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“The Walking Dead” Ratings Drop Slightly, WWE RAW Ratings Up But Unimpressive

Considering the excess of initial hype, AMC’s “The Walking Dead” absolutely deserves credit for how well it is has held up after four weeks. Of course, one scrutinizing the facts will be forced to point out that the numbers did decline slightly for Sunday’s episode.

Sunday’s episode fell one tenth to a 2.4 adults 18-49 rating with 4.754 million viewers. Worth noting is the fact that the episode went against a very well-rated “Sunday Night Football” game on NBC, so few within the industry will be looking at the performance as a negative.

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 08: Host Allison Hagendorf and professional wrestler and actor John Cena appear on Fuse TV's 'Top 20 Countdown' at the Fuse Studios on September 8, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

And even if the bottom is still to be discovered, there is no danger of “Dead” falling from grace by the time its first season wraps.

— Monday’s WWE RAW rose to a 3.3 cable rating with a 1.8 among adults 18-49. Viewership came in at 4.86 million.

Though it is hard to refrain from celebrating a ratings improvement, expectations were particularly lofty for this episode given the buzz behind the John Cena “firing” angle. A low-rated Monday Night Football game between San Diego and Denver provided weaker than usual competition and should have aided in RAW’s ability to reach the 3.5 cable rating territory.

Written by Brian Cantor

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  2. Tolis, what the hell are you talking about? That made absolutly no sence to me at all. Is that like a medofore or something? It sounded like one of those anceint chinese praverbes. What ever it is your traying to say, just say it in plain english because everyone on this site just read that and went “what the f*ck does that mean?”.

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