WWE RAW Viewership Increases For The Final Episode Before Money In The Bank
Monday's Money In the Bank go-home WWE RAW episode, a taped show from London with Sami Zayn defeating Braun Strowman in a Falls Count Anywhere main event, drew an average of 2.349 million viewers, according to Showbuzz Daily.
This is up 4.7% from last week's 2.244 million viewers, which was the second-lowest viewership of 2019 and the third-lowest audience for a non-holiday RAW episode in history.
For this week's show, the first hour drew 2.576 million viewers (last week's hour 1 – 2.468 million), the second hour drew 2.391 million viewers (last week's hour 2 – 2.240 million) and the final hour drew 2.080 million viewers (last week's hour 3 – 2.024 million).
WWE had no competition from the NBA Playoffs this week, which has dominated the charts for more than a month. This is the second week in a row that the viewership has increased.
RAW was #9 for the night in viewership on cable, behind Hannity, Tucker Carlson Tonight, The Ingraham Angle, Rachel Maddow Show and The Five. RAW was #1 in the 18-49 demographic on the Cable Top 150 this week, the first time topping the chart in a few months. Hannity topped the night in viewership with 3.384 million viewers, coming in at #17 on the Cable Top 150.
The Bachelorette on ABC drew 4.772 million viewers on broadcast TV in the 8pm hour while Big Bang Theory drew 5.385 million viewers on CBS, The Voice drew 7.691 million viewers on NBC, 911 drew 6.442 million viewers on Fox and CW's DC Legends drew 987,000 viewers, all in the 8pm hour on broadcast TV.
Below is our 2019 RAW Viewership Tracker:
January 7 Episode: 2.324 million viewers
January 14 Episode: 2.722 million viewers
January 21 Episode: 2.462 million viewers
January 28 Episode: 2.703 million viewers (post-Royal Rumble episode)
February 4 Episode: 2.510 million viewers
February 11 Episode: 2.462 million viewers
February 18 Episode: 2.771 million viewers (post-Elimination Chamber episode)
February 25 Episode: 2.922 million viewers
March 4 Episode: 2.783 million viewers
March 11 Episode: 2.819 million viewers (post-Fastlane episode)
March 18 Episode: 2.695 million viewers
March 25 Episode: 2.589 million viewers
April 1 Episode: 2.639 million viewers
April 8 Episode: 2.923 million viewers (post-WrestleMania 35 episode)
April 15 Episode: 2.665 million viewers (Superstar Shakeup episode)
April 22 Episode: 2.374 million viewers
April 29 Episode: 2.158 million viewers
May 6 Episode: 2.244 million viewers
May 13 Episode: 2.349 million viewers (taped episode from London)
May 20 Episode:
2018 Total: 149.628 million viewers over 53 episodes
2018 Average: 2.823 million viewers per episode
2017 Total: 156.971 million viewers over 52 episodes
2017 Average: 3.018 million viewers per episode