The NFL and Emmy Awards turned up the heat on Monday Night Raw as the show got its worst number since July 4, drawing 1,709,000 on average, down 345,000 viewers from last week’s show.

Hour one started with 1,783,000 viewers, then increased to 1,821,000 viewers in the second hour, before tumbling down to 1,525,000 viewers in the third. Raw faced the first Monday Night Football on ESPN which did a massive 19 million viewers across ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC, and the Emmy Awards which did almost 6 million viewers on NBC.

Raw was #7, #8, and #9 in the top 50 cable chart for the night with 0.48, 0.45, and 0.39 ratings respectively for an average of 0.44, down a massive 0.14 from the previous week. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)