03.03.2011, 23:30
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) hat aufgrund der letzten sehr starken Ratings eine Pressemitteilung veröffentlicht:
Außerdem wurde der Breakdown des aktuellen RAW Ratings bekannt. The Rock erzielte - wie auch schon bei seinem letzten Auftritt - den höchsten Wert (4.03 Ratingpunkte).
Zitat:WWE® #1 in Cable Friday and Monday
STAMFORD, Conn.-- WWE’s Monday Night Raw® on USA Network and Friday Night SmackDown® on Syfy ruled cable as the most watched programs on their respective nights. The strong viewership is building towards WWE’s biggest event of the year, WrestleMania® XXVII, which will feature the most electrifying host in entertainment, The Rock®.
With 3.55 million viewers this past Friday, SmackDown was the most watched program on Syfy since August 2008. The show beat well-known shows Phineas and Ferb (Disney Channel), The O’Reilly Factor (FOX News Channel) and the NBA regular season games (ESPN) as the most watched that night.
Monday Night Raw’s 5.6 million viewers beat American Pickers, Pawn Stars (History Channel), and both college basketball regular season games (ESPN). It was watched by more viewers than Chuck and The Cape (NBC), as well as every program on CW.
Monday Night Raw ratings highlights include:
* Most watched program on all television (broadcast and cable) among males under 55, including 18-49 and 25-54.
* Most adults 18-34 and 18-49 on all of cable and every program on NBC and CW.
* More adults 25-54 on all of cable and every program on CW.
Friday Night SmackDown ratings highlights include:
* Most watched television program (broadcast and cable) among all males (M2+) than every program on NBC, FOX, ABC, CW and all of cable.
* Most watched television program (broadcast and cable) among all adults 18-49 and 25-54.
* Watched by more than 1.2 million female viewers, beating all programming on CW, TLC, A&E, Food Network, Lifetime, Hallmark and Oxygen.
Source: Nielsen Media Research, Galaxy Explorer 2/25/11 & 2/28/11, live + same day impressions.
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Außerdem wurde der Breakdown des aktuellen RAW Ratings bekannt. The Rock erzielte - wie auch schon bei seinem letzten Auftritt - den höchsten Wert (4.03 Ratingpunkte).
Zitat:- As noted before, the February 28th episode of WWE's Monday Night RAW scored a 3.82 rating with 5.6 million viewers. Male viewership was up 70% this week and The Rock's interview was the high point with every demographic.
In a segment breakdown, the show opened at a 3.78 rating with Triple H's promo and attack on Sheamus. Evan Bourne's return vs. Sheamus lost 187,000 viewers while the segment with Jerry Lawler, Michael Cole and Jack Swagger gained 386,000 viewers back. This segment did well for that usual time in the show and ended up being the second-most watched segment this week with a 3.93 rating.
Randy Orton vs. Michael McGillicutty lost 95,000 viewers but the segment with Alex Riley, The Miz and John Cena coming out gained 67,000 back. There's been a trend in ratings where The Miz is put on a part of the show that usually draws but it's not drawing with him featured.
The Divas Battle Royal lost 308,000 viewers but The Rock's promo gained 482,000 back, to a 4.03 rating, in a segment of the show that usually loses viewers. The interview with Shawn Michaels and The Miz attacking Daniel Bryan lost 389,000 viewers. The Cena vs. Riley cage match gained 167,000 viewers in the overrun, ending at a 3.86. This is low for RAW's usual overrun.