WWE Smackdown Rating, Audience Slightly Down From Previous Week

The rating and viewership for last week’s episode of WWE Smackdown were down a bit from the previous week. Friday night’s episode brought in a 0.52 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 2.231 million viewers, down 3.7% and 1.9% from the previous week’s 0.54 demo rating and 2.274 million viewers.

The numbers in both metrics were the lowest for the show since the September 16th episode had a 0.5 demo rating and 2.212 million viewers.

Smackdown ranked #1 among broadcast shows for the night per Showbuzz Daily and #3 among all shows for the night. The MLB playoffs won the night on FOX Sports with a 1.12 demo rating and 4.881 million viewers. The NBA game on ESPN was second with a 0.66 demo rating and 1.913 million viewers.

Smackdown is averaging a 0.521 demo rating and 2.151 million viewers in 2022 to date, compared to a 0.559 and 2.10 million viewers for the same time period in 2021.