2003 Ratings

Date Velocity Confidential Heat Raw Smackdown
January 2-6 0.7 (1.1) 0.6 (1.1) 0.8 (1.2) 3.6 (5.4) * 3.4 (6.0)
January 9-13 0.71 0.72 1.1 ** 3.91 3.4 (5.0)
January 16-20 0.66 0.66 3.83 3.4
January 23-27 1.0 (1.7) 0.8 (1.6) 0.8 (1.2) 4.05 (6.0) 3.5 (5.0)
1/30 – 2/3 0.6 0.7 1.0 3.4 *** 3.2
February 6-10 0.8 0.7 1.0 3.9 3.3
February 13-17 0.6 (1.0) 0.6 (1.3) 1.1 (1.7) 3.8 (5.5) 3.2
February 20-24 0.8 0.8 @ 0.9 4.0 3.4 (5.0)
2/27 – 3/3 0.9 (1.5) 0.8 (1.7) 1.1 (1.8) @@ 4.5 (6.9) 3.5
March 6-10 0.8 (1.3) 0.7 (1.5) 1.0 (1.7) 4.0 (6.1) @@@ 3.3
March 13-17 0.8 (1.4) 0.7 (1.4) 1.0 (1.7) 3.8 (5.8) 3.0
March 20-24 0.7 (1.2) 0.7 (1.3) 1.1 (1.6) 3.5 (5.1) # 2.7 (4.0)
March 27-31 0.7 (1.3) 0.5 (1.1) 1.1 (1.8) ## 3.7 (5.7) 3.2
April 3-7 0.6 (1.0) 0.5 (1.1) ### 1.0 (1.7) ^ 3.49 3.3
April 10-14 1.1 (1.9) 0.8 (1.7) 1.1 (1.7) 3.45 (5.2) 3.2 (5.0)
April 17-21 0.7 (1.3) 0.6 (1.3) 1.0 (1.9) 3.8 (5.7) 3.3
April 24-28 0.5 (0.8) 0.7 (1.5) 0.9 (1.7) 3.9 (5.8) 3.1
May 1-5 0.8 (1.4) 0.6 (1.3) 1.2 (2.1) 3.5 (5.2) 3.2
May 8-12 0.7 (1.2) 1.1 (2.3) 1.3 (2.5) 4.4 (6.7) 3.2 (5.1)
May 15-19 0.7 (1.3) 1.0 (2.1) 0.9 (1.7) 3.6 (5.3) 3.2 (5.0)
May 22-26 0.8 (1.5) 0.7 (1.5) 0.8 (1.7) 3.7 3.3 (6.0)
5/29 – 6/2 0.8 (1.4) 0.8 (1.7) 1.1 (2.1) 3.9 (6.3) 3.4
June 5-9 0.7 (1.3) 0.7 (1.6) 0.8 (1.5) 3.5 (5.5) 3.1
June 12-16 0.7 (1.3) 0.8 (1.7) 0.9 (1.8) 4.05 (6.6) 3.7
June 19-23 1.0 (1.9) 1.0 1.0 (2.2) 3.9 3.2
June 26-30 0.8 (1.6) 0.9 (2.0) 1.0 (2.0) 3.55 (6.1) 3.4 (6.0)
July 3-7 0.9 (1.7) 0.9 (2.2) 1.0 (1.9) 4.25 (7.0) 3.0 (6.0)
July 10-14 0.7 (1.4) 0.7 (1.4) 1.1 (2.1) 3.85 3.6
July 17-21 0.9 (1.8) 0.7 (1.6) 1.1 (2.2) 4.2 3.4
July 24-28 0.9 0.7 0.9 4.15 3.4
7/31 – 8/4 0.8 0.7 1.0 4.0 3.4
August 7-11 0.7 (1.3) 0.7 (1.5) 0.8 (1.6) 3.9 (6.2) 3.0
August 14-18 0.9 (1.6) 0.8 (1.7) 1.3 3.95 (6.4) ^^ 3.5
August 21-25 0.7 (1.4) 0.6 (1.4) 1.0 (1.9) 4.2 3.3
8/28 – 9/1 0.6 0.6 0.9 ^^^ 4.35 2.6
September 4-8 0.6 0.6 0.9 ~ 3.65 (5.4) 3.5 (7.0)
September 11-15 0.88 0.57 0.87 3.7 (6.0) ~~ 3.5
September 18-22 0.7 (1.0) 0.5 (1.0) 1.0 (2.0) 3.6 3.2
September 25-29 0.6 0.5 1.1 3.45 3.1
October 2-6 0.6 (1.0) 0.5 (1.0) 1.0 (2.0) 3.45 2.9
October 9-13 0.7 (1.0) 0.5 (1.0) 1.0 (2.0) 3.55 3.6
October 16-20 0.6 0.6 0.9 3.65 3.3
October 23-27 0.7 0.6 0.5 3.4 3.6
10/30 – 11/3 0.7 (1.0) 0.8 (1.0) 0.9 (1.0) 3.4 3.7
November 6-10 0.8 0.9 1.0 3.7 3.6
November 13-17 0.6 0.6 0.9 3.6 3.7
November 20-24 0.9 (1.6) 0.8 (1.7) 0.9 (1.7) 3.55 (5.0) 3.6
11/27 – 12/1 1.0 (1.9) 0.8 (1.6) 1.2 (1.9) 3.65 (5.7) ~~~ 3.0
December 4-8 0.6 (1.1) 0.9 (1.7) 1.0 (1.5) 3.8 (5.0) 3.4
December 11-15 0.7 0.8 0.9 3.5 (5.0) 3.6
December 18-22 0.57 0.38 1.20 #@ 3.01 3.45
December 25-29 0.88 0.57 1.14 3.73 @# 3.0
2003 Average 0.75 0.70 0.99 3.76 3.30

Key:
(#) Share
* Live edition
** Raw 10th Anniversary Special (which aired 1/14, 9-11PM ET/PT) on TNN scored a 2.87 rating
*** Pre-empted in Columbus, GA.; Detroit, MI.; Florence, SC.; Grand Rapids, MI.; Washington, DC.; Evansville, IN.
@ Heat airs on TNN
@@ Return of Steve Austin
@@@ In many areas, parts of the first hour pre-empted by a speech made by President George W. Bush.
# Many UPN stations pre-empt Smackdown for United States-Iraq war coverage.
## Night after Wrestlemania XIX
### Heat switches from MTV to TNN
^ Head to head with the Syracuse-Kansas NCAA Basketball Championship game
^^ Night of the Mid-West/Eastern U.S. States power “black out”
^^^ Labor Day
~ Head to head with the season premiere of Monday Night Football featuring Philadelphia vs. Tampa Bay.
~~ 90 Minute edition (followed by “The Mullets”)
~~~ Thanksgiving Day
#@ Best of show
@# Christmas edition from Baghdad, Iraq