Source: TNAStars.com
The final viewership estimates for this week’s episode of iMPACT Wrestling on Spike TV are now available. The numbers show that this week’s show had the highest viewership in the history of the show. This week’s episode of the show had about 2,019,000 viewers tune in over the course of the show’s two hours.
Last night’s final viewership is approximately 581,000 more viewers than last week’s episode, which scored a final cable rating of 1.05 with an average audience of 1,438,000 viewers.
When we know more about how this week’s show scored in the ratings during the first and second hours, we’ll report it right here – so check back on Monday! This week’s episode of iMPACT Wrestling on Spike TV had more total viewers than prime time and late night programming on other cable channels with a national audience including FX, Comedy Central, A&E, Cartoon Network, Lifetime, the Food Network, AMC, Tru TV, ESPN, TBS, and TLC – among others.
It is also worth noting that the show’s total viewership is hard to estimate. This is because DVR+3 figures (the amount of people who watch the show on their DVR within three days of recording it) usually adds about 200,000 more viewers in addition to the viewership number reported above. Plus, Spike.com uploads each full episode of iMPACT Wrestling to its website for free online streaming for a three month period. The online streaming versions of the show typically generate about 20,000 views before they are taken down (some episodes have many more viewers, others have less). However, there is no way to know whether or not DVR or online viewers are part of the original viewership estimate, so these figures are rarely reported by wrestling websites (but they’re still good to know!).
If you’re interested in iMPACT Wrestling’s ratings performance for 2010 and 2011, then check out TNAStars.com’s Ratings War area. In the Ratings War area you can see a comparison of iMPACT Wrestling vs. Monday Night RAW from the spring of 2010 and iMPACT Wrestling vs. Superstars from all of 2010 and the first part of 2011. Also, you can see a comparison of iMPACT Wrestling’s viewership numbers from week-to-week in 2011. Enjoy!
Props to TNA!
Gotta tell ya – as a big fan of iMPACT Wrestling and a self-admitted mark for this product, I couldn’t be happier for the entire team at TNA. Good for them! Hard work and focusing on what the fans want to see really DOES pay off!
Awesome numbers, Congratulations to everyone at TNA! Most importantly congratulations to James Storm on his well deserved World Championship!