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 […]
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Cain Velasquez leaves UFC, signs with WWE
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 […]
AEW draws over 1 million viewers for second episode on TNT
The second episode of All Elite Wrestling declined in ratings from its debut but still remained over 1 million viewers. In comparison, NXT on USA at the same time was down in ratings to 790,000 viewers. NXT drew 890,000 viewers last week in its first show going to two hours to compete with AEW on […]
Friday night SmackDown debut on Fox draws 3.87M viewers, 8 share in A18-49 demo
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 […]
‘Dynamite’ ratings for AEW’s debut on TNT
The debut of All Elite Wrestling’s “Dynamite” drew 1.4 million viewers and was second in overall cable ratings for Wednesday night according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. NXT on the USA Network drew 890,000 viewers in its first head-to-head with the upstart rival. The series premier of All Elite Wrestling drew a 0.68 rating in […]