WWE RAW Scores Lowest Viewership Of 2021
Monday's live edition of WWE RAW, featuring more on The Road to WrestleMania 37 with Drew McIntyre defeating Ricochet and then Mustafa Ali in the main event matches, drew an average of 1.701 million viewers on the USA Network, according to Showbuzz Daily.
This is down 6.33% from last week's 1.816 million viewers for the post-Fastlane episode.
For this week's show, the first hour drew 1.733 million viewers (last week's hour 1 – 1.878 million), the second hour drew 1.697 million viewers (last week's hour 2 – 1.841 million) and the final hour drew 1.673 million viewers (last week's hour 3 – 1.729 million).
RAW ranked #8 for the night in viewership on cable, up from last week's #13 spot, and behind Tucker Carlson Tonight, Hannity, The Five, Rachel Maddow Show, The Ingraham Angle, Special Report, and women's college basketball on ESPN.
RAW ranked #1 for the night on the Cable Top 150, with an average 18-49 demographic rating of 0.56, up from last week's #4 ranked 0.53. RAW returns to #1 this week after last week's show took a loss to college basketball, which ended an eight-week run at #1 since the end of football. Tucker Carlson Tonight on FOX News topped the night on cable in viewership with 3.000 million viewers, ranking #5 on the Cable Top 150 with a 0.25 rating in the key demo.
This is the eleventh week where RAW had no football competition, and the first since the recent NCAA competition on cable, which puts them back at #1. RAW was down 6.33% from last week's viewership, and up 5.66% in the key demographic rating.
This is the lowest RAW viewership of the year, and the lowest going back to the post-TLC episode on December 21, which drew 1.691 million viewers with a 0.53 rating in the key demo.
This week's RAW viewership was down 22% from the same week in 2020. The key demo rating was down 20% from the same week last year.
American Idol on ABC drew an average of 4.993 million viewers on broadcast TV in the 8pm hour while the NCAA basketball coverage drew 5.992 million viewers on CBS, The Voice drew 6.161 million viewers on NBC, 911 drew 2.450 million viewers on FOX and CW's Bulletproof drew 475,000 viewers, all in the 8pm hour on broadcast TV.
Below is our 2021 RAW Viewership Tracker, along with the WWE Top 10 video for last night's show:
January 4 Episode: 2.128 million viewers with a 0.68 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Legends Night episode)
January 11 Episode: 1.819 million viewers with a 0.55 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 18 Episode: 1.855 million viewers with a 0.60 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 25 Episode: 1.820 million viewers with a 0.52 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 1 Episode: 1.892 million viewers with a 0.58 rating in the 18-49 demographic (post-Royal Rumble episode)
February 8 Episode: 1.715 million viewers with a 0.49 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 15 Episode: 1.810 million viewers with a 0.57 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 22 Episode: 1.890 million viewers with a 0.57 rating in the 18-49 demographic (post-Elimination Chamber episode)
March 1 Episode: 1.884 million viewers with a 0.58 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 8 Episode: 1.900 million viewers with a 0.55 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 15 Episode: 1.843 million viewers with a 0.56 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 22 Episode: 1.816 million viewers with a 0.53 rating in the 18-49 demographic (post-Fastlane episode)
March 29 Episode: 1.701 million viewers with a 0.56 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 5 Episode:
2020 Total: 97.744 million viewers over 52 episodes
2020 Average: 1.880 million viewers per 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