds/Silver 1,046,000 0.41
03/16/22 Thunder Rosa vs. Britt Baker Cage 993.000 0.38
03/09/22 Sammy Guevara vs. Scorpio Sky 945,000 0.40
03/04/22 Page/Dark Order vs. Cole/KOR/Fish 966,000 0.35
02/23/22 Bryan vs. Daniel Garcia, MJF promo 1,010,000 0.40
02/16/22 Guevara vs. Darby 869,000 0.31
02/09/22 Texas Death: Page vs. Hoyt 1,129,000 0.41
02/02/22 CM Punk vs. MJF 954,000 0.35
01/26/22 Beach Break 2022 1,100,000 0.41
01/19/22 Sting & Darby vs. Acclaimed 1,032,000 0.44
01/12/22 Punk vs. Wardlow, Garcia vs. Sammy 969,000 0.39
01/05/22 Bryan vs. Page II - TBS debut 1,010,000 0.43
12/29/21 Cole/O'Reilly/Fish vs. Best Friends 975,000 0.37
12/22/21 Punk & Sting & Darby vs. Pinnacle 1,020,000 0.37
12/15/21 Bryan vs. Hangman 60 Minute Match 948,000 0.31
12/08/21 Bryan Danielson vs. John Silver 872,000 0.33
12/01/2021 Cody Rhodes vs. Andrade Street Fight 861,000 0.31
11/24/2021 Danielson vs. Colt Cabana 898,000 0.31
11/17/21 Jay Lethal vs. Sammy Guevara 984,000 0.37
11/10/21 Dax Harwood vs. Pac 913,000 0.35
11/03/21 Miro vs. Orange Cassidy 878,000 0.32
10/27/21 Elite vs. Dark Order 941,000 0.40
10/23/21  Saturday Night Dynamite ***** 525,000 0.22
10/16/21 Saturday Night Dynamite ***** 727,000 0.28
10/06/21 Second Anniversary  1,053,000 0.37
09/28/21 1,152,000 0.45
09/22/21 Grand Slam, Omega vs. Danielson 1,273,000 0.48
09/15/21 1,175,000 0.44
09/09/21 Cole & Danielson Dynamite Debut 1,319,000 0.52
09/01/21 1,047,000 0.37
08/26/21 CM Punk Dynamite Debut 1,172,000 0.48
08/18/21 975,000 0.35
08/11/21 979,000 0.35
08/04/21 Homecoming 1,102,000 0.46
07/28/21 Fight for the Fallen 1,108,000 0.45
07/21/21 FyterFest Night 2 1,148,000 0.44
07/14/21 FyterFest Night 1 1,025,000 0.40
07/07/21 Road Rager 871,000 0.33
06/30/21 883,000 0.35
06/26/21 - Saturday Night Dynamite**** 649,000 n/a
06/18/21 - Friday Night Dynamite**** 552,000 n/a
06/11/21 - Friday Night Dynamite**** 487,000 n/a
06/04/21 (Friday at 10 PM airing) 462,000 0.19
5/28/21 (Friday 10 PM airing) 526,000 0.20
5/19/21 821,000 0.28
5/12/21 936,000 0.31
5/5/21 1,090,000 0.42
4/28/21 889,000 0.33
4/21/21 1,104,000 0.37
4/14/21 1,219,000 0.44
4/7/21 688,000 0.28
3/31/21 700,000 0.26
3/24/21 757,000 0.30
3/17/21 768,000 0.28
3/10/21 743,000 0.32
3/3/21 934,000 0.33
2/24/21 831,000 0.35
2/17/21 747,000 0.31
2/10/21 741,000 0.29
2/3/21 844,000 0.32
1/27/21 734,000 0.29
1/20/21 854,000 0.30
1/13/21 762,000 0.30
1/6/21 662,000 0.25
12/30/20 977,000 0.40
12/23/20 775,000**** 0.32
12/16/20 806,000 0.32
12/9/20 995,000 0.45
12/2/20 913,000 0.42
11/25/20 710,000 0.26
11/18/20 850,000 0.37
11/11/20 764,000 0.30
11/4/20 717,000 0.30
10/28/20 781,000 0.32
10/21/20 753,000 0.30
10/14/20 826,000 0.30
10/7/20 753,000 0.31
09/30/20 866,000 0.33
09/23/20 835,000 0.32
09/16/20 886,000 0.34
09/9/20 1,016,000 0.37
09/8/20 No Show n/a
09/2/20 928,000 0.36
09/1/20 No Show n/a
08/27/20 813,000 0.29
08/26/20 No Show n/a
08/22/20 755,000** 0.31
08/19/20 No Show n/a
08/12/20 792,000 0.32
08/05/20 901,000 0.36
07/29/20 773,000 0.30
07/22/20 845,000 0.32
07/15/20 788,000 0.29
07/8/20 715,000 0.28
07/1/20 748,000 0.29
06/24/20 633,000 0.22
06/17/20 772,000 0.28
06/10/20 677,000 0.23
06/3/20 730,000 0.29
5/27/20 827,000 0.32
5/20/20 701,000 0.26
5/13/20 654,000 0.23
5/6/20 732,000 0.28
4/29/20 693,000 0.27
4/22/20 731,000 0.25
4/15/20 683,000 0.25
4/8/20 692,000 0.29
4/1/20 685,000 0.25
3/25/20 819,000 0.34
3/18/20 932,000 0.35
3/11/20 766,000 0.26
3/4/20 906,000 0.35
2/26/20 865,000 0.30
2/19/20 893,000 0.31
2/12/20 817,000 0.30
2/5/20 928,000 0.36
1/29/20 828,000 0.34
1/22/20 871,000 0.35
1/15/20 940,000 0.38
1/8/20 947,000 0.36
1/1/20 967,000 0.36
12/25/19 No Show  
12/18/19 683,000 0.25
12/11/19 778,000 0.28
12/4/19 851,000 0.32
11/27/19 663,000 0.26
11/20/19 893,000 0.39
11/13/19 957,000 0.43
11/6/19 822,000 0.35
10/30/19 759,000 0.33
10/23/19 963,000 0.45
10/16/19 1,014,000 0.44
10/9/19* 1,140,000 0.46
10/2/19 1,409,000 0.68

*Note: On 10/9/19 AEW did 1,018,000 viewers on TNT and 122,000 on TruTV due to being simulcast because of the MLB playoffs.

**Note: AEW Dynamite aired on Saturday 8/22 on TNT, preempted from its usual Wednesday night timeslot due to the NBA playoffs.

**Note: AEW Dynamite aired on Thursday 8/27 on TNT, preempted from its usual Wednesday night timeslot due to the NBA playoffs.

****AEW aired at 10 PM EST due to NBA coverage.

****AEW moved due to NBA coverage.

*****AEW AEW Dynamite aired on Saturday 10/16 on TNT, preempted from its usual Wednesday night timeslot due to the MLB playoffs.

Ratings information courtesy ShowbuzzDaily.com and Wrestlenomics.com

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