WWE Friday Night Smackdown drew 1.978 million viewers in the first hour and grew to 1.995 million viewers in the second hour. The two-hour telecast on Fox drew higher than NBC in the time window as it aired replays of America Ninja Warrior. Friday Night Smackdown’s audience increased slightly and did well in the A18-49 […]
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Friday Night Smackdown posts strong ratings despite NBA Finals
WWE Friday Night Smackdown down due in part to NBA Finals
WWE Friday Night Smackdown drew 2.105 million viewers in the first hour and 1.980 million viewers in the second according to Nielsen Media Research via ShowBuzz Daily. The telecast went up against the NBA Finals on ABC which drew 4.3 million in the second hour of WWE Smackdown. The A18-49 demo slipped per Nielsen as […]
This week in pro wrestling ratings
This week in pro wrestling ratings, WWE Friday Night Smackdown experienced a slight decline in ratings while AEW won another round in head-to-head battle with NXT. WWE Friday Smackdown drew 1.922 million viewers in hour 1 and 1.966 million viewers in hour 2. It fell slightly in the A18-49 demo from 0.6 to 0.5 in […]
Ratings swing up for both AEW and WWE programming
This past week, all three pro wrestling programs produced great numbers. Notably, AEW surpassed 1 million viewers on Wednesday night for the first time since its first month and SmackDown recorded its best numbers in months. AEW on TNT Wednesday night drew 1.016M viewers on Wednesday night. It drew 0.37 in the A18-49 and 0.51 […]