The viewership numbers on Friday night’s Smackdown go downhill
The first SmackDown post – Elimination Chamber drew an average of 2.114 million viewers on FOX, according to Nielsen, via Showbuzz Daily.
The number went down by 2.71% from the previous week’s final viewership of 2.173 million viewers. The rating for last week’s episode was 0.57 in the key 18-49 demographic. This is up 5.55% from the previous week’s 0.54 rating.
Last week’s SmackDown saw Brock Lesnar face-off Roman Reigns. Ronda Rousey also had screen time, as she was attacked from behind by Sonya Deville and Charlotte Flair joined in the beat down.
SmackDown’s viewership was down 1.44% from the same week in 2021. The 18-49 key demo was up by 5.55% from the same week last year.
The latest episode of SmackDown was the lowest viewership of the year till now. The key demo rating was the second-best this year.
How did Rampage and Dynamite fare in comparison?
Fans are always on the lookout to find how the different promotions and their shows are doing in comparison to their competitors.
Friday’s taped edition of AEW Rampage drew an average of 473,000 viewers on TNT. This is up by 0.42% from previous week’s taped episode which drew 471,000 viewers.
Rampage drew a rating of 0.18 in the 18-49 key demographic which is down by 10% from the previous week’s edition which drew a 0.20 rating.
Friday’s show had the lowest Rampage audience ever for a non-holiday regular timeslot episode.
Coming to AEW Dynamite episode, which took place last Wednesday garnered 1.010 million viewers on TBS. This is up by 16.23% from last week’s episode which drew 869,000 viewers. The rating was up by 29.03% from the previous week. The rating was up to 0.40 in comparison to 0.31, the week before in the key 18-49 demographic.
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