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Friday Night Smackdown draws 888,000 on FS1

October 28, 2019 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

WWE’s Friday Night Smackdown drew 888,000 viewers on FS1 as the show was moved to the network due to the World Series on Fox. Obviously with the move to cable, it was the lowest ratings the show has done since its move to the Fox Network.  A condensed version of the telecast also aired on […]

Filed Under: Friday Night SmackDown, FS1, ratings, TV, WWE

SmackDown draws 2.9M viewers in 2nd week on Fox

October 12, 2019 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

WWE Friday Night Smackdown drew 2.90 million viewers on Fox per Nielsen via Television By Numbers.  The ratings reflect a drop from last week’s debut. Friday night saw a 1.0 rating in the A18-49 and a 6 share in the overall audience. The telecast is down from last Friday’s 3.87M viewers. This week CBS ruled […]

Filed Under: FOX, Friday Night SmackDown, WWE

Cain Velasquez leaves UFC, signs with WWE

October 12, 2019 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez has signed with World Wrestling Entertainment and has retired from the UFC. Velasquez made an appearance on WWE’s Friday Night Smackdown Premiere when he came out with Rey Mysterio to confront Brock Lesnar.  At a press conference on Friday, it was announced that Velasquez had signed with the promotion […]

Filed Under: Friday Night SmackDown, pro wrestling, UFC, WWE

Friday night SmackDown debut on Fox draws 3.87M viewers, 8 share in A18-49 demo

October 5, 2019 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The debut of Friday Night SmackDown on Fox drew 3.87 million viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily.  It also drew a 1.4 rating and an 8 share in the A18-49 demo. Although the threshold for the debut may have been 4.5 million viewers (see below), the telecast was the highest rated in the A18-49 […]

Filed Under: Friday Night SmackDown, pro wrestling, WWE

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