WWE Smackdown Rating Slightly Up, Audience Down From Previous Week In Final Numbers

The final numbers are in for last week’s WWE Smackdown, and the rating ticked up while the overall audience was down. Smackdown scored a 0.48 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 1.99 million viewers, up a tick and down 4.5% from the previous week’s 0.47 demo rating and 2.084 million viewers.

As noted in Sunday’s report, the episode was pre-empted in several markets for football which accounts for the drop from the overnight ratings of a 0.5 demo rating and 2.392 million viewers. Smackdown won the night for all shows across TV per Showbuzz Daily, beating out 20/20 on ABC (0.38 demo rating/2.634 million).

Smackdown is averaging a 0.516 demo rating and 2.124 million viewers for 2022 to date, compared to a 0.562 demo rating and 2.106 million viewers for the same time period in 2021.