WWE Backstage kicks off 2020 with a rise in viewership.
WWE Backstage viewership in 2019 topped off at 180,000 viewers for CM Punk‘s debut episode but without Punk, the show took a considerable dip, pulling in 121,000 viewers the following week. Last week’s New Year’s Eve episode came in at 97,000 viewers. This week, per Showbuzz Daily, The show increased to 124,000. The Miz was on this week’s episode, and CM Punk had some words for his post-show video on social media. Punk will return to the FS1 series on January 21.
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YEAR-TO-DATE RANKINGS
(Note: This doesn’t count the two pre-show specials that aired prior to it being a weekly show on Wednesday nights at 11 p.m. ET.)
180,000 – November 19 – 2019 High
50,000 – November 6 – 2019 Low
124,000 – January 7 – This Week