AEW Dynamite scored its second-largest audience in its history running unopposed on Wednesday night and finishing second on cable.
The two-hour show featuring Mike Tyson and several championship matches averaged 1,219,000 viewers on TNT, which is it’s second-largest in history behind Dynamite’s debut episode in October 2019.
The show finished second for the night on cable with a 0.44 in the 18-49 demographic, its largest in the key demo since December 10, 2020, which was the week after Sting’s surprise debut for the company.
Without running head-to-head against NXT, the show’s audience expanded across the board. The question of whether the older audience would tune in was answered as AEW did 0.50 in the over 50 demographic, by far the highest AEW has ever performed in that segment and more than doubling last week’s figure.
Women 18-49 saw a spike of 77 percent compared with last week, adults 18-34 grew by 73 percent as did females 12-34.
NXT’s move to Tuesday nights saw the program finish with 805,000 viewers and a 0.22 in the 18-49 demographic finishing eighth on Tuesday among cable programs.
The giant surge in AEW’s audience appears to have helped ONE Championship, which immediately followed Wednesday’s broadcast. In their second week on TNT, ONE averaged 337,000 viewers and a 0.11 in the 18-49 demographic. It was way up from last week’s card that featured Demetrious Johnson and Eddie Alvarez in separate fights and only did 196,000 and a 0.08 in the key demo.
In Canada, AEW Dynamite averaged 117,800 viewers on TSN 2 and 57,900 in the 25-54 demographic. Last week’s episode of Dynamite did 81,000 viewers going against NXT TakeOver, which aired on both Sportsnet 360 and the WWE Network in Canada.
Here is a breakdown of the key demos, comparisons to last week’s episode, and what it’s averaged over the last four weeks:
Source: Showbuzz Daily
ADULTS 18-49
This week: 0.44 (+57 percent from last week)
Last four weeks: 0.28
FEMALES 18-49
This week: 0.32 (+77 percent)
Last four weeks: 0.16
MALES 18-49
This week: 0.55 (+45 percent)
Last four weeks: 0.40
ADULTS 18-34
This week: 0.26 (+73 percent)
Last four weeks: 0.14
FEMALES 12-34
This week: 0.19 (+73 percent)
Last four weeks: 0.10
MALES 12-34
This week: 0.23 (+53 percent)
Last four weeks: 0.14
ADULTS 25-54
This week: 0.50 (+51.5 percent)
Last four weeks: 0.33
ADULTS 50+
This week: 0.50 (+108 percent)
Last four weeks: 0.28
