According to Showbuzz Daily, A&E’s Biography: WWE Legends documentary on WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler drew 350,000 viewers at 8pm on Sunday.
This is a decrease of 8.61% from the 383,000 viewers who watched last week’s Biography: WWE Legends documentary on WWE Hall of Famer Kane. The Lawler documentary aired for one hour rather than the usual two hours for the Biography episodes.
The Lawler Biography documentary received a 0.11 rating in the 18-49 key demographic, a 15.38% decrease from last week’s 0.13 key demo rating for the Kane special. According to Wrestlenomics, the 0.11 key demo rating represents 143,000 18-49 viewers, a 15.88% decrease from the 170,000 18-49 viewers represented by last week’s 0.13 rating.
With a 0.11 key demo rating, the Lawler documentary ranked #38 on the Cable Top 150 for the night. This is a drop from last week’s ranking of #33.
The Lawler documentary ranked #87 in cable viewership for the night. This is an improvement over last week’s ranking of #89.
The audience for Sunday’s Lawler episode was lower than the Biography Season 2 viewership average of 496,000 viewers and lower than the Season 1 viewership average of 736,125 viewers. The Lawler documentary key demo rating is down from the Season 2 average of 0.13 and the Season 1 average of 0.27.
On Sunday night, A&E aired a one-hour Biography: WWE Legends documentary on Paige (AEW’s Saraya), which drew 297,000 viewers at 9pm ET. This is a 0.00% decrease from the 350,000 viewers who watched the Lawler documentary the hour before, and a 0.00% decrease from the 383,000 viewers who watched the Kane documentary the week before.
The Paige Biography documentary received a 0.10 rating in the 18-49 key demographic, a 15.38% decrease from last week’s 0.13 key demo rating for the Kane special and a 0.00% decrease from the 0.11 key demo rating for the Lawler doc that aired the hour before. According to Wrestlenomics, the 0.10 key demo rating represents 130,000 18-49 viewers, a 15.88% decrease from the 170,000 18-49 viewers represented by last week’s 0.13 rating.
With a 0.11 key demo rating, the Paige documentary ranked #39 on the Cable Top 150 for the night. This is a drop from last week’s ranking of #33.
The Paige documentary ranked #98 in cable viewership for the night. This is a drop from last week’s ranking of #89.
The audience for Sunday’s episode of Paige was lower than the Biography Season 2 average of 496,000 viewers and lower than the Season 1 average of 736,125 viewers. The Paige doc key demo rating is lower than the Season 2 average of 0.13 and the Season 1 average of 0.27.
The Lawler documentary drew the second-lowest total audience in the WWE Biography series’ history, and the third-lowest key demo rating in the series’ history, tied with Season 2 docs on WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle and Edge. The Paige documentary drew the lowest total audience in the WWE Biography series’ three-season history, as well as the second-lowest key demo rating.
The WWE Rivals episode starring WWE Hall of Famers Trish Stratus and Lita drew 271,000 viewers on Sunday. This is a 5.57% decrease from last week’s Rivals episode, which featured WWE Hall of Famer Triple H and Batista and drew 287,000 viewers.
The 0.11 key demo rating for Trish vs. Lita on WWE Rivals was up 22.22% from last week’s 0.09 rating for Triple H vs. Batista. This week’s 0.11 key demo rating represents 143,000 18-49 viewers, a 22.22% increase over last week’s 0.09 key demo rating of 117,000 18-49 viewers.
With a 0.11 key demo rating, the Trish vs. Lita documentary ranked #37 on the Cable Top 150 for the night. This is an improvement over last week’s ranking of #53.
The Trish vs. Lita episode ranked #108 in cable viewership for the night. This is a drop from last week’s ranking of #96.
The audience for Sunday’s episode of Trish vs. Lita was lower than the Rivals Season 1 average of 370,222 viewers. The Trish vs. Lita key demo rating was the same as the Season 1 average of 0.11.
Over both seasons, the Trish vs. Lita episode drew the second-lowest total audience in the history of the WWE Rivals series. This week’s episode had the fifth-lowest key demo rating in the series’ history, tied with one other episode.
On Sunday night, the NCAA dominated both cable and broadcast television. This past Sunday, the NCAA Basketball Tournament game between FDU and Florida Atlantic on TruTV topped the night on the Cable Top 150 with a 0.88 key demo rating and 2.941 million viewers. The NCAA Tournament game between TCU and Gonzaga on TBS drew 2.968 million viewers and a 0.85 key demo rating for the night’s top spot.
The NCAA tournament game on CBS at 5:15pm, depending on the market, topped the night on network TV with a key demo rating of 2.64. With 10.911 million viewers, the same NCAA game topped the night on network TV.
