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AEW Dynamite drops to lowest viewership and key demo rating ever on cable up against NXT on Tuesday night

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Tuesday nightâ€s (10/7) episode of AEW Dynamite on TBS averaged 321,000 viewers, compared to 465,000 the prior week and the 638,000 the week before that. The current ten-week rolling average is 570,000. NXT averaged 625,000 for their special NXT vs. TNA theme show.

Last year, when Dynamite moved to Tuesday, it experienced a similar drop to 329,000 from 680,000 the prior week. The ten-week rolling average a year ago was 649,000.

Two years ago when it moved to Tuesday, it drew 609,000 compared to 800,000 the prior week.

NOTE 1: Additional viewers watch AEW Dynamite on Max streaming service as of Jan. 1, 2025, and those viewers are not part of the TBS data. That data is not made available.

NOTE 2: Nielson as of this fall is compiling ratings using new methodology called Big Data + Panel. It’s incorporating a wider array of sourcing of viewing data to then extrapolate a total viewership estimate. It means that ratings before this fall were created with a different method and thus there could be differences built in that affect how comparable past data is to new data.

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In the key 18-49 demo, it drew a 0.07 rating, compared to 0.09 and 0.14 the prior two weeks. The ten-week rolling average is 0.13.

One year ago, it drew a a 0.10 rating with a ten-week rolling average of 0.20.

Two years ago, it drew a 0.26 rating with a ten-week rolling average of 0.30.

The announced matches and segments were…

  • “Hangman†Adam Page and Samoa Joe face-to-face
  • Brodido (Brody King & Bandido) vs. Kazuchika Okada & Konosuke Takeshita – Double Jeopardy Eliminator match
  • Jon Moxley vs. Tomohiro Ishii
  • Pac vs. Orange Cassidy
  • Kyle Fletcher vs. Kyle Oâ€Reilly – TNT Championship Kyle vs. Kyle 2
  • The Hurt Syndicate (MVP & Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) vs. The Demand (Ricochet & Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) – Street Fight
  • Mercedes Moné TBS Championship Open Challenge
  • Jurassic Express (Jack Perry & Luchasaurus) to be in action

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A new ‘Answer’: Iverson discusses lowest point in life, sobriety

Allen Iverson, talking about his new memoir “Misunderstood” on ESPN’s “First Take,” discussed the lowest point of his life — and it didn’t involve anything that happened on a basketball court.

“It was self-inflicted,” Iverson told host Stephen A. Smith. “But it was when Tawanna divorced me.”

Allen Iverson has a new book, “Misunderstood,” that details the NBA superstar’s meteoric rise to success in the league, as well as his far-from-storybook childhood. Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images

Tawanna Turner and Iverson married in 2001. Iverson’s superstardom coincided with their marriage, and just like Iverson’s career, it was up and down.

The two split in 2008, and the divorce was final in 2013. That coincided with the end of Iverson’s career — he officially retired in October 2013, saying he had no desire to play anymore.

“That’s when I knew I’d hit my lowest point and it was time for deep self-reevaluation,” he said. “When I’m sitting there in that courtroom, I used to watch Sixers vs. Sixers in a scrimmage, or Georgetown vs. Georgetown. Them tears started to hit the [divorce] papers when I looked down and see ‘Iverson vs. Iverson.'”

But Turner and Iverson are back together, Iverson confirmed, after their 2013 divorce.

Asked how he got Tawanna to come back, he said, “A lot of Keith Sweat. I had to beg a lot.”

As a part of that deep reevaluation of himself and rebuilding of his marriage, Iverson, 50, said he realized that alcohol was a big problem, and he was tired of fighting it. The divorce, his career’s end, all the baggage from his youth — it was all weighing on him.

“It’s a plethora of things. Ultimately, when you evaluate your maturation and what’s important and what you mean to your family and friends and the world, I just thought about the way I was supposed to be in life. And I didn’t see how [alcohol] was helping any,” he said. “All I could think about was negative experiences.”

Iverson said he realizes that a lot of young NBA players look up to him, and how he shaped this generation of players.

“I made of lot of them comfortable in their own skin and feel that they are able to express themselves,” he said. “I love everything that’s happening with our league and the betterment of the younger players. We will never be short of superstars.

“The game is in great hands.”

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The Smashing Machine opening weekend does lowest of The Rockâ€s career

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The Smashing Machine brought in $6 million over its opening weekend.

The Mark Kerr biopic cost $50 million to make and finished third for the weekend behind Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl (a behind-the-scenes look at the making of her “Life of a Showgirl†record), which brought in over $33 million, and One Battle After Another, which brought in $11 million.

According to an article from Variety, The Smashing Machine’s opening weekend did the lowest of any in Rock’s acting career.

“Elsewhere at the box office, audiences couldnâ€t smell what The Rock was cooking,” wrote Variety’s Rebecca Rubin.

“This weekendâ€s other newcomer, Dwayne Johnsonâ€s R-rated sports drama ‘The Smashing Machine,’ cratered in third place with $6 million from 3,345 venues. Those ticket sales were below projections of$8 million to $15 million and marked a career low for Johnson, below his 2010 thriller ‘Faster’ ($8.5 million, not adjusted for inflation).”

The film is certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a 74 percent approval rating based on 223 critic reviews and a 78 percent audience score based on more than 250 fan reviews.

The Rockâ€s performance as Kerr has been well-reviewed. The movie follows Kerrâ€s journey in the early days of mixed martial arts. Our own Josh Nason covered the film on a recent episode of JNPO, which also features an interview with Bas Rutten. The episode is available here.

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