Wednesday’s live Holiday Bash edition of AEW Dynamite drew 957,000 viewers on TBS, according to Nielsen via Showbuzz Daily.
This is up 0.74% from the last week’s episode, which drew 950,000 viewers for the Winter Is Coming show.
This week’s Dynamite drew a 0.30 rating in the key 18-49 demographic. This is down 9.09% from last week’s 0.33 rating. This week’s 0.30 key demographic rating represents 396,000 viewers who watched the show from that 18-49 demo. This is down 7.47% from last week’s 428,000 18-49 viewers that the 0.33 key demo rating represented, according to Wrestlenomics.
Dynamite ranked #3 on the Cable Top 150 this week with the 0.30 rating in the 18-49 key demographic. This is even with last week’s #3 ranking.
Dynamite ranked #28 in viewership for the night on cable this week. This is up from last week’s #28 ranking.
Dynamite drew the highest total audience since October 26. This was the twenty-fourth-lowest total audience of the year so far for a standard airing, tied with House of The Dragon Dynamite on August 17, and the fourth-lowest total audience of the year so far, also tied with House of The Dragon. Sports competition last night included one College Basketball game on ESPN, one College Basketball game on FS1, one College Basketball game on ESPN2, two B1G Men’s College Basketball games on the Big Ten Network, one College Football game on ESPN, two NHL games on TNT, and two NBA games on NBA-TV. Wednesday’s Dynamite viewership was up 0.74% from last week, while the 18-49 key demo rating was down 9.09% from last week.
This week’s Dynamite viewership was down 6.17% from the same week in 2021. The key demo rating was down 18.91% from the previous year. The 2021 episode was also the Holiday Bash show.
The College Basketball game between Michigan and North Carolina on ESPN at 7:00pm topped the night in the 18-49 demographic on the Cable Top 150 with a 0.37 rating, also drawing 1.317 million viewers. The Five on FOX News topped the night on cable in viewership with 2.914 million viewers, also drawing a 0.19 key demo rating for the #10 spot on the Cable Top 150.
The Price Is Right special on CBS topped the night on broadcast TV in viewership with an average of 4.439 million viewers. The Price Is Right on CBS also topped the night on broadcast TV in the 18-49 key demo with a 0.51 rating.
Wednesday’s live Holiday Bash edition of AEW Dynamite aired from the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, Texas, and featured several happenings advertised ahead of time – the next chapter in The Book of Hobbs, appearances by Ricky Starks and Bryan Danielson, rapper Rick Ross mediating the Face-to-Face Meeting between Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland, AAA & IWGP Tag Team Champions FTR vs. The Gunn Club, AEW World Trios Champions Death Triangle vs. The Elite in a No DQ match for #5 in their Best Of 7 Series, plus AEW Women’s World Champion Jamie Hayter defending against Hikaru Shida, which was the main event.
Below is our 2022 AEW Dynamite Viewership Tracker:
January 5 Episode: 1.010 million viewers with a 0.43 rating in the 18-49 demographic (TBS premiere episode)
January 12 Episode: 969,000 viewers with a 0.39 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 19 Episode: 1.032 million viewers with a 0.44 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 26 Episode: 1.100 million viewers with a 0.41 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Beach Break episode)
February 2 Episode: 954,000 viewers with a 0.35 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 9 Episode: 1.129 million viewers with a 0.41 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 16 Episode: 869,000 viewers with a 0.31 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 23 Episode: 1.010 million viewers with a 0.40 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 2 Episode: 966,000 viewers with a 0.35 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 9 Episode: 945,000 viewers with a 0.40 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Revolution episode)
March 16 Episode: 993,000 viewers with a 0.38 rating in the 18-49 demographic (St. Patrick’s Day Slam episode)
March 23 Episode: 1.046 million viewers with a 0.41 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 30 Episode: 979,000 viewers with a 0.38 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 6 Episode: 989,000 viewers with a 0.38 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 13 Episode: 977,000 viewers with a 0.37 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 20 Episode: 930,000 viewers with a 0.37 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 27 Episode: 921,000 viewers with a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 4 Episode: 833,000 viewers with a 0.32 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 11 Episode: 840,000 viewers with a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 18 Episode: 922,000 viewers with a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Wild Card Wednesday episode)
May 25 Episode: 929,000 viewers with a 0.35 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Third Anniversary episode)
June 1 Episode: 969,000 viewers with a 0.40 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Double Or Nothing episode)
June 8 Episode: 939,000 viewers with a 0.34 rating in the 18-49 demographic
June 15 Episode: 761,000 viewers with a 0.28 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Road Rager episode)
June 22 Episode: 878,000 viewers with a 0.31 rating in the 18-49 demographic
June 29 Episode: 1.023 million viewers with a 0.36 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Blood & Guts, post-Forbidden Door episode)
July 6 Episode: 979,000 viewers with a 0.36 rating in the 18-49 demographic
July 13 Episode: 942,000 viewers with a 0.32 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Fyter Fest Night 1 episode)
July 20 Episode: 910,000 viewers with a 0.32 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Fyter Fest Night 2 episode)
July 27 Episode: 976,000 viewers with a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Fight for The Fallen episode)
August 3 Episode: 938,000 viewers with a 0.32 rating in the 18-49 demographic
August 10 Episode: 972,000 viewers with a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Quake By The Lake episode)
August 17 Episode: 957,000 viewers with a 0.30 rating in the 18-49 demographic (House of The Dragon episode)
August 24 Episode: 1.049 million viewers with a 0.34 rating in the 18-49 demographic
August 31 Episode: 1.020 million viewers with a 0.35 rating in the 18-49 demographic
September 7 Episode: 1.035 million viewers with a 0.38 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-All Out episode)
September 14 Episode: 1.175 million viewers with a 0.39 rating in the 18-49 demographic
September 21 Episode: 1.039 million viewers with a 0.35 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Grand Slam episode)
September 28 Episode: 990,000 viewers with a 0.34 rating in the 18-49 demographic
October 5 Episode: 1.038 million viewers with a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Third Anniversary episode)
October 12 Episode: 983,000 viewers with a 0.32 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Canada debut episode)
October 18 Episode: 752,000 viewers with a 0.26 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Title Tuesday episode)
October 26 Episode: 997,000 viewers with a 0.32 rating in the 18-49 demographic
November 2 Episode: 911,000 viewers with a 0.29 rating in the 18-49 demographic
November 9 Episode: 930,000 viewers with a 0.32 rating in the 18-49 demographic
November 16 Episode: 818,000 viewers with a 0.28 rating in the 18-49 demographic
November 23 Episode: 880,000 viewers with a 0.32 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Full Gear Thanksgiving Eve episode)
November 30 Episode: 870,000 viewers with a 0.26 rating in the 18-49 demographic
December 7 Episode: 840,000 viewers with a 0.29 rating in the 18-49 demographic
December 14 Episode: 950,000 viewers with a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Winter Is Coming episode)
December 21 Episode: 957,000 viewers with a 0.30 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Holiday Bash episode)
December 28 Episode:
2021 Viewership Average: 891,810 viewers per episode
2021 18-49 Key Demographic Rating Average: 0.34 per episode
2020 Viewership Average: 810,755 viewers per episode
2019 Viewership Average: 903,333 viewers per episode
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