WWE Smackdown Rating, Viewership Up After Hell in a Cell

– Smackdown rebounded in ratings and viewership following this past weekend’s Hell in a Cell PPV. Thursday’s episode brought in a 0.80 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic, up 8% from last week’s 0.74 demo rating. The viewership hit 2.467 million viewers, up 6% from the previous week’s audience of 2.323 million. Both numbers were still below the 0.82 demo rating and 2.542 million viewers from two weeks ago.

Smackdown ranked #2 for the night among cable originals, behind only American Horror Story: Cult on FX (1.04 demo rating, 2.149 million viewers) per Showbuzz Daily.