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The March 4 episode of WWE Raw on USA Network drew a 1.98 rating, down from the 2.05 last week for the return of Roman Reigns, and in line with the rating of two weeks ago (1.96) featuring the influx of NXT wrestlers. The average for 2019 so far is 1.88.
The first hour drew 3.065 million viewers, below last week and in line with two weeks ago. The second hour dropped sharply to 2.798 million and then dropped again below 2.5 million to 2.485 million viewers. The drop of 580,000 from the first hour to the second hour is more than last week’s 519,000 but below the dropoff from two weeks ago of 619,000.
One year ago this week Raw drew a 2.12 rating and two years ago Raw drew a 2.28 rating.
Did Andy Griffith on the local network pull the rating down?