Smackdown Rating, Viewership Slightly Down Heading Into SummerSlam

– The rating for this week’s Smackdown edged downward as the company headed into SummerSlam this weekend. Tuesday’s episode brought in a 0.70 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 2.189 million viewers. Those numbers are down 4% and less than 1% from last week’s 0.73 demo rating and 2.197 million viewers. Both metrics are the lowest for the show since the July 10th episode brought in a 0.68 demo rating and 2.183 million viewers.

Despite the small drop, Smackdown still ranked #1 for the night among cable originals per Showbuzz Daily. It beat out Bravo’s Below Deck Mediterranean (0.56 demo rating, 1.488 million viewers) for the top spot.