AEW Dynamite: October 16 episode viewership and ratings revealed with a Saturday night show
AEW Dynamite was pre-empted to a Saturday night timeslot for the next two weeks, but how badly did it affect the viewership?
According to Showbuzz Daily, this week's edition of AEW Dynamite brought in 727,000 viewers, down from 1.053 million last week. AEW shifting to Saturday breaks its streak of a million-plus viewers that the company has enjoyed for almost two months now. Facing stiff competition from the MLB Playoffs and college football didn't help matters either.
In positive news, this number was much better than the last time AEW Dynamite was on Saturday back in June when they only did 649,000 viewers. So there is a silver lining in terms of viewership this weekend.
AEW Dynamite preempted to Saturday on TNT this weekend was watched by 727,000 viewers on average. 366,000 were aged 18 to 49 (0.28 rating).
Rhodes to the Top: 340,000 viewers, including 366,000 in the demo (0.14 rating).
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AEW Dynamite takes the number nine spot on cable for Wednesday
Regarding the all-important 18-49 demo, AEW Dynamite also saw a drop from last week from 0.37 to 0.28. While both the viewership and demo declined this week, the company probably isn't too worried about the overall numbers for these Saturday shows. They will be focused on getting their numbers back when Dynamite returns to Wednesdays on October 27.
Last week, AEW Dynamite took the fourth spot on cable for Wednesday, and you seriously can't do better than that. This week, AEW dropped to the ninth spot on cable for the day. AEW Dynamite remaining in the top 10 on cable Saturday should be seen as a victory as the rest of the list was dominated by the MLB playoffs and ESPN's coverage of college football.
Dynamite’s viewership was higher than last time it was preempted to Saturday, on June 26, when it was watched by 649,000 (12% higher this time) and 277,000 in the demo (32% higher this time).
AEW Dynamite opened up with a match between Malakai Black and Dante Martin of Top Flight.
The main event of the show saw a fantastic matchup as Bryan Danielson went one-on-one with Bobby Fish.
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