I usually post about the ratings in other threads so maybe it is time to have a thread devoted to the ratings entirely.
This week's RAW followed the downward trend of previous weeks, but the drop-off was much more severe (new 18 year low).
http://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/ra...0-years-202386
Found this online, visualized viewer average for this year
You can see the data used to create the graph in one place here (there may be other better ones in a table form, but this was all I could find. Definitely post if you find a table version of the ratings history.):
http://www.wrestlingnewsworld.com/st...der-3-million/
Anyways, with the viewer numbers continuing to decline, it brings up a lot of interesting topics for discussion:
- How low can the ratings get?
- Will WWE make any changes if the ratings continue to drop? Return of 2 hour RAW? Switch to a seasonal format rather than showing 52 episodes a year?
- Do the ratings matter anymore? WWE's primary source of income is likely all from the WWE Network at this point, so maybe the TV viewership doesn't matter as much as it used too. Another thing to consider is that less and less people are watching TV now with cord-cutting on the rise.
Last edited by beansroast01; 11-26-2015 at 12:16 PM.