Monday Night Raw drew an average of 1,652,000 viewers for the post-Backlash broadcast, up 71,000 viewers from last week’s show.

The show started with 1,635,000 viewers, then increased to 1,730,000 viewers in the second hour before dropping to 1,593,000 viewers in the third and final hour. The NBA on TNT took top spot with over 5 million viewers for each of the two games that aired opposed to Raw.

Raw was #4, #5, and #6 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demo with 0.47, 0.43, and 0.42 ratings for an average of 0.44, up 0.07 from last week. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)