WWE SmackDown Return to FOX Tops 2.1 Million Viewers, Ratings for Friday Night

– SpoilerTV has the overnight ratings for last night’s edition of WWE SmackDown on FOX. Last night’s show was back on the FOX Network after SmackDown aired on FS1 the previous week due to the MLB Playoffs. Friday’s show was also the first night of the new roster changes going into effect from the 2021 WWE Draft, and the first show after Thursday’s Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia.

Friday’s episode of WWE SmackDown drew an average overnight audience of 2.101 million viewers. That’s based off of 2.152 million viewers for Hour 1 and 2.050 million viewers for Hour 2. Last week’s supersized episode of SmackDown on FS1 drew a final audience of 878,000 viewers.

In the P18-49 key ratings demographic, SmackDown averaged a 0.50 rating, and the show topped the key demo ratings for the evening. Blue Bloods on CBS topped the network viewership for Friday with 5.784 million viewers.

Last night’s SmackDown closed out with an in-ring title exchange segment between Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch. It’s rumored that the segment did not go as planned, leading to a heated confrontation between the two women after the show.

As noted, next week’s SmackDown will be back on FS1 due to the MLB World Series. There will also be a Friday night edition of Talking Smack on FS1 as well after the show at 10:00 pm ET that will be running head-to-head with AEW Rampage on TNT.