RAW Viewership For 5/15 Episode Better Than Last Week, Still Second Worst Of 2017

Last night's  RAW, featuring an advertised Intercontinental Title Match between Dean Ambrose and The Miz, as well as an impromptu double main event of Finn Balor vs Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt vs Seth Rollins, drew 2.751 million viewers, according to ShowBuzz Daily. This is up just 2% from last week's taped episode, which saw 2.696 million viewers. Last week was the lowest number of 2017.

This week is the second lowest, and is the third straight week with a viewership number under 3 million.

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Last night, the first hour drew 2.884 million viewers, the second hour down to 2.724 million viewers and the final hour dropped even further, down to 2.645 million viewers.

Even so, RAW did manage to come in at #5 on cable for the night in viewership, behind the NBA Playoff game on TNT, Inside The NBA, the NBA pre-show and Rachel Maddow on MSNBC. RAW was also #5 in the 18-49 demographic, behind the NBA programming and Love & Hip-Hop on VH1.

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