By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor

PWTorch has received minute-by-minute and quarter-hour TV ratings for the June 3, 2013 Raw, which was the lowest-rated episode of the year going head-to-head with TNT's NBA Playoffs Game 7 featuring the Miami Heat. The ratings are for the key demographic of males 18-49, which captures the widest range of WWE's viewing audience.

All ratings & viewership references below are for the m18-49 demographic to avoid redundancy.

Second & Third Hour Highlights

- Raw did not reach 1.0 million viewers until the middle of the second hour (9:30 p.m. at the start of Q7) when Paul Heyman and Vince McMahon spoke in McMahon's office, then Fandango and Summer Rae were shown walking down the hallway.

Raw did not get back to 1.0 million viewers until 9:54 p.m. for the start of the Paul Heyman and Chris Jericho contract signing. For the second week in a row, Heyman-Jericho delivered a significant boost at the end of the second hour leading into the third hour.

The contract signing segment peaked with 1.137 million viewers at 9:58 p.m., then finished with 1.101 million viewers at 10:04 p.m. prior to a commercial.

During the peak audience range, Q7 scored a 1.22 rating, Q8 jumped to a 1.47 rating, and Q9 stayed the same at a 1.47 rating.

- When the NBA game was clearly a blow-out, Raw jumped to a 1.57 rating in Q11 and 1.62 rating in Q12 to conclude the third hour. Both quarter-hours topped last week's Q11 and Q12 ratings by small margins.

The key for Q11 was Daniel Bryan vs. Ryback. Q11 started with 1.037 million viewers, then after a commercial, the match peaked with 1.116 million viewers at 10:43 p.m. for the conclusion of the match.

The key to Q12 was John Cena vs. Axel. The match peaked with 1.217 million viewers at 10:59 p.m., which was the most viewers for any minute of the show until the over-run.

- The five-minute over-run jumped to a show-high 1.93 rating (vs. 1.92 rating last week) and averaged 1.209 million viewers (vs. 1.199 million viewers last week).

The final five minutes of Raw: 1.198 million viewers, 1.180 million viewers, 1.198 million viewers, 1.229 million viewers, and a show-high 1.239 million viewers for Ryback standing tall over John Cena to close the show.

First Hour Highlights

- Raw opened with a dismal 0.95 rating and averaged 592,000 viewers in Q1 for the unadvertised McMahon Family reunion, reflecting a very slow start for the males 18-49 audience. Last week's Q1 scored a 1.30 rating and averaged 810,000 viewers.

The audience picked up with a 1.27 rating in Q3 for the end of The Shield vs. Team Bryan & Orton & Kane in a six-man tag match, but dropped back to a 1.24 rating in Q4 for the Usos vs. Prime Time Players and two full commercial breaks.

- The peak audience during the first hour was 983,000 viewers at 8:44 p.m. for the McMahons arguing backstage, piggybacking off a rising audience for the end of the six-man tag.

M18-49 Show Summary

Hour 1 - 1.15 rating / 716,750 viewers
Hour 2 - 1.33 rating / 828,250 viewers
Hour 3 - 1.50 rating / 940,000 viewers
Over-Run - 1.93 rating / 1.21 million viewers
OVERALL - 1.37 rating / 857,615 viewers (down 10.1% from last week)

M18-49 Quarter-Hours

Q1: 0.95 rating
Q2: 1.12 rating
Q3: 1.27 rating
Q4: 1.24 rating
HOUR: 1.15 rating

Q5: 1.35 rating
Q6: 1.26 rating
Q7: 1.22 rating
Q8: 1.47 rating
HOUR: 1.33 rating

Q9: 1.47 rating
Q10: 1.35 rating
Q11: 1.57 rating
Q12: 1.62 rating
HOUR: 1.50 rating

Over-run: 1.93 rating

OVERALL SHOW: 1.37 rating (vs. 1.52 rating last week)

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