Tuesday’s episode of WWE NXT garnered an average of 568,000 viewers on the USA Network, marking a 12.2 percent decrease from the previous week’s Spring Breakin’ special. Nonetheless, it stands as the show’s second-highest viewership figure since March 28.
NXT landed at 15th place in the 18-49 demo on the cable charts, having received a 0.14 rating – a 22.2 percent dip from last week, but still tied for the show’s second-best rating since March 28.
Competing against TNT’s NBA playoff coverage (with 4.7 million viewers and a 1.57 rating in the 18-49 demo) and ESPN’s NHL playoffs (1.3 million viewers and a 0.43 rating in the demo), NXT emerged as the fourth-highest-rated non-sports program on cable for the day.
The show’s ratings dipped or remained unchanged in all categories, with the male 12-34 demographic seeing the steepest decline at 44.4 percent from last week. Its rating of 0.10 in that category was the lowest since January 24.
Compared to the same week last year, NXT’s overall viewership declined by 14.1 percent while witnessing a 7.7 percent upswing in the 18-49 demo.
Below are the viewership and individual demo ratings for NXT over the last 11 weeks, as well as the 10-week averages in all categories. This week’s episode marked a 2.6 percent decrease in overall viewership and a 6.7 percent decline in the 18-49 demo when compared to recent averages.
