TV VIEWERSHIP – Lucha Underground Second Quarter 2016 – Live & Replay & DVR viewing totals & averages

Lucha Underground TV & DVR Viewership
Second Quarter 2016

Lucha Underground, like each of the other pro wrestling shows on U.S. TV, had a downturn in the second quarter 2016.

VIEWERSHIP

– The live airings on Wednesday night averaged 117,769 viewers, down from 128,300 in the first quarter.

– The replay airings on Wednesday night averaged 59,846 viewers, down from 65,000 in the first quarter.

– DVR viewership was inconsistent since there were weeks where Lucha did not rank in the DVR charts. The weeks that did chart averaged 19,700, down from 23,400 in the first quarter.

– TOTAL VIEWERSHIP was 192,769 per show (live + replay + DVR) in the second quarter, down 11.0 percent from 216,700 in Q1.

DEMOGRAPHICS

– Lucha’s median age viewer was 51.4 years-old in the second quarter, older than 49.8 in Q1.

– Lucha split 82 percent males 18-49 and 18 percent females 18-49, narrower than a 77/23 split in Q1.

– For the first-run airings, Lucha averaged 47,462 adult 18-49 viewers per episode vs. 58,900 in Q1.

2016 LUCHA UNDERGROUND VIEWERSHIP TOTALS El Rey Network
Wk	Date	Note	Live	DVR	Replay	TOTAL VIEWERS	% Chg
1	1/27/16	Season 2 Premiere	130,000	19,000	86,000	235,000
2	2/3/16		125,000	11,000	76,000	212,000	-9.8%
3	2/10/16	Big Peak	136,000	31,000	81,000	248,000	+17.0%
4	2/17/16		152,000	15,000	52,000	219,000	-11.7%
5	2/24/16	Big Dip	99,000	27,000	62,000	188,000	-14.2%
6	3/2/16		124,000	29,000	63,000	216,000	+14.9%
7	3/9/16	Q1 Low	95,000	29,000	41,000	165,000	-23.6%
8	3/16/16		100,000	no rank	57,000	157,000	n/a
9	3/23/16	Aztec Warfare	163,000	30,000	69,000	262,000	n/a
10	3/30/16	Q1 High	159,000	43,000	63,000	265,000	+1.1%
FIRST QUARTER AVERAGE			128,300	23,400	65,000	216,700
Wk	Date	Note	Live	DVR	Replay	TOTAL VIEWERS	% Chg
11	4/6/16	Q2 High	156,000	25,000	78,000	259,000	-2.3%
12	4/13/16		139,000	20,000	66,000	225,000	-13.1%
13	4/20/16		149,000	17,000	49,000	215,000	-4.4%
14	4/27/16		107,000	15,000	52,000	174,000	-19.1%
15	5/4/16		138,000	24,000	42,000	204,000	+17.2%
16	5/11/16		96,000	no rank	81,000	177,000	n/a
17	5/18/16		127,000	8,000	37,000	172,000	n/a
18	5/25/16		114,000	22,000	68,000	204,000	+18.6%
19	6/1/16		111,000	18,000	40,000	169,000	-17.2%
20	6/8/16	Q2 Low	85,000	21,000	61,000	167,000	-1.2%
21	6/15/16		89,000	no rank	39,000	128,000	n/a
22	6/22/16		104,000	no rank	62,000	166,000	n/a
23	6/29/16	Most Total Since 4/6	116,000	27,000	103,000	246,000	n/a
SECOND QUARTER AVERAGE			117,769	19,700	59,846	192,769	-11.0%