Wrestlenomics reports that this past Friday’s episode of WWE SmackDown on FOX was able to draw an average of 2.569 million viewers, with a rating of 0.70 in the key 18-49 demographic.
This total is up 22.68% from this past week’s 2.094 million viewers for the post-Payback episode.
Friday’s rating of 0.70 is up 32.07% from last week’s rating of 0.53. The show’s 0.70 rating represents 918,000 viewers in the key 18-49 demo, which is up 32.66% from this past week’s 692,000 viewers with a rating of 0.53.
Friday night’s episode of WWE SmackDown on FOX drew the second-highest total audience of the year so far, behind the tribute episode for Bray Wyatt and WWE Hall of Famer Terry Funk on August 25th and the fourth-highest key demo rating of the year so far. The show also drew the highest audience in show history going back to the December 30th, 2022 episode.
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WWE Smackdown, Friday on Fox:
2,569,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.70AEW Rampage, Friday on TNT:
335,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.09
? https://t.co/qDSSxyAPtr pic.twitter.com/BG3ROOz5bm— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) September 18, 2023
With appearances from The Rock, Pat McAfee as well as continued appearances from John Cena, this week's Smackdown was up 23% compared to last week's total viewership of 2,094,000. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 33% from last week's 0.53 rating.
— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) September 18, 2023
Quarter-hours: WWE Smackdown, September 15 with The Rock surprise appearancehttps://t.co/NDmbDPczOr
— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) September 18, 2023
