IMPACT News: IMPACT Continues Low Viewership Trend This Week (8/9/18)

Last night’s episode of IMPACT featured a World Championship match in which the Austin Aries retained his title against Eddie Edwards thanks to an assist from Killer Kross.

This week’s episode of IMPACT brought in 168,000 viewers which is down from last week’s show that brought in 248,000 viewers which is a new low for 2018. This episode is also the second lowest in the show’s 16-year history since mid-December from last year.

Last night’s show was ranked #127 on the Cable Top 150 while last week was ranked #138.

When it came to the 18-49 demographic the show that topped the night was the NFL preseason. Both games were ranked #1 and #2, bringing in 3.4 million viewers total. When looking at the night as a whole, the FOX News show Hannity topped the night, bringing in 2.2790 million viewers.

Here is the breakdown for the last four episodes of IMPACT:

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

Source: Showbuzz Daily 

Ja’Von’s Take: The last time that IMPACT had 300,000-plus viewers in ratings was the July 5th, 2018 episode. It seems that IMPACT is in a ratings lull as for the past two weeks they have had record lows. When it comes to the wrestling business ratings are not the end-all, be-all. IMPACT has continued to put on great shows this year and fans have been stoked about all the great matches. Ratings will continue to be low for a while as we head into the football season, but that doesn’t mean it’s the end of the world. Let’s see what the YouTube numbers are like before we begin to panic.

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