WWE Raw’s viewership fell to its lowest in nearly three months while airing against a big Monday Night Football game across all of Disney’s platforms.
The December 9 episode of Raw from Wichita averaged 1,386,000 viewers and 577,000 viewers (0.43) in the 18-49 demographic, according to Wrestlenomics and Programming Insider.
Raw’s viewership declined 19% week-to-week, while the 18-49 audience fell 21%. This is Raw’s lowest audience since September 23 and the lowest demo audience since October 28.
The major hit of the evening was the Dallas Cowboys vs. Cincinnati Bengals, which attracted 18,645,000 viewers across ABC, ESPN & ESPN2 and was touted by ESPN as the largest Monday Night Football audience during Week 14 since 2001, which is a much way of promoting the sixth highest Monday night game of the season. It was also the largest audience for a Monday night game since November 4.
Raw topped everything on cable in prime except for the NFL programming on ESPN and did beat ESPN2’s coverage in the demo.
Its Canadian viewership was 227,300 viewers with 115,700 in the 25-54 demographic on Sportsnet 360, which were both increases of 13% from last week. The show ranked fourth among sports programming on Monday behind the Cowboys vs. Bengals, the French broadcast of the Montreal Canadiens vs. Anaheim Ducks, and Toronto Raptors vs. New York Knicks.
