AEW Collision gets big ratings boost from College Football Playoff lead-in

With help from a College Football Playoff lead-in, AEW Collision got a big ratings boost on Saturday night.

The Christmas Collision episode, live from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, averaged 635,000 viewers on TNT. That’s up 158.1 percent from the previous week, is the best audience total for the show since April 27, and is the third-largest viewership in Collision’s history.

In the 18-49 demo, the episode drew a 0.20 rating. That was third on cable in prime time and seventh overall on television. The rating was up 122.2 percent from last week and is also the best number the show has done in that category since April 27. It’s the second-highest rating for Collision since July 23, 2023.

The show’s lead-in was a College Football Playoff game between Texas and Clemson that averaged 8.6 million viewers and was the most watched sports/entertainment program on TNT in the month of December since 2001. The April 27 episode that was the previous high for Collision in 2024 came with an NBA playoff game as the lead-in.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Collision’s overall audience was up 29.9 percent while its 18-49 rating was up 25 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 106.4 percent in overall viewers and 122.2 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

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