SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)...
A semi-live edition of TNA Impact vs. the Olympics equalled a virtual wash for TNA Impact on Thursday night.
TNA Impact Viewership Tracking
August 11: TNA Impact semi-live from Orlando drew 315,000 viewers, essentially the same as 317,000 last week.
The slight decline did continue TNA’s downward trend since moving to Thursday nights, though…
- July 21: 362,000 first-run, 410k with replay
- July 28: 350,000 viewers
- Aug. 4: 317,000 viewers
- Aug. 11: 315,000 viewers
Update: TNA got a DVR bump to bring the total audience above last week’s Impact.
Impact added 67,000 DVR viewers for a total audience of 382,000, up from 371,000 total viewers on August 4.
| Week | Date | Thurs Viewers | DVR Viewers | TOTAL VIEWERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7/21/16 Thurs. Shift | 362,000 48,000 replay | 34,000 | 444,000 |
| 2 | 7/28/16 | 350,000 | 47,000 | 397,000 |
| 3 | 8/4/16 | 317,000 | 54,000 | 371,000 (-6.5%) |
| 4 | 8/11/16 | 315,000 | 67,000 | 382,000 (+3.0%) |
| 5 | 8/18/16 | 355,000 | 47,000 | 402,000 (+5.2%) |
| 6 | 8/25/16 | 373,000 | 44,000 | 417,000 (+3.7%) |
| 7 | 9/1/16 | 351,000 | n/a | 351,000 |
| 8 | 9/8/16 | 337,000 | 57,000 | 394,000 |
| 9 | 9/15/16 | 366,000 | 53,000 | 419,000 (+6.3%) |
| 10 | 9/22/16 | 377,000 | 45,000 | 422,000 (+0.7%) |
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– DEMOGRAPHICS: Impact drew a median age viewer of 54.4 years-old, younger than last week’s 56.2 audience.
The result was slightly more 18-49 viewers than last week. Included was a slight increase in males 18-49 and females 18-49.
The resulting split was 53 percent m18-49 vs. 47 percent f18-49 with the Pop’s soap opera block preceding Impact.
Olympics have hurt wrestling across the board this week. Still decent.