SmackDown Has Slight Viewership Drop for Draft Night 1, Ratings Steady Against NBA Finals

– Showbuzz Daily has the overnight ratings for last night’s episode of SmackDown, which featured Night 1 of the 2020 WWE Draft. Last night’s FOX Network broadcast drew an average overnight audience of 2.087 million viewers. That’s based off of 2.156 million viewers for Hour 1 and 2.017 million viewers for Hour 2.

Overall, this overnight viewership number is slightly down from the final audience for last week’s show, which drew 2.155 million viewers. However, SmackDown had some stiff competition last night with the NBA Finals on ABC.

In the P18-49 key demographic, the show averaged a 0.6 rating over its two-hour broadcast, which held steady to the final rating for last week’s episode. SmackDown ranked No. 4 in the key demo ratings last night. The NBA Finals Game 5 between the Miami Heat and the LA Lakers topped the ratings for the evening, followed by NBA Countdown and Jimmy Kimmel Live.

The NBA Finals game on ABC topped the viewership for the evening with an average 5.714 million viewers. SmackDown ranked No. 8 for the night in viewership.