Impact Wrestling Viewership Drops Under 200K This Week

Thursday's Impact Wrestling episode, featuring a six-man main event that saw Brian Cage, Fenix and Pentagon defeat oVe, drew 190,000 viewers. This is down 14.4% from last week's 222,000 viewers. It was the second lowest audience for the show this year.

Impact ranked #136 on the Cable Top 150 this week. Last week's show ranked #111.

The NFL's Thursday Night Football game between the Patriots and the Colts topped the night in the 18-49 demographic, drawing 2.788 million viewers (the game also aired on FOX). Hannity topped the night in viewership with 4.222 million viewers. The big draws on broadcast TV last night were Fox's NFL coverage with 13.221 million viewers and Big Bang Theory with 12.289 million viewers.

Below is our 2018 Impact Viewership Tracker:

January 4th Episode: 309,000 viewers
January 11th Episode: 276,000 viewers
January 18th Episode: 309,000 viewers
January 25th Episode: 310,000 viewers (Genesis episode)
February 1st Episode: 319,000 viewers (Reboot)
February 8th Episode: 294,000 viewers
February 15th Episode: 300,000 viewers
February 22nd Episode: 262,000 viewers
March 1st Episode: 365,000 viewers
March 8th Episode: 325,000 (Crossroads episode)
March 15th Episode: 350,000 viewers
March 22nd Episode: 362,000 viewers
March 29th Episode: 399,000 viewers
April 5th Episode: 294,000 viewers
April 12th Episode: 381,000 viewers
April 19th Episode: 373,000 viewers
April 26th Episode: 308,000 viewers (post-Redemption episode)
May 3rd Episode: 299,000 viewers
May 10th Episode: 295,000 viewers
May 17th Episode: 326,000 viewers
May 24th Episode: 263,000 viewers
May 31st Episode: 283,000 viewers (Under Pressure episode)
June 7th Episode: 296,000 viewers
June 14th Episode: 276,000 viewers
June 21st Episode: 262,000 viewers
June 28th Episode: 254,000 viewers
July 5th Episode: 304,000 viewers
July 12th Episode: 284,000 viewers
July 19th Episode: 275,000 viewers
July 26th Episode: 299,000 viewers (post-Slammiversary episode)
August 2nd Episode: 248,000 viewers
August 9th Episode: 168,000 viewers
August 16th Episode: 210,000 viewers
August 23rd Episode: 212,000 viewers
August 30th Episode: 225,000 viewers (ReDefined episode)
September 6th Episode: 236,000 viewers
September 13th Episode: 258,000 viewers
September 20th Episode: 229,000 viewers
September 27th Episode: 222,000 viewers
October 4th Episode: 190,000 viewers

2017 Total: 16.147 million viewers
2017 Average: 311,000 viewers per episode

Source: ShowBuzz Daily