WWE RAW Season Premiere Viewership Down From The Draft

Monday's live WWE RAW show, the season premiere episode with a loaded line-up announced ahead of time, drew an average of 1.777 million viewers on the USA Network, according to Showbuzz Daily.

This is down 4.2% from last week's 1.855 million viewers for the WWE Draft Night 2 edition of RAW.

For this week's show, the first hour drew 1.806 million viewers (last week's hour 1 – 2.006 million), the second hour drew 1.835 million viewers (last week's hour 2 – 1.884 million) and the final hour drew 1.689 million viewers (last week's hour 3 – 1.676 million).

To compare, the 2019 RAW season premiere episode on October 1 drew an average of 2.571 million viewers, up from the previous week, which drew 2.210 million viewers. That episode ranked #8 for the night in viewership on cable, and #4 for the night in the 18-49 demographic on the Cable Top 150.

RAW ranked #30 for the night in viewership on cable, behind the NFL on ESPN, Monday Night Kickoff, Tucker Carlson Tonight, Hannity, The Ingraham Angle, The Five, SportsCenter at midnight, Rachel Maddow Show, Special Report, Your World, The Story, Outnumbered, Outnumbered Overtime, Cuomo Prime Time, Anderson Cooper 360, Bill Hemmer Reports, Daily Briefing, Last Word, Deadline: White House, FOX News at Night, FOX & Friends at 8am, All In, Beat, Reidout, America's Newsroom at 9am, America's Newsroom at 11am, FOX & Friends at 7am, 11th Hour, and America's Newsroom at 10am.

WWE ranked #4 for the night on the Cable Top 150, with an average 18-49 demographic rating of 0.52, down from last week's #5 ranked 0.57. The NFL game on ESPN between the Cardinals and the Cowboys the topped the night on the Cable Top 150, with a 3.57 rating in the key 18-49 demographic. The Cardinals vs. Cowboys game also topped the night on cable in viewership with 11.317 million viewers.

Dancing With The Stars on ABC drew an average of 5.751 million viewers on broadcast TV in the 8pm hour while Big Brother on CBS drew 3.746 million viewers, The Voice drew 8.202 million viewers on NBC, the NFL Monday Night Football post-show for the game between the Chiefs and the Bills drew 8.032 million viewers on FOX and CW's Whose Line Is It Anyway? drew 827,000 viewers, all in the 8pm hour on broadcast TV. The Chiefs vs. Bills game, part of a NFL Monday Night Football doubleheader, drew a whopping 12.160 million viewers for the first three hours, from 5-8pm before RAW hit the air.

Below is our 2020 RAW Viewership Tracker:

January 6 Episode: 2.385 million viewers with a 0.74 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 13 Episode: 2.030 million viewers with a 0.61 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 20 Episode: 2.380 million viewers with a 0.83 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 27 Episode: 2.402 million viewers with a 0.76 rating in the 18-49 demographic (post-Royal Rumble episode)
February 3 Episode: 2.168 million viewers with a 0.67 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 10 Episode: 2.337 million viewers with a 0.80 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 17 Episode: 2.437 million viewers with a 0.79 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 24 Episode: 2.210 million viewers with a 0.71 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 2 Episode: 2.256 million viewers with a 0.74 rating in the 18-49 demographic (post-Super ShowDown episode)
March 9 Episode: 2.163 million viewers with a 0.69 rating in the 18-49 demographic (post-Elimination Chamber episode)
March 16 Episode: 2.335 million viewers with a 0.74 rating in the 18-49 demographic (first-ever WWE Performance Center episode)
March 23 Episode: 2.006 million viewers with a 0.61 rating in the 18-49 demographic (second WWE PC episode)
March 30 Episode: 1.924 million viewers with a 0.58 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 6 Episode: 2.118 million viewers with a 0.70 rating in the 18-49 demographic (post-WrestleMania 36 episode)
April 13 Episode: 1.913 million viewers with a 0.56 rating in the 18-49 demographic (return to live TV)
April 20 Episode: 1.842 million viewers with a 0.56 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 27 Episode: 1.817 million viewers with a 0.51 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 4 Episode: 1.686 million viewers with a 0.46 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 11 Episode: 1.919 million viewers with a 0.57 rating in the 18-49 demographic (post-Money In the Bank episode)
May 18 Episode: 1.757 million viewers with a 0.51 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 25 Episode: 1.735 million viewers with a 0.51 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Memorial Day episode)
June 1 Episode: 1.728 million viewers with a 0.49 rating in the 18-49 demographic
June 8 Episode: 1.737 million viewers with a 0.53 rating in the 18-49 demographic
June 15 Episode: 1.939 million viewers with a 0.53 rating in the 18-49 demographic (post-Backlash episode)
June 22 Episode: 1.922 million viewers with a 0.53 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Championship Edition)
June 29 Episode: 1.735 million viewers with a 0.48 rating in the 18-49 demographic
July 6 Episode: 1.687 million viewers with a 0.49 rating in the 18-49 demographic
July 13 Episode: 1.561 million viewers with a 0.48 rating in the 18-49 demographic
July 20 Episode: 1.628 million viewers with a 0.46 rating in the 18-49 demographic (post-Extreme Rules episode)
July 27 Episode: 1.617 million viewers with a 0.48 rating in the 18-49 demographic
August 3 Episode: 1.715 million viewers with a 0.51 rating in the 18-49 demographic
August 10 Episode: 1.722 million viewers with a 0.47 rating in the 18-49 demographic
August 17 Episode: 1.643 million viewers with a 0.48 rating in the 18-49 demographic
August 24 Episode: 2.028 million viewers with a 0.67 rating in the 18-49 demographic (post-SummerSlam episode)
August 31 Episode: 1.900 million viewers with a 0.58 rating in the 18-49 demographic (post-Payback episode)
September 7 Episode: 1.725 million viewers with a 0.48 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Labor Day episode)
September 14 Episode: 1.689 million viewers with a 0.50 rating in the 18-49 demographic (In Your Face edition)
September 21 Episode: 1.678 million viewers with a 0.50 rating in the 18-49 demographic
September 28 Episode: 1.822 million viewers with a 0.55 rating in the 18-49 demographic (post-Clash of Champions episode)
October 5 Episode: 1.686 million viewers with a 0.52 rating in the 18-49 demographic
October 12 Episode: 1.855 million viewers with a 0.57 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Draft Night 2 episode)
October 19 Episode: 1.777 million viewers with a 0.52 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Season premiere episode)
October 26 Episode:

2019 Total: 125.746 million viewers over 52 episodes
2019 Average: 2.418 million viewers per 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