MJF didn’t move the needle for AEW

The ratings and viewership data are in for last night’s (Feb. 8) episode of AEW Dynamite.

Per Showbuzz Daily, Dynamite netted 899,000 viewers for a 0.30 rating point in the 18-49 year old demographic. Dynamite finished fifth place in the demo rating on cable for the night.

These numbers barely budged from last week’s 901K viewers and 0.31 demo rating, though Dynamite did drop down a few spots from last week’s second place finish.

AEW tried to hype up this card as a Championship Fight Night, but two non-title matches were grouped into that theme. AEW World Champion MJF competed in a rare television match on this episode, but his title wasn’t on the line, and the needle did not move from last week.

The word on the street is that he’s the special kind of scumbag who blamed these results on his unconscious bleeding opponent when the ratings police arrived to grill him about what happened.

Here’s a breakdown of AEW viewership and rating in the 18-49 demo over the last year:

Feb. 9, 2022: 1,129,000 / .41

Feb. 16: 869,000 / .31

Feb. 23: 1,010,000 / .40

Mar. 2: 966,000 / .35

Mar. 9: 945,000 / .40

Mar. 16: 993,000 / .38

Mar. 23: 1,046,000 / .41

Mar. 30: 979,000 / .38

Apr. 6: 989,000 / .38

Apr. 13: 977,000 / .37

Apr. 20: 930,000 / .37

Apr. 27: 921,000 / .33

May 4: 833,000 / .32

May 11: 840,000 / .33

May 18: 922,000 / .33

May 25: 929,000 / .35

June 1: 969,000 / .40

June 8: 939,000 / .34

June 15: 761,000 / .28

June 22: 878,000 / .31

June 29: 1,023,000 / .36

July 6: 979,000 / .36

July 13: 942,000 / .32

July 20: 910,000 / .32

July 27: 976,000 / .33

Aug. 3: 938,000 / .32

Aug. 10: 972,000 / .33

Aug. 17: 957,000 / .30

Aug. 24: 1,049,000 / .34

Aug. 31: 1,020,000 / .35

Sept. 7: 1,035,000 / .38

Sept. 14: 1,175,000 / .39

Sept. 21: 1,039,000 / .35

Sept. 28: 990,000 / .34

Oct. 5: 1,038,000 / .33

Oct. 12: 983,000 / .32

Oct. 18: 752,000 / .26

Oct. 26: 997,000 / .32

Nov. 2: 911,000 / .29

Nov. 9: 930,000 / .32

Nov. 16: 818,000 / .28

Nov. 23: 880,000 / .32

Nov. 30: 870,000 / .26

Dec. 7: 840,000 / .29

Dec. 14: 950,000 / .33

Dec. 21: 957,000 / .30

Dec. 28: 876,000 / .28

Jan. 4, 2023: 864,000 / .26

Jan. 11: 967,000 / .33

Jan. 18: 969,000 / .31

Jan. 25: 1,003,000 / .32

Feb. 1: 901,000 / .31

Feb. 8: 899,000 / .30

For complete results and this week’s Dynamite live blog click here. To read a recap & review of the night’s events click here. For video highlights of the show click here.