WWE Smackdown Rating Hits Five-Week High, Viewership Up

– The ratings and viewership for WWE Smackdown saw increases from last week, even in the face of stronger competition than usual. Tuesday night’s episode brought in a 0.75 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 2.34 million viewers. Those numbers are up 1% and 2% from last week’s 0.74 demo rating and 2.293 million viewers. The rating was the highest for the show since the June 19th episode had a 0.78, while the audience was the best since the May 1st episode had 2.436 million.

Smackdown ranked #4 for the night among cable originals per Showbuzz Daily, as it was up against a host of Discovery’s Shark Week programming which always performs strongly. Laws of Jaws at 9 PM (0.8 demo rating, 1.793 million viewers) and Air Jaws: The Hunted (0.8/1.9 million) at 10 PM won the night, followed by Guy Fieri’s Feeding Frenzy at 8 PM (0.79/1.898 million).