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AEW-WWE tie in ratings

December 12, 2019 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

For the first time ever in the head-to-head wrestling wars, we have a tie.  NXT on the USA Network and AEW Dynamite on TNT both drew 787,000 overall viewers at the same time. The viewership for both telecasts were down from last week.  AEW did edge out NXT in the younger demos scoring 0.28 in […]

Filed Under: AEW, pro wrestling, ratings, TNT, TV, USA, WWE

WWE Smackdown on Fox draws 2.536M-high in first hour against Pac-12 Championship

December 8, 2019 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

WWE Smackdown on Friday night drew 2.45 million viewers according to Television By Numbers.  The telecast did go up against the Pac-12 Championship on ABC which drew over 5.3 million viewers for the first two hours which went squarely against Smackdown. The first hour of SmackDown drew 2.536 million viewers while the second hour dropped […]

Filed Under: FOX, Friday Night SmackDown, ratings, TV, WWE, WWE Network

NXT wins ratings head-to-head versus AEW pre-Thanksgiving

December 2, 2019 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

NXT on the USA Network scored its second head-to-head ratings win against AEW on TNT.  Despite the overall viewership win, AEW edged out NXT in the younger demos. NXT drew 810,000 viewers on the USA Network the day before Thanksgiving.  AEW on TNT drew 663,000 viewers.  AEW did earn a slight victory over NXT in […]

Filed Under: AEW, NXT, pro wrestling, WWE

WWE Smackdown draws 2.3M viewers post-Thanksgiving

November 30, 2019 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

WWE’s Smackdown on Friday night drew 2.3M viewers for its two hour time slot on Fox the day after Thanksgiving.  The telecast was down over last week and share the A18-49 demo top spot with Frosty the Snowman on ABC. Smackdown drew 2.350M viewers in the first hour and 2.322 million viewers in the second […]

Filed Under: FOX, Friday Night SmackDown, TV, WWE

WWE Smackdown draws 2.60 million viewers

November 23, 2019 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

WWE Smackdown on Fox drew 2.60 million viewers for its two hour slot Friday night on the network.  The telecast saw an uptick in viewership after its lowest dip last week. WWE Smackdown’s first hour drew 2.701 million viewers with a 0.8 rating in the A18-49 demo.  It’s second hour drew 2.5 million viewers although […]

Filed Under: FOX, Friday Night SmackDown, TV, WWE

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