The Overnight Ratings Breakdown For AEW Dynamite This Week

This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite increased in viewership and ratings from the six-month low the week prior.

The May 10th show brought in 877,000 viewers and a 0.32 rating (423,000 viewers) in the key 18-49 demographic. The episode also scored a 0.25 rating in 18-34.

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that the latest edition of Dynamite was the best with regard to the 18-49 key demo and viewership since the March 22nd show (tied with April for viewers).

AEW Dynamite performed nicely against its stiffest competition of the year so far, the NBA playoffs. The show was #9 for the night and #5 in its time slot, against the NBA Playoffs game between the Knicks and the Heat (4,388,000/1.49), Vanderpump Rules (which had an all-time record of 1,437,000 and 0.59), Donald Trump’s Town Hall on CNN (3,308,000/0.43) and the NHL Playoffs between Toronto and Florida (1,210,000/0.40).

On the west coast, Dynamite also competed with the Warriors vs. Lakers game, which had 7,546,000 viewers and a 2.72 rating.

The AEW show was #11 in women 18-49, #8 in men 18-49, #7 in 18-34, #8 in women 12-34, and #5 in men 12-34.

Compared to the previous week, Dynamite was up 13% in viewers, up 14% in 18-49, and up 23.4% in 18-34. Compared to last year, it was up 4.4% in viewers, down 0.9% in 18-49, and up 20.8% in 18-34.

Dynamite had 115,000 viewers in men 18-34 (up 7.5%), 59,000 in women 18-34 (up 73.5%), 188,000 in men 35-49 (up 14.6%), and 61,000 in women 35-49 (down 7.6%). The audience in 18-49 was 71.6% male, which went from 68.8% at the start of the show to 74% at the end. The episode had 0.15 in 12-17 (up 15.4%), 0.25 in 18-34 (up 23.4%), 0.39 in 35-49 (up 8.3%), and 0.35 in 50+ (up 9.4%).

Q1: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Rey Fenix – 866,000 viewers, 415,000 in 18-49
Q2: End of Castagnoli vs. Fenix/Miro appearance/promos from Sammy Guevara, MJF, Blackpool Combat Club & The Elite/FTR, Jarrett group & Mark Briscoe – 859,000 viewers (down 7,000), 425,000 in 18-49 (up 10,000)
Q3: Thunder Rosa appearance/Sammy Guevara interview/Tony Khan promo/Orange Cassidy vs. Daniel Garcia – 880,000 viewers (up 21,000), 439,000 in 18-49 (up 14,000)
Q4: End of Cassidy vs. Garcia/The Outcasts, Britt Baker, Jamie Hayter & Hikaru Shida video/Christian Cage promo – 878,000 viewers (down 2,000), 422,000 in 18-49 (down 17,000)
Q5: Darby Allin promo/Anna Jay vs. Julia Hart – 877,000 viewers (down 1,000), 406,000 in 18-49 (down 16,000)
Q6: Orange Cassidy & Best Friends segment/House of Black vs. Bandido & Best Friends – 842,000 viewers (down 35,000), 407,000 in 18-49 (up 1,000)
Q7: Kyle Fletcher attacks Orange Cassidy/Jack Perry promo/Ricky Starks promo/Kenny Omega vs. Jon Moxley – 880,000 viewers (up 38,000), 431,000 in 18-49 (up 24,000)
Q8: End of Moxley vs. Omega – 937,000 viewers (up 57,000), 435,000 in 18-49 (up 4,000)

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