martedì 7 maggio 2013

TNA NEWS: Impact TV rating is in for last Thursday's show + quarter hours


TNA Impact on Thursday, May 2 scored a 0.94 rating, down from a 0.97 rating the week before.

It was the lowest rating of the year and lowest non-holiday rating since October 11, 2012.

- Impact averaged a year-low 1.10 million viewers, down 11 percent from an average of 1.23 million viewers last week.

Overall, Impact has averaged the four smallest audiences of the year the last four weeks.


TNA Impact on Thursday, May 2 officially scored a 0.94 rating off a first hour 0.91 rating and second hour 0.97 rating.

It the first time this year that the second hour of Impact did not top the 1.0 mark. The second hour did contain the peak rating, though, of a 1.06 in the fifth quarter-hour.

Impact followed a pattern of starting slow in the first hour, building to the peak rating in Q5, declining in Q6, rebuilding in Q7, and finishing with the second-highest-rating of the show (0.98) for Sting vs. Matt Morgan in the main event.

First Hour Break Down

Q1: Impact opened with a now-typical weak rating in the first 15 minutes of the show, scoring a 0.85 rating for Hulk Hogan, Sting, and Matt Morgan setting up the main event, plus one commercial.

Q2: As the audience slowly started "finding the show," Impact increased to a 0.91 rating for Chris Sabin's in-ring return in X Division action, one commercial, and Aces & Eights backstage.

Q3: The audience continued to "find the show," as Impact inched up to a 0.93 rating for Rob Terry vs. Joey Ryan & Robbie E., one commercial, and a tag team division talking segment involving Aries & Roode, Daniels & Kazarian, and Chavo & Hernandez.

Q4: Impact reached its first-hour peak with a 0.95 rating for the second-half of the tag division promo exchange, video packages, and ring introductions for the main event. There were also two full commercials.

Second Hour Break Down

Q5: Impact got its usual top-of-the-second-hour bump with a 1.06 peak rating for Kurt Angle vs. D-Lo Brown, Angle calling out A.J. Styles, and one commercial.

Q6: After the Angle-Brown match, Impact nosedived to a 0.91 rating for Angle confronting Styles, Knockouts tag match ring introductions, and one commercial.

Q7: Impact was essentially even with a 0.92 rating for Gail Kim & Tara vs. Taryn Terrell & Mickie James, one commercial break, Aces & Eights backstage, and main event ring introductions.

Q8: Impact increased to a 0.98 rating for Matt Morgan vs. Sting, one mid-match commercial, and a post-match run-in between Sting and Bully Ray.

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