As previously reported, AEW Dynamite had its lowest viewership and 18-49 rating ever with the move to Tuesday this week. The show had 329,000 viewers and an 0.10 rating (128,000 viewers) in the key 18-49 demo. It also had an 0.03 in 18-34. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter has more details on the numbers, including a look at each individual quarter hour.
For those wondering, Dynamite’s first hour, which went directly against WWE NXT, had 331,000 viewers and an 0.09 (122,000) in 18-49. The second hour, which didn’t, had 327,000 viewers and an 0.10 (133,000) in 18-49. Dynamite did not finish in the top 25 on cable for the week, which is the first time that happened. It was #9 in its time slot, behind Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Diego Padres on FS1 (4,647,000/1.31), Boston Bruins vs. Florida Panthers NHL on ESPN (790,000/0.27), Hurricane Milton coverage on The Weather Channel (1,119,000/0.21), Hannity (3,090,000/0.19) and Gutfeld (3,050,000/0.10) on Fox News, Connecticut Sun vs. Minnesota Lynx WNBA on ESPN 2 (984,000/0.19), Caught in the Act 3 on MTV (371,000/0.11), 1,000 Pound Sisters on TLC (649,000/0.11) and The Source with Kaitlin Collins on CNN (916,000/0.10). For the night, it even lost to its lead-in, as The Big Bang Theory (itself lower than normal) had 823,000 viewers and an 0.13.
Compared to last week, when the show was on its normal day and time, Dynamite was down 51.6% in viewers, down 53.3% in 18-49 and down 71.4% in 18-34. Compared to last year, which was also moved to Tuesday against NXT, it was down 46% in viewers, down 63% in 18-49 and down 84.3% in 18-34. It had 20,000 in men 18-34 (down 67.2%), 2,000 in women 18-34 (down 88.9%), 78,000 in men 35-49 (down 44.3%) and 28,000 in women 35-49 (down 49.1%).
Q1: Jon Moxley & Bryan Danielson promos/Darby Allin & Brody King segment/Don Callis & Jake Roberts segment – 450,000 viewers, 157,000 in 18-49
Q2: Hologram vs. Komander – 292,000 viewers (down 158,000), 103,000 in 18-49 (down 54,000)
Q3: End of Hologram vs. Komander/Daniel Garcia promo/Swerve Strickland & EJ Nduka segment/MVP & Shelton Benjamin segment – 296,000 viewers (up 4,000), 118,000 in 18-49 (up 15,000)
Q4: Mercedes Mone & Kamille promo/Daniel Garcia backstage segment/Saraya vs. Jamie Hayter vs. Nyla Rose vs. Willow Nightingale – 286,000 viewers (down 10,000), 110,000 in 18-49 (down 8,000)
Q5: End of Saraya vs. Hayter vs. Rose vs. Nightingale/The Learning Tree & Rocky Romero segment/Jay White squash/HOOK, Kip Sabian & Christian Cage segment – 334,000 viewers (up 48,000), 131,000 in 18-49 (up 31,000)
Q6: Nightingale & Mariah May segment/Mercedes Mone vs. Emi Sakura – 323,000 viewers (down 11,000), 117,000 in 18-49 (down 14,000)
Q7: Private Party & Stokely Hathaway promos/Will Ospreay, Don Callis Family segment/Top Flight & Action Andretti segment – 353,000 viewers (up 30,000), 147,000 in 18-49 (up 30,000)
Q8: Jack Perry promo/Bryan Danielson & Wheeler Yuta vs. Claudio Castagnoli & PAC – 296,000 viewers (down 57,000), 146,000 in 18-49 (down 1,000)
Overrun: End of Danielson & Yuta vs. PAC & Castagnoli – 328,000 viewers (up 32,000), 146,000 in 18-49 (even)
