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Friday Night Smackdown posts strong ratings despite NBA Finals

October 10, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Friday Night Smackdown on Fox drew an average of 2.08 million viewers on Friday night opposite Game 5 of the NBA Finals in network television. The two-hour telecast drew 2.156 million viewers in the first hour and 2.017 in the second hour.  It did well in the A25-54 demo with a 0.8 in the first […]

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

UFC on ESPN 16 draws 1.097M viewers

October 6, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

UFC on ESPN 16 drew 1.097 million viewers on Saturday night according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily.  It also pulled 514,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo. The event featured Holly Holm versus Irene Aldana in a bantamweight matchup.  Holm scored an impressive unanimous decision victory over Aldana. The telecast took place from Abu Dhabi and […]

Filed Under: ESPN, ratings, UFC

WWE Friday Night Smackdown down due in part to NBA Finals

October 3, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

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 […]

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

UFC 253 Prelims on ESPN2 drew 523,000 viewers

September 29, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The UFC 253 Prelims on ESPN2 drew 523,000 viewers Saturday according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily.  The 3 hour telecast also drew 229,000 in A18-49 demo.  It was the lowest output for the Prelims this year although the first time on ESPN2. The fights took place on ESPN2 due to College Football which aired on […]

Filed Under: ESPN, ratings, UFC

Special Tuesday night episode of AEW draws 585,000

September 23, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

A special episode of AEW after Inside the NBA on TNT drew 585,000 viewers per Nielsen Media Research via ShowBuzz Daily.  The special aired at later than its 12:30am start time but still pulled down a good rating.  The event drew 0.26 in the A18-49 demo, 0.35 in the M18-49 and a 0.28 and 0.20 […]

Filed Under: AEW, ratings, TNT

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