WWE Friday Night Smackdown drew 2.44 million viewers last night according to Nielsen via Television By Numbers. The ratings show another week-to-week decrease in overall viewership since the show debuted 3 weeks ago.
The 2-hour telecast did draw a 0.8 rating in the 18-49 adult demo which was the most for the night on the networks and a 4 share which tied for the most on Friday night. But the overall ratings reflect a drop-in viewership. Fox was third behind CBS, ABC and NBC in viewership in the time slots.
According to a breakdown from ShowBuzz Daily, the viewership actually gained in the second hour from 9-10pm which shows improvement but still falls behind the big 3 networks. Fox did do better than the CW Network in these timeslots.
Payout Perspective:
Cause for concern? Friday night is not the best night for programming and its clear that audiences have yet to gravitate to SmackDown yet.
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