WWE Monday Night RAW Garners Lowest Audience In Its History

This week’s episode of Monday Night RAW was able to generate an average of 2.350 million viewers. This is down 12% from last week’s show and is the lowest RAW viewership in history, coming in under the 2.470 million viewers for The July 9th episode. This week’s episode of Monday Night RAW featured The Shield teaming up for the first time in nearly one year to defeat the trio of Acting RAW General Manager Baron Corbin & The AOP in a Six-Man Tag Team Main Event.
For this week’s show, the first hour drew 2.493 million viewers (last week’s hour 1 – 2.839 million), the second hour drew 2.275 million viewers (last week’s hour 2 – 2.746 million) and the final hour drew 2.281 million viewers (last week’s hour 3 – 2.432 million). If there is one positive to this week’s number, it’s that the audience rose very slightly from the second hour to the third.
RAW was #12 for the night in viewership on cable, behind NFL’s Monday Night Football, Monday Night Kickoff, SportsCenter at midnight, Hannity, Rachel Maddow Show, Tucker Carlson Tonight, Last Word, The Story, Special Report, The Ingraham Angle and The Five. RAW was #4 in the 18-49 demographic this week, behind Monday Night Football, Monday Night Kickoff and SportsCenter.

The NFL’s Monday Night Football topped the night in the 18-49 demographic and in viewership this week, for the third week in a row. The Steelers vs. Buccaneers game drew 12.011 million viewers. Dancing With The Stars drew 7.684 million viewers on broadcast TV in The 8PM hour while Big Bang Theory drew 12.924 million viewers, The Voice drew 9.663 million viewers, The Resident drew 4.880 million viewers and Penn & Teller drew 892,000 viewers, all in The 8PM hour on broadcast TV.
Below is Monday Night RAW’s viewership numbers for the rest of 2018:
– January 1st Episode: 2.865 million viewers
– January 8th Episode: 2.766 million viewers

– January 15th Episode: 3.250 million viewers
– January 22nd Episode: 4.530 million viewers (RAW 25)
– January 29th Episode: 3.395 million viewers (Royal Rumble Fallout Episode)

– February 5th Episode: 3.055 million viewers
– February 12th Episode: 3.105 million viewers
– February 19th Episode: 3.282 million viewers (Elimination Chamber Go-Home Episode)
– February 26th Episode: 3.180 million viewers (Elimination Chamber Fallout Episode)
– March 5th Episode: 3.099 million viewers
– March 12th Episode: 3.352 million viewers
– March 19th Episode: 3.327 million viewers
– March 26th Episode: 3.366 million viewers
– April 2nd Episode: 3.357 million viewers (WrestleMania 34 Go-Home Episode)
– April 9th Episode: 3.921 million viewers (WrestleMania 34 Fallout Episode)
– April 16th Episode: 3.622 million viewers (Superstar Shakeup Episode)
– April 23rd Episode: 3.104 million viewers
– April 30th Episode: 3.066 million viewers (Backlash Go-Home Episode)
– May 7th Episode: 2.689 million viewers (Backlash Fallout Episode)
– May 14th Episode: 2.741 million (Taped Episode From London)
– May 21st Episode: 2.668 million viewers
– May 28th Episode: 2.494 million viewers
– June 4th Episode: 2.525 million viewers
– June 11th Episode: 2.730 million viewers (MITB Go-Home Episode)
– June 18th Episode: 2.903 million viewers (MITB Fallout Episode)
– June 25th Episode: 2.663 million viewers
– July 2nd Episode: 2.707 million viewers
– July 9th Episode: 2.470 million viewers (Extreme Rules Go-Home Episode)
– July 16th Episode: 2.866 million viewers (Extreme Rules Fallout Episode)
– July 23rd Episode: 2.779 million viewers
– July 30th Episode: 2.901 million viewers
– August 6th Episode: 2.804 million viewers
– August 13th Episode: 2.825 million viewers (SummerSlam Go-Home Episode)
– August 20th Episode: 3.095 million viewers (SummerSlam Fallout Episode)
– August 27th Episode: 2.877 million viewers
– September 3rd Episode: 2.872 million viewers (Labor Day Episode)
– September 10th Episode: 2.740 million viewers (HIAC Go-Home Episode)
– September 17th Episode: 2.672 million viewers (HIAC Fallout Episode)
– September 24th Episode: 2.350 million viewers
2017 Total: 156.971 million viewers
2017 Average: 3.018 million viewers per episode
Source: Showbuzz Daily