WWE Smackdown Rating Noses Down, Viewership Slightly Up

– The rating for this week’s episode of Smackdown was down slightly in the ratings, while viewership was up a tiny bit. Tuesday night’s episode garnered a 0.7 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 2.298 million viewers, up 1% and down less than a percent from last week’s 0.71 demo rating and 2.293 million viewers. Both numbers were below the 0.77 rating and 2.436 million viewers from two weeks ago.

Smackdown ranked #4 among cable originals for the night per Showbuzz Daily. The NBA Conference Finals game won the night on TNT with a 3.25 demo rating and 8.229 million viewers. The post-game SportsCenter came in second (1.32 demo rating/2.907 million) followed by the pre-game NBA Draft Lottery (0.97/2.420 million).