The TV ratings and viewership data are in for the Oct. 22 episode of AEW Dynamite on TBS.
Per Programming Insider, the WrestleDream fallout show was watched by 477,000 viewers with a .08 rating in the 18-49 year old demographic. That’s down 11% in overall audience and 27% in the demo from the first two hours of the previous Wednesday’s three-hour programming block that Nielsen tracked as Dynamite.
It’s the last roller coaster ride for a pro wrestling show’s ratings under Nielsen’s new calculation model
for calculating TV ratings, which is why some — and especially in the pro wrestling world — are questioning it (except for the NFL, which now seems quite happy).
Dynamite was the ninth highest rated show on cable this past Wednesday. The NBA on ESPN led the cable charts, as their coverage of Cleveland/New York game (now with Inside The NBA, leased from TNT Sports and Warner Bros Discovery!) drew a .63 rating from 2.17 million viewers. However, Survivor on CBS was beat it in the demo with a .66 from a total audience of 4.4 million to finish first on all of television. NBC’s Chicago Med was the night’s most watched show with an audience of 5.28 million. Among cable and broadcast shows, it finished sixth in the demo with a .33 rating.
Here’s a breakdown of AEW Dynamite’s television viewership and rating in the 18-49 demo over the last year:
- Oct. 8, 2024*: 329,000 / .10
- Oct. 16: 633,000 / .20
- Oct. 23: 637,000 / .19
- Oct. 30: 628,000 / .19
- Nov. 6: 523,000 / .16
- Nov. 13: 666,000 / .22
- Nov. 20: 640,000 / .20
- Nov. 27: 536,000 / .15
- Dec. 4: 586,000 / .17
- Dec. 11: 594,000 / .17
- Dec. 18: 625,000 / .19
- Dec. 25: 574,000 / .18
- Jan. 1, 2025: 588,000 / .16
- Jan. 8: 615,000 / .17
- Jan. 15: 679,000 / .18
- Jan. 22: 655,000 / .19
- Jan. 29: 604,000 / .17
- Feb. 5: 605,000 / .17
- Feb. 12: 579,000 / .16
- Feb. 19: 563,000 / .17
- Feb. 26: 598,000 / .18
- Mar. 5: 600,000 / .13
- Mar. 12: 628,000 / .16
- Mar. 19: 658,000 / .19
- Mar. 26: 663,000 / .17
- April 2: 594,000 / .16
- April 9: 659,000 / .17
- April 16: 624,000 / .17
- April 23: 521,000 / .14
- April 30: 629,000 / .16
- May 7: 629,000 / .16
- May 14: 682,000 / .17
- May 21: 575,000 / .15
- May 28: 636,000 / .16
- June 4: 655,000 / .18
- June 11: 597,000 / .17
- June 18: 736,000 / .21
- June 25: 613,000 / .15
- July 2: 584,000 / .16
- July 9: 637,000 / .16
- July 16: 588,000 / .15
- July 23: 608,000 / .14
- July 30: 612,000 / .15
- Aug. 6: 711,000 / .18
- Aug. 13: 690,000 / .17
- Aug. 20: 565,000 / .16
- Aug. 27: 585,000 / .13
- Sept. 3: 472,000 / .11
- Sept. 10: 584,000 / .12
- Sept. 17: 667,000 / .14
- Sept. 24: 638,000 / .14
- Oct. 1º: 465,000 / .09
- Oct. 7*: 321,000 / .07
- Oct. 15: 534,000 / .11
- Oct. 22: 477,000 / .08
* Aired outside its normal Wednesday night primetime slot
º Nielsen began using Panel + Big Data calculation
For complete results from the latest Dynamite, check out our live blog click here. To read a recap & review of the episode, click here. For video highlights, click here.
