11-8-12 Impact: How Did Ratings Fare For Turning Point's Lead In Episode?

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TNA Impact on Thursday, November 8 scored a 1.03 rating, up seven percent from a 0.95 rating last week. It was the first Impact to top a 1.0 since September 20 (seven weeks) and the highest-rated Impact since August 30.

However, viewership was stagnant at 1.27 million viewers, up slightly from 1.25 million viewers last week.

On cable TV Thursday night, Impact ranked #39 in overall viewers, a distant #21 in males 18-34, and #19 among males 18-49.

NFL Network's weekly game topped cable TV with 5.2 million viewers and the NBA on TNT averaged 1.8 million viewers. Impact was also topped by Discovery programming, Family Guy repeats on TBS competing for the male demo, and the Bischoff-Hervey production "See Dad Run," which averaged 1.4 million viewers on Nick.

In the weekly demos, Impact upticked slightly among males and adults 18-49, but Impact's younger male viewership declined sharply. One week after the unpredictable males 12-17 demo swung to a near-year-high, the demo dropped more than 50 percent back to where the show was prior to last week.

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TNA Impact on Thursday, November 8 leading into Turning Point officially scored a 1.02 rating. This was off a first hour 0.96 rating and second hour 1.09 rating.

Impact was hurt by the usual slow start in the earlier timeslot. Impact opened with a weak 0.88 rating, then increased to a 0.95 rating in the second quarter-hour. Impact was at or above a 1.00 for the remainder of the show.

Impact peaked with a 1.13 rating at the top of the second hour, then steadily dropped off the remainder of the second hour.

First Hour Break Down

Q1: Impact opened with a show-low 0.88 rating for an Aces & Eights video package, ring intros for the opening match, one commercial, and the first-half of A.J. Styles vs. Bobby Roode (Even with live run Q1 average.)

Q2: Impact increased to a 0.95 rating for the second-half of Styles vs. Roode, one commercial, and varios backstage segments. (up 4.8% vs. live run Q2 average)

Q3: Impact increased to a 1.02 rating for Bully Ray and Joseph Park convincing Hulk Hogan to give Park a match at the PPV, one commercial, and ODB vs. Tara & Jesse in a Knockouts handicap match. (up 9.1% vs. live run Q3 average)

Q4: Impact dipped slightly to a 1.00 rating for backstage segments, Gut Check judges deliberating, and two full commercial breaks. (up 7.0% vs. live run Q4 average)

Second Hour Break Down

Q5: Impact got its usual top-of-the-second-hour bump to a 1.13 rating for Sting & Kurt Angle vs. Devon & Doc, a post-match attack on Sting, and one commercial. (up 5.6% vs. live run Q5 average)

Q6: Impact began a steady decline with a 1.10 rating for the Gut Check in-ring segment with Christian York, Morgan & Joey Ryan confronting Hulk Hogan backstage, and one commercial. (up 6.6% vs. live run Q6 average)

Q7: Impact dipped to a 1.06 rating for the first-half of a six-man tag main event of Samoa Joe & Chavo & Hernandez vs. Magnus & Daniels & Kazarian, plus one commercial. (up 3.2% vs. live run Q7 average)

Q8: Impact dipped slightly to a 1.05 rating for the second-half of the main event, one commercial, and the show-closing angle between Jeff Hardy and Austin Aries leading into Turning Point. (down 1.5% vs. live run Q8 average)

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