Stereomaniac wrote: » What I think a lot of people seem to forget is that at the end of the day, we're grown men watching a television programme that's aimed at children. The product isn't always going to have things that we think are great because we aren't the target audience like we once were. The best way to protest against this is by turning off the television and cancelling the network subscriptions. Somehow I don't think many of us are going to be doing that though.
Stereomaniac wrote: » I think 3 hour shows are well and truly here to stay. It seems like that's what people blame the poor product on over and over. Well they put on 3 hour pay per views every month that consistently impress me as a viewer and many others as well I'm sure.
Alexis Sanchez wrote: » Raw and PPVs are not comparable. Raw is stacked with mid-card matches, promos and in-ring segments that are used to build towards the big PPV matches. PPVs are stacked with big matches, usually for a championship, and the part-time wrestlers almost only wrestle on PPVs. The 3 hours are definitely a major reason why the ratings are down. 3 hours once a month on a Sunday is fine, 3 hours every Monday is too much.
An File wrote: » Sorry to be pedantic, but 700k out of 4.1 million is not 25%. It's closer to 17%.
Rjd2 wrote: » Plenty of people have turned off their televisions though, that is why Vince is not a happy man. Oh and yeah the product while still children friendly, it still relies a lot on us adults. 25 percent are under the age of 18. from the official wwe site. so what about the other 75 per cent?
Monokne wrote: » The key is where cable TV is when the deal is due. If, as may well be the case, more and more non-live programming is being consumed on demand while Raw is one of a dwindling number of TV shows that can still pull in 2.5 million viewers+ each week, they will be in a much stronger position. If ratings across the board stop declining and Raw continues to tank, maybe they will be in trouble. Anyway you slice it, declining popularity is bad but when you are looking at TV income, it's a fluid situation.
Alexis Sanchez wrote: » Raw and PPVs are not comparable. Raw is stacked with mid-card matches, promos and in-ring segments that are used to build towards the big PPV matches. PPVs are stacked with big matches, usually for a championship, and the part-time wrestlers almost only wrestle on PPVs. The 3 hours are definitely a major reason why the ratings are down. They don't have enough ideas to fill up 3 hours with good television, so promos and in-ring segments are stretched out to waste time and are poorly put together. Having 20+ writers doesn't help matters. As the old saying goes: too many cooks spoil the broth. 3 hours once a month on a Sunday is fine, 3 hours every Monday is too much.
A Primal Nut wrote: » I'd like to see them go with 2 hours of raw plus the NXT show as the third hour. Ratings might not be hurt overall as much as you think and even if revenue goes down so will costs.
Bounty Hunter wrote: » One thing I wonder is what WWEs plan is considering the way things are going with declining TV numbers. The network is great and all but its existing WWE viewers that are converted into network subscribers and they need the TV platform to attract new viewers which can later become network subscribers. I don't expect ratings to go up (although TV in the traditional sense won't go away either) but there has to be some long term plan to be able to attract new viewers
This week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw for Manchester, England garnered an average viewing audience of 3,173,333 viewers on the USA Network. That’s down an average of (-74,667 viewers) from the week prior. Below is how the show did each hour: Hour one – 3,480,000 viewers Hour two – 3,177.000 viewers Hour three – 2,863,000 viewers Average – 3,173,333 viewers WWE doesn’t usually pay much attention to the numbers of the taped shows but man, that third hour is weak. Monday Night Football over on ESPN did 11,438,000 viewers.
The quarterfinals of the WWE title tournament led to an audience rise this week, up to 3.28 million viewers, up from 3.16 million last week and 3.24 million the week before. The Houston Texans upset of the Cincinnati Bengals going head-to-head did 12.19 million viewers, so Raw did a better number than last week against a more viewed football game. The pattern remained consistent with the first hour doing well, with the first half hour not against football doing the strongest, and the audience fading in the second and third hours, but not fading at the level of last week. The third hour was built around Roman Reigns vs. Cesaro and the controversial Paige-Charlotte contract signing. The three hours were: 8 p.m. 3.54 million viewers 9 p.m. 3.29 million viewers 10 p.m. 3.05 million viewers
There is no way to spin the Monday, 11/23 WWE Raw ratings other than that they were a disaster. The show did 2.95 million viewers, more than 200,000 viewers lower than what had previously been the non-holiday low dating back to 1997 when Raw was losing badly to WCW Monday Nitro. Part of the reason was the NFL's Monday night game featuring the New England Patriots vs. Buffalo Bills that did 14.26 million viewers, which is about two million more than football has been doing in recent weeks but nowhere near a record. It is the first time Raw averaged less than three million viewers since 1997. To make matters worse, this was the day after the Survivor Series event where the WWE heavyweight title changed hands, which usually would lead to at least a strong first hour. In case you needed to be reminded, Sheamus now holds the gold after cashing in his MITB briefcase against five minute champion Roman Reigns. The three hours were: 8 p.m. 3.19 million viewers 9 p.m. 2.99 million viewers 10 p.m. 2.71 million viewers
Moneymaker wrote: » Good. They are getting exactly what they deserve.
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