5/16/13 Impact's Ratings Are In: Show Hits 2013 Low [Down 17% From Last Week!]

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TNA Impact on Thursday, May 16 sunk to a year-low 0.84 rating, down 17 percent from last week's show.

Other than Thanksgiving 2012, the last time Impact rounded to a 0.8 rating was October 4, 2012 against Thursday Night NFL programming.

- Impact averaged 1.054 million viewers, down 17 percent from last week's average of 1.270 million viewers. It was the fewest viewers of the year and the closest TNA has come to falling below one million viewers since the Monday Night Experiment in Spring 2010.

Impact was opposed by a potential NBA Playoffs elimination game featuring the big-market New York Knicks team, which drew 4.5 million viewers.

On cable TV Thursday night, Impact ranked #34 in overall viewers and #19 among males 18-34 and males 18-49. Impact was down one-tenth of a rating in the key male demos compared to last week.

- Impact is returning to its former time slot of 9:00 p.m. EST starting May 30. The following is a break down of Impact's 2013 Season broken into two stories:

- Jan. 3 to Apr. 4: 1.44 million viewers average
- Apr. 11 to May 16: 1.18 million viewers (18 percent decline)

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TNA Impact on Thursday, May 16 officially scored a 0.84 rating off a first-hour 0.80 rating and second hour 0.87 rating.

All quarter-hours for the lowest-rated show of the year were below the 1.0-level. If there's any silver lining for this show, the peak rating was a 0.91 rating at the end of the show, exceeding a very low bar.

First Hour Break Down

Q1: Impact opened with a weak 0.82 rating for Hulk Hogan starting the show and Aces & Eights interrupting. There was also one commercial.

Q2: Impact dipped to a show-low 0.75 rating for Chavo Guerrero vs. Bobby Roode in an unhyped singles match. There was also one commercial.

Q3: Impact returned to a 0.82 rating for Kurt Angle calling out A.J. Styles, but Mr. Anderson interrupted to confront Angle. This was followed by one commercial and Jay Bradley vs. Christian York in a Gut Check-themed match.

Q4: Impact dipped slightly to a 0.80 rating for various backstage segments and two full commercial breaks.

Second Hour Break Down

Q5: Impact barely got a top-of-the-second hour bump, registering a 0.88 rating. This is the lowest Q5 rating in over one year, dating back to April 2012. The segment featured Velvet Sky vs. Gail Kim in a Knockouts match, one commercial, and videos.

Q6: Impact dipped slightly to a 0.85 rating for the X Division Title three-way match, one commercial, and Aces & Eights backstage.

Q7: Impact stayed at a 0.85 rating for an unhyped Daniels vs. Hernandez singles match, one commercial, and the majority of D-Lo Brown vs. Joseph Park in the "main event."

Q8: Impact increased slightly to a show-high 0.91 rating for the end of Brown-Park, one commercial, and the Sting-Bully Ray contract signing, which was given the final nine minutes of the show. This was the lowest-rated Q8 of the year.

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