WWE Smackdown Rating Rises

– Thursday night’s episode of WWE Smackdown was up from the previous week. The show drew 2.64 million viewers and a 0.72 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic, up 8% and 7% from last week’s 2.45 million and 0.67 demo rating.

The viewership was the highest since the April 2nd episode, while the rating was below the 0.77 rating from a two weeks ago. The show came in sixth among cable originals for the night behind the two NBA playoff games, the “Inside the NBA Playoffs” post-game show, Vikings and Lip Sync Battle.

Credit: Showbuzz Daily