This week’s episode of Monday Night Raw drew an average of 1,793,000 viewers, up 123,000 viewers from last week’s broadcast.

While still down from the average of lately, it’s considered a decent number since it went against the premiere episodes of several TV shows and another NFL which did almost 14 million viewers on ESPN and ESPN2.

Hour one started strong with 1,860,000 viewers, and then dipped slightly to 1,853,000 viewers, before crashing to 1,667,000 viewers in the third and final hour.

Raw was #6, #7, and #9 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demo with 0.51, 0.51, and 0.46 ratings for an average of 0.49, up 0.07 from last week. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)