This week’s episode of Monday Night Raw drew 1,667,000 viewers, up 21,000 viewers from the previous week. NFL on ESPN won the night with nearly 11 million viewers.

The show started very strong with 1,951,000 viewers in the first, commercial-free hour, but then crashed along the way, going down to 1,619,000 viewers in the second hour and all the way down to 1,433,000 viewers in the third hour. Raw lost a whopping 518,000 viewers from the first to third hour, one of the largest, if not the largest in the show history.

Raw had a 0.46, 0.39, and 0.36 in the 18-49 demo for an average of 0.40, down 0.01 from the prior week and was #6, #7, and #8 in the top 50 cable chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)