Raw this week with a taped episode drew 1,540,000 viewers, down 5,000 viewers from last week’s broadcast but facing tougher competition in an NFL game which drew 17.2 million viewers and MLB playoffs game which had an additional 4 million viewers.

The show started with 1,530,000 viewers in the first hour and then increased slightly to 1,550,000 viewers in the second hour.

Raw had an average of 0.44 rating in 18-49, which was down 0.03 from last week and ranked #5 on cable for the night. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)