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Friday Night Smackdown on Fox draws 2.62M viewer average

November 9, 2019 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Friday Night Smackdown on Fox drew an average of 2.62 million viewers over the two hour telecast according to Nielsen.  The ratings per hour showed a slight increase over last week.

WWE’s show drew 0.8 in the A18-49 demo and a 5 share which led the networks for the night.  Overall, Hawaii Five-O on CBS won the 8-9pm time slot with 7.05 million viewers and Magnum P.I. on CBS won the 9-10pm time slot with 6.65 million viewers.

Broken down per hours Smackdown’s first hour drew 2.725 million viewers and 2.510 million in the second hour.

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Some promising numbers for the WWE as its first hour was solid although it saw a loss of viewers going into its second hour.  The CBS lineup is very solid and has dedicated viewers between 8-10pm regardless of whether or not the shows are reruns.  But, the WWE is still winning the A18-49 demo for both hours.

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