As expected, Monday Night Raw got smacked in the ratings going against the final NBA Finals game, with the show drawing an average of 1,595,000 viewers, down 233,000 viewers from last week’s show. This was the least-watched episode of Raw since January 16.
Hour one started with 1,752,000 viewers but then took a nose dive once the NBA game kicked in, with 1,598,000 viewers in the second hour and 1,436,000 viewers in the third hour. The NBA game pulled in 13 million viewers and a 3.96 rating.
Raw was still #1, #2, and #3 on the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demo, with 0.50, 0.46, and 0.42 ratings respectively for an average of 0.49, down 0.07 from last week. Raw pretty much doubled everything on cable TV and beat everything on network TV except for the NBA game. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)