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TNA NEWS: Impact quarter-hour TV ratings - inside the numbers on Thanksgiving episode

Nov 27, 2012 - 2:23:44 PM
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By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor

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TNA Impact on Thanksgiving Thursday, November 22 scored a 0.77 rating off a first hour 0.67 rating and second hour 0.86 rating.

No quarter-hour during the show reached or could be rounded to a 1.0 rating. The highest rating was a 0.93 rating in Q6. Impact then fell off a 0.83 rating in Q8 to end the show.

First Hour Break Down

Q1: Impact opened with an eye-popping 0.58 rating. The segment featured show introductions, Wes Brisco vs. Garett Bischoff, one commercial, and Kurt Angle backstage with Wes and Garett. (down 33% vs. new timeslot Q1 average)

Q2: Impact scored its highest first-hour rating with a 0.71 rating for Joey Ryan vs. Chavo Guerrero, one commercial, and ring intros for Sam Shaw vs. Alex Silva. (down 21% vs. new timeslot Q2 average)

Q3: Impact declined slightly to a 0.69 rating for Shaw vs. Silva, backstage segments, one commercial, an Aces & Eights video, and a second commercial break. (down 26% vs. new timeslot Q3 average)

Q4: Impact stayed the same at a 0.69 rating for the TNA World Hvt. champion Jeff Hardy in an unadvertised singles match against Christian York. There was also a mid-match commercial leading into the second hour. (down 26% vs. new timeslot Q4 average)

Second Hour Break Down

Q5: Impact got a top-of-the-second-hour bump to a 0.82 rating for the end of Hardy vs. York, a post-match attack by Bobby Roode, a video profile on Taeler Hendrix, one commercial, and ring intros for Taeler vs. Tara. (down 23% vs. new timeslot Q5 average)

Q6: Impact reached its peak rating of 0.93 for Taeler vs. Tara, one commercial, and Eric Young vs. Robbie E. vs. Jesse in the turkey suit match. (down 10% vs. new timeslot Q6 average)

Q7: Following the turkey suit match, Impact declined to a 0.87 rating for a post-match attack by Aces & Eights on EY, one commercial, and A.J. Styles vs. Kazarian in the unadvertised main event. (down 15% vs. new timeslot Q7 average)

Q8: Impact dipped to a 0.83 rating for the end of the show, which was Austin Aries backstage, one commercial, and an Aries-Bully Ray/Brooke Hogan/Hulk Hogan love-interest angle. (down 22% vs. new timeslot Q8 average)

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