WWE Friday Night Smackdown on Fox drew 2.294 million viewers in the first hour and 2.161 million viewers in hour 2 per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The event scored well in the young demos.
Smackdown’s last show before Sunday’s Royal Rumble drew a 0.6 share in the A18-49 demo as well as 0.8 in the A25-54 demo in the first hour. It dropped slightly to 0.7 in the A25-54 demo in hour 2. It drew a 5 share in the first hour and a 4 share in the second hour in M18-49.
The ratings were slightly down from last week but still maintained an average above 2.2 million.
Payout Perspective:
Not as robust a network viewing audience this past Friday as the normal CBS lineup opposite Smackdown won the night but with MacGyver drawing 3.7 million and Magnum P.I. drawing 4.3 million in the 8 and 9pm time slots. Also, a replay of Shark Tank on ABC in the 8pm time slot drew a very good 3.58 million viewers.
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