The viewership numbers are in for Dark Side of the Ring's latest special.
The April 7 episode that featured a documentary on the infamous Brawl For All tournament that was a part of WWF programming in the late 1990s averaged 226,000 viewers and drew a 0.09 rating in the 18-49 demographic, according to numbers released by Showbuzz Daily. The Dark Side: After Dark show that aired immediately afterwards did not register within the top 150 and so, viewership numbers were not readily available.
Both numbers for the actual episode slightly down from the March 31 episode that focused on former ECW star New Jack. That episode averaged 229,000 viewers and drew a 0.11 rating in the 18-49 demographic. The Dark Side: After Dark show from March 31 averaged 92,000 viewers and a 0.05 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
The season two premiere, which was a two-hour special on the Chris Benoit murder-suicide that aired on March 24 averaged 320,000 viewers and drew a 0.14 rating in the 18-49 demographic on Vice, which were the highest viewership numbers and ratings in the history of the series. As for that special's Dark Side: After Dark show, it averaged 127,000 viewers and drew a 0.05 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
The next episode of Dark Side of the Ring will air on April 14 and focus on Jimmy Snuka and the death of Nancy Argentino.
