How Many People Watched TNA Impact's AMC Premiere? Full TV Ratings Revealed (TNA News)

The numbers are in for TNA's big AMC debut...

by Andrew Pollard
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With TNA making its much-hyped debut on AMC last Thursday, the ratings are now in for that AMC premiere of the promotion's weekly iMPACT show.

Via f4wonline, that episode averaged 173,000 viewers. Now, while it's not known what the viewership numbers were for the company's previous run on AXS TV, that 173,000 number is presumed to be a significant increase on what TNA was bringing in during its time on AXS. On that front, the most recent AXS ratings available, which are from several years ago, had the weekly shows averaging around the 100,000 mark.

In terms of the key demographic, the AMC premiere drew a 0.04 number in the 18-49 demo. That's in a similar range to what AMC usually averages in prime time spots, and is an increase on what TNA was getting on AXS a few years ago, where the Anthem outlet was floating between 0.01 and 0.03. Interestingly, that 18-49 number was higher than the 0.03 brought in by this past week's episode of AEW Collision, though Collision averaged more overall viewership with 271,000.

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As for the AMC premiere, highlights were Mike Santana defeating Frankie Kazarian for the TNA World Championship, an appearance by AJ Styles, and the surprise debuts of Daria Rae (the former Sonya Devilla) and Elayna Black (fka Cora Jade). Despite that, the rest of the episode largely underwhelmed, with the production values and certain creative decisions questioned - or outright slated - by large portions of the wrestling world, particularly as this episode was intended to build momentum for the TNA Genesis PPV that took place just two days later.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer and Presenter, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund and Eli Roth to Kevin Smith and the Russo Brothers, to Kevin Conroy and Frank Miller, to Bret Hart and Sting, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, and Brian Flynn, to many, many more. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is a long-standing season ticket holder and an FSA Award-winner for his time co-hosting the Fearless in Devotion podcast.