WWE News: Third hour of Raw continues to see viewership plummet

While the full ratings are not yet available for Monday's Raw, viewership numbers show that the third hour continues to be an albatross around WWE's neck. Hours one and two of Raw were virtually tied with 4.147 million and 4.126 million viewers respectively. Hour three shows a 16.7 percent dropoff from hour two with 3.488 million viewers, a decrease of 688,000 viewers. You can see the full numbers at http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/11/28/monday-cable-ratingsmonday-night-football-wins-night-catfish-teen-mom-2-wwe-raw-pawn-stars-basketball-wives-more/159270/.

Shore's Slant: You read that right, over two-thirds of a million people tuned out for the final hour of Raw. When the three hour Raws were announced, I expected one of the hours to be the stinker, but I never expected it to be the final hour. Monday Night Football was even down compared to the week before (as a share), so this has to point to a systemic problem with the three hour show and not a competition problem.