Friday’s WWE SmackDown experienced a drop in the show’s ratings. According to Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics, the show drew an average of 2.207 million viewers on FOX, which is a drop from the previous week’s 2.535 million viewers.
The show received a 0.54 rating in the all-important 18-49 demographic, which is down from the 0.63 rating it received one week ago. The ratings for the episode that aired last week were the highest of 2022. The key demo rating hadn’t been this high since the episode that aired on September 10, 2021, which had a 0.65, and the episode that aired on March 20, 2020 had the highest total viewership.
Here’s the breakdown of each demo for the show compared to last week:
* Viewers 18-34 – 0.30 – a week ago: 0.44
* Viewers 18-49 – 0.54 – a week ago: 0.63
* Viewers 25-54 – 0.71 – a week ago: 0.80
* Female viewers 18-49 – 4.7 – a week ago: 4.9
* Male viewers 18-49 – 6.7 – a week ago: 9.2
* Viewers 50+ – 3.1 – a week ago: 3.6
