4 hours Ago By Paul Fontaine
Friday night’s episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 1.403 million viewers on the USA Network, down 2.3% from the previous week.
It was the lowest audience for the show since December 20th. SmackDown topped all of television with a 0.42 rating in the 18-49 demo.
That’s up 5% from last week and is the second highest rating the show has done in that category since the December 13th episode. The only major sports competition was an NBA game on ESPN that averaged 1.14 million viewers and a 0.
36 rating in the 18-49 demo. As compared to the same week in 2024, when the show still aired on FOX, the overall viewership was down 41.7% while the 18-49 rating was down 32.
3%. The college basketball game that aired in SmackDown’s former time slot averaged 1.166 million viewers and a .
21 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 53.4% in overall viewers and 66.
1% in 18-49 from what SmackDown did last year. Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for WWE SmackDown on the USA Network as well as the 10 week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 2.
8% in overall viewers but even in 18-49 as compared to recent averages..
