2 days Ago By Paul Fontaine
Friday night’s WWE SmackDown episode averaged 1.436 million viewers on USA Network, up 8.3 percent from the previous week.
It’s the fourth-largest audience total for the show since October 11. SmackDown finished second on the prime time cable charts with a 0.41 rating in the 18-49 demo.
That’s up 10.8 percent from last week but is the second-lowest rating the show has done in that category since November 29. The show went head-to-head with two college football bowl games, including the Liberty Bowl on ESPN which averaged 4.
2 million viewers and topped all of television with a 0.95 rating in the 18-49 demo. As compared to the same week last year — a best-of 2023 episode — SmackDown’s overall viewership was up six percent while its 18-49 rating was up 46.
4 percent. Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 0.
7 percent in viewership but down 2.4 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages..
