WWE Smackdown Rating Hits Five Week High

– After taking a beating for most of the last few weeks, WWE saw a rebound on Tuesday in Smackdown. This week’s episode garnered a 0.8 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 2.328 million viewers, up 18% and 7% from last week’s 0.68 and 2.175 million viewers. The demo rating was the best since the 0.81 on April 18th, while the viewership was still slightly below the 2.348 million from two weeks ago.

Smackdown ranked #3 among cable originals for the night per Showbuzz Daily, behind the NBA Conference Finals on TNT (2.75 demo rating/7.017 million viewers) and the post-game show (1.49/3.406 million).