The first Friday in AEW in 2023 was a live double feature of The frenzy In its regular 10 p.m. EST time slot, V Belt battle Special Right Afterward at 11. Both did better than previous editions.
frenzy It had an audience of 551,000 with a rating of 0.15 between 18-49 years old. It continues to perform as a roller coaster for this show, up 15% and 25% from the previous week.
BOTB5 didn’t catch all of those viewers, but it did far better than its fourth edition. It was 409,000 viewers, a 29% improvement over October 7 Battle of the Belts IV, which was broadcast live on Friday. Last week’s special achieved a 0.11 on 18-49, a more modest 10% improvement over its predecessor.
Not a bad start to 2023 for AEW’s weekend specials, we don’t think. Let us know if you agree. Below is a summary of frenzyRecent views and demos, and all bots:
- April 1st – 456 K / .15
- April 8th – 600 K / .25
- abri 15* – 482 K / .22
- April 22nd – 518 k / .19
- April 29th – 464 k / .14
- May 6th* – 292 K / .11
- May 13th* – 340 K / .12
- May 20th* – 410 / .15
- May 27th* – 341 k / .14
- June 3 – 475 K / .14
- June 10th – 476 k / .16
- June 17th – 331 k / .10
- June 24th – 422 k / .12
- July 1st – 486 k / .16
- July 8th – 428 K / .15
- July 15th – 435 k / .14
- July 22nd – 428 K / .17
- July 29th – 375 k / .11
- Aug 5th – 468 K / .15
- August 12th – 528 K / .17
- Aug 19 – 461 k / .12
- 26 Aug – 431 k / .11
- Sept. 2 – 485 K / .16
- September 9th – 429 k / .14
- September 16th – 470 K / .14
- Sept. 23** – 522 k / .17
- September 30th – 472 K / .16
- Oct. 7 – 440 K / .13
- Oct. 14 – 458 K / .17
- Oct. 21 – 480 K / .13
- Oct. 28 – 378 k / .12
- November 4th – 455 K / .14
- November 11th – 456 k / .11
- November 18th – 445 k / .14
- November 25th* – 411 K / .11
- Dec 2 – 361 K / .08
- December 9th – 457 K / .11
- December 16th – 464 k / .15
- December 23rd – 566 K / .18
- December 30th – 470 K / .12
- Jan 6 – 551 k / .15
* Airs outside of 10 p.m. ET
** Two hours
Belt battle
- Saturday, January 8th – 704 thousand viewers / .27 rating
- Saturday, April 16th – 527 K / .18
- Saturday, August 6th – 437 k / .12
- Friday 7 October – 317 k / .10
- Friday, January 6th – 409 k / .11
For full results from the latest frenzy & Belt battle click here. To read a recap and review of the night’s events, click here.
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