WWE NXT Posts 655K Viewers, 0.14 Demo on CW in Rebound

WWE NXT drew 655,000 viewers and a 0.14 rating in the 18-to-49 demographic for its Tuesday, Sept. 2 broadcast on The CW, a modest rebound from the previous week’s audience, according to programming trackers. The episode’s viewership rose about 6.3 percent from the prior week’s 616,000, while the demo rating improved 16.7 percent from 0.12, Programming Insider and Wrestlenomics reported.

Despite the week-to-week uptick, the numbers remained slightly under the show’s totals from two weeks earlier, when NXT logged a 0.15 demo and roughly 675,000 viewers. The episode finished eighth in the primetime 18-49 ranking for the night, trailing higher-rated broadcasts including America’s Got Talent, which posted a 0.40 demo and 4.779 million viewers on ABC, and ESPN’s U.S. Open coverage, which drew a 0.33 demo and about 1.794 million viewers, according to nightly ratings reports. Some outlets also listed Bachelor in Paradise among the programs that outperformed NXT on Tuesday.

Year-to-date averages show a mixed picture for NXT. For 2025 the program is averaging a 0.160 demo rating and about 705,000 viewers, compared with a 0.186 demo and 635,000 viewers for the same period in 2024,...