ByMarc Middleton
AEW
Wednesday's live AEW Dynamite drew 872,000 viewers on TNT, according to Showbuzz Daily.
This is up 1.28% from last week's episode, which drew 861,000 viewers.
Dynamite drew a 0.33 rating in the key 18-49 demographic this week. This is up 6.45% from last week's 0.31 rating. The 0.33 key demographic rating represents 430,000 viewers who watched the show from that 18-49 demo. This is up 5.91% from last week's 406,000 18-49 viewers that the 0.31 key demo rating represented, according to Wrestlenomics.
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Dynamite ranked #5 on the Cable Top 150 this week with the 0.33 rating in the 18-49 key demographic. This is down from last week's #3 ranking.
Dynamite ranked #36 in viewership for the night on cable this week. This is up from last week's #40 ranking.
The AEW Dynamite audience is up this week, but this is the third-lowest audience on a Wednesday night since fans returned. The key demo rating is tied with two other episodes for the second-lowest key demo rating since fans returned, topping the 0.31 key demo rating the show drew for the last two weeks. Dynamite still has not cracked 1 million viewers since the show started airing live on the West Coast on October 27. Wednesday's viewership was up 1.28% from last week, while the 18-49 key demo rating was up 6.45% from last week.
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This week's Dynamite viewership was down 12.36% from the same week in 2020. The key demo rating was down 27% from the previous year. The 2020 episode went head-to-head with WWE NXT. This was another rare week, and the second week in a row, where the Dynamite audience and key demo rating were down for the same week last year. Last year's episode did feature Sting's first AEW interview, plus a sitdown interview with NBA Legend Shaquille O'Neal.
The NBA game on ESPN between the Warriors and the Trail Blazers topped the night in the 18-49 demographic on the Cable Top 150 with a 0.55 rating, drawing 1.636 million viewers. The Five and Tucker Carlson Tonight on FOX News topped the night in viewership on cable, tying at 3.427 million viewers, with Tucker ranking #6 on the Cable Top 150 with a 0.30 key demo rating, and The Five ranking #9 with a 0.25.
Chicago Fire on NBC topped the night on network TV in viewership with an average of 6.764 million viewers, with a 0.74 key demo rating. Survivor on CBS took the #1 spot in the 18-49 demographic with a 0.91 rating, also drawing 5.697 million viewers.
Wednesday's AEW Dynamite aired live from the UBS Arena on Long Island, NY, and featured several matches and segments advertised ahead of time – the final build for Winter Is Coming 2, The Young Bucks vs. Rocky Romero and Chuck Taylor, Riho vs. Jamie Hayter, The Acclaimed and 2point0 vs. The Varsity Blonds and Jurassic Express, the third annual Dynamite Diamond Battle Royale, plus the main event, which was Bryan Danielson vs. John Silver.
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Below is our 2021 AEW Dynamite Viewership Tracker:
January 6 Episode: 662,000 viewers with a 0.25 rating in the 18-49 demographic (New Year's Smash Night 1 episode)
January 13 Episode: 762,000 viewers with a 0.30 rating in the 18-49 demographic (New Year's Smash Night 2 episode)
January 20 Episode: 854,000 viewers with a 0.36 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 27 Episode: 734,000 viewers with a 0.29 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 3 Episode: 844,000 viewers with a 0.32 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Beach Break episode)
February 10 Episode: 741,000 viewers with a 0.29 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 17 Episode: 747,000 viewers with a 0.31 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 24 Episode: 831,000 viewers with a 0.35 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 3 Episode: 934,000 viewers with a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 10 Episode: 743,000 viewers with a 0.32 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Revolution episode)
March 17 Episode: 768,000 viewers with a 0.28 rating in the 18-49 demographic (St. Patrick's Day Slam episode)
March 24 Episode: 757,000 viewers with a 0.30 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 31 Episode: 700,000 viewers with a 0.26 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 7 Episode: 688,000 viewers with a 0.28 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 14 Episode: 1.219 million viewers with a 0.44 rating in the 18-49 demographic (First episode following WWE NXT move to Tuesday)
April 21 Episode: 1.104 million viewers with a 0.37 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 28 Episode: 889,000 viewers with a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 5 Episode: 1.090 million viewers with a 0.42 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Blood & Guts episode)
May 12 Episode: 936,000 viewers with a 0.31 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 19 Episode: 821,000 viewers with a 0.28 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 28 Episode: 526,000 viewers with a 0.20 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Friday Night Dynamite episode)
June 4 Episode: 462,000 viewers with a 0.19 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Friday Night Dynamite episode)
June 11 Episode: 487,000 viewers with a 0.19 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Friday Night Dynamite episode)
June 18 Episode: 552,000 viewers with a 0.20 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Friday Night Dynamite episode)
June 26 Episode: 649,000 viewers with a 0.21 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Saturday Night Dynamite episode)
June 30 Episode: 883,000 viewers with a 0.35 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Return to normal Wednesday timeslot)
July 7 Episode: 871,000 viewers with a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Road Rager episode)
July 14 Episode: 1.025 million viewers with a 0.40 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Fyter Fest Night 1 episode)
July 21 Episode: 1.148 million viewers with a 0.44 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Fyter Fest Night 2 episode)
July 28 Episode: 1.108 million viewers with a 0.45 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Fight for the Fallen episode)
August 4 Episode: 1.102 million viewers with a 0.46 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Homecoming episode)
August 11 Episode: 979,000 viewers with a 0.35 rating in the 18-49 demographic
August 18 Episode: 975,000 viewers with a 0.35 rating in the 18-49 demographic
August 25 Episode: 1.172 million viewers with a 0.48 rating in the 18-49 demographic (CM Punk debut episode)
September 1 Episode: 1.047 million viewers with a 0.37 rating in the 18-49 demographic
September 8 Episode: 1.319 million viewers with a 0.52 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-All Out episode)
September 15 Episode: 1.175 million viewers with a 0.44 rating in the 18-49 demographic
September 22 Episode: 1.273 million viewers with a 0.48 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Grand Slam episode)
September 29 Episode: 1.152 million viewers with a 0.45 rating in the 18-49 demographic
October 6 Episode: 1.053 million viewers with a 0.37 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Second Anniversary episode)
October 16 Episode: 727,000 viewers with a 0.28 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Saturday Night Dynamite episode)
October 23 Episode: 575,000 viewers with a 0.22 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Saturday Night Dynamite episode)
October 27 Episode: 941,000 viewers with a 0.40 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Return to normal Wednesday timeslot)
November 3 Episode: 878,000 viewers with a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demographic
November 10 Episode: 913,000 viewers with a 0.34 rating in the 18-49 demographic
November 17 Episode: 984,000 viewers with a 0.37 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Full Gear episode)
November 24 Episode: 898,000 viewers with a 0.31 rating in the 18-49 demographic
December 1 Episode: 861,000 viewers with a 0.31 rating in the 18-49 demographic
December 8 Episode: 872,000 viewers with a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demographic
December 15 Episode:
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2020 Total: 42.970 million viewers over 53 episodes
2020 Average: 810,755 viewers per episode
2019 Total: 10.840 million viewers over 12 episodes
2019 Average: 903,333 viewers per episode
