Smackdown Rating Steady With Last Week, Viewership Slightly Up

Smackdown kept even in the ratings and viewers as it headed into Survivor Series. Tuesday’s episode, which was the last before the PPV, brought in a 0.82 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 2.607 million viewers That’s identical with the 0.82 rating from last week’s episode, while the audience was up 0.15% from 2.603 million.

The episode ranked #5 among cable originals for the night against strong competition. Per Showbuzz Daily, the CFP Rankings Show on ESPN was #1 with a 1.35 demo rating and 3.785 million viewers, followed by two college basketball games on the network (1.04/2.967 million and 1.03/2.661 million) and American Horror Story: Cult’s finale (1.01/1.974 million).