This past Monday night's (May 20, 2013) episode of Raw, the fallout show from the Extreme Rules pay-per-view (PPV) that went down the evening before in St. Louis, faced no competition from the NBA Playoffs like it has for the past couple...
This past Monday night's (May 20, 2013) episode of Raw, the fallout show from the Extreme Rules pay-per-view (PPV) that went down the evening before in St. Louis, faced no competition from the NBA Playoffs like it has for the past couple weeks. Because of that, the numbers were up from last week.
But they were not up from last year.
Indeed, Monday's show did a 3.0 rating for an average of 4.23 million viewers for all three hours. That's slightly up from 4.15 million last week against the Miami Heat vs. Chicago Bulls game, though it was down from the 4.89 million viewers last year's show averaged.
Remember, though, that was one night after Brock Lesnar's big return match against John Cena.
The more interesting aspect of the ratings for Monday's show, however, is the hourly breakdown. Just like last week, the show started slow in hour one and gradually improved throughout the evening.
Hour one: 4.07 millionHour two: 4.29 millionHour three: 4.30 million
If they manage to do this again next week, you can call it a pattern. This after the first 16 weeks of the year saw the third hour drop viewers from the second. Dare we say WWE has found a better formula?
We'll see if it holds.
For complete results and the live blog click here. For reactions to the show click here. And for a playlist of the entire night click here.
