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Often times, you'll see people point to low TV ratings as evidence that WWE's popularity is declining.
However all TV shows' ratings are down.
Mad Men is widely considered to be possibly the best show ever. However it never averaged more than 2.5 million viewers per season. The most viewers the show ever received was only 3.54 million. NCIS used to get 20 million viewers every week, but the latest episode only got 13.83 million. Obviously that's still a great number of people, but that's also a decline of 6-7 million. Most other shows, such as Law and Order and the NFL, have lost viewers.
People are finding different ways to watch TV shows. You can watch Raw online for free or on Hulu. You can watch highlights and all the important parts on Youtube. You can read the results online. Simply put, cable TV is dying, and ratings are no longer an accurate way to gauge WWE's popularity.
So do TV ratings really matter? Is WWE as popular as it once was? If not, what could they do to increase their popularity?
However all TV shows' ratings are down.
Mad Men is widely considered to be possibly the best show ever. However it never averaged more than 2.5 million viewers per season. The most viewers the show ever received was only 3.54 million. NCIS used to get 20 million viewers every week, but the latest episode only got 13.83 million. Obviously that's still a great number of people, but that's also a decline of 6-7 million. Most other shows, such as Law and Order and the NFL, have lost viewers.
People are finding different ways to watch TV shows. You can watch Raw online for free or on Hulu. You can watch highlights and all the important parts on Youtube. You can read the results online. Simply put, cable TV is dying, and ratings are no longer an accurate way to gauge WWE's popularity.
So do TV ratings really matter? Is WWE as popular as it once was? If not, what could they do to increase their popularity?