Saturday Night’s Main Event returned to robust viewers scores over the weekend.
The WWE‘s two-hour showdown introduced in 2.3M viewers on NBC and Peacock. As anticipated, a majority of the viewers got here from the broadcaster, whereas about 700,000 tuned in through streaming.
This is the primary Saturday Night’s Main Event since 2008, when 2.4M tuned in on NBC. The iconic occasion initially premiered in May of 1985 and, though it went on a little bit of a hiatus over the previous 16 years, it appears that evidently it’s nonetheless a extremely anticipated occasion for the WWE.
For comparability functions, ABC’s displaying of the NBA Cup sport between the Houston Rockets and the Oklahoma City Thunder drew 1.89M viewers.
Taking it again to the place it began, this yr’s Saturday Night’s Main Event occurred at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Long Island — the positioning of the very first occasion.
Saturday Night’s Main Event will return quarterly with the following one set for January 25 on NBC.
