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Friday night’s WWE SmackDown episode, featuring the show’s fallout from Crown Jewel, averaged 1.536 million viewers on USA Network. That’s up 7.6 percent from the previous week and is the highest audience total for SmackDown since October 16.

SmackDown topped all of television in prime time with a 0.47 rating in the 18-49 demo. The rating is up 11.9 percent from last week and is also the best number the show has done in that category since the October 16 episode.

In terms of sports competition, SmackDown beat an NBA game that aired on ESPN head-to-head as well as a college football game on Fox that started an hour later and a college basketball game on ESPN2.

As compared to the same week in 2023, when SmackDown still aired on Fox, the show was down 30.1 percent in total viewers and 17.5 percent in 18-49.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, along with the 10-week average in both categories. The first two weeks on the chart are from Fox airings of the show with the last nine being on USA. This week’s episode was down four percent in overall viewers but steady in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown averaged 1.428 million viewers on USA Network, up 0.7 percent from the previous week. It’s the best audience total for the show since October 11.

SmackDown drew a 0.42 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 2.3 percent from last week and ties the lowest rating the show has done since moving back to USA Network. This is SmackDown’s lowest rating since a best-of episode in December 2023.

The episode, which was taped in advance, was SmackDown’s go-home show for Crown Jewel and went head-to-head with college football on Fox as well as an NBA game on ESPN.

As compared to the same week in 2023, when the show still aired on Fox, SmackDown’s overall audience was down 32.6 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 20.8 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, along with the 10-week average in both categories. The first three weeks are from Fox airings of the show with the last eight being on USA Network. This week’s episode was down 14.1 percent in overall viewers and down 12.5 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown episode averaged 1.418 million viewers on USA Network, up 2.9 percent from the previous week. It’s still the second-lowest audience total the show has done since moving back to USA Network.

SmackDown drew a 0.43 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 2.4 percent from last week but is also the second-lowest rating the show has drawn in that category since returning to USA in September.

The show went head-to-head with game one of the World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees, which averaged more than 15 million viewers. It was the best audience for a World Series game one since 2017. This is the first time these two iconic franchises have met in the World Series since 1981.

As compared to the same week in 2023, a week where SmackDown was moved from Fox to FS1 due to World Series coverage, the show’s overall audience was up 23.8 percent while its 18-49 rating was up 22.9 percent. That’s a more fair comparison than the year-over-year numbers have been in recent weeks since FS1 and USA Network are in a similar number of households.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. The first four weeks are from Fox airings while the last seven episodes were on USA Network. This week’s show was down 18.8 percent in overall viewers and down 14 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown averaged 1.652 million viewers on the USA Network. That’s up 8.9 percent from the previous week and is the best audience total for the show since its September 13 debut episode on USA.

SmackDown drew a 0.49 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 4.3 percent from last week and was first for the day on cable television, beating out college football on both ESPN and FS1.

The show also faced significant competition from game five of the NLDS in Major League Baseball, which aired on Fox and was the top telecast for the day on either network or cable television.

As compared to the same week in 2023, when SmackDown was still on Fox, the show’s overall viewership was down 31.7 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 21 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. The first six weeks are Fox airings of the show with the last five being on USA Network. This week’s episode was down 12.5 percent in overall viewers and down 7.5 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

The Friday, October 4 episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 1.518 million viewers on USA Network, down 3.2 percent from the previous week. It’s the second-lowest audience total of the four episodes since SmackDown moved back to USA Network last month.

SmackDown topped the prime time cable charts with a 0.47 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 4.4 percent from last week and is the best rating the show has done since September 13, the first episode back on USA.

Friday’s show was the Bad Blood go-home edition of SmackDown. It went head-to-head with college football on both ESPN and Fox as well as the WNBA playoffs on ESPN2. SmackDown was second on all of television behind the Fox college football game in terms of 18-49 rating.

As compared to the same week in 2023 (when the show still aired on Fox), SmackDown’s overall audience was down 34.5 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 26.6 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, along with the 10-week average in both categories. The first seven weeks on the chart are from when the show was still on Fox with the last four being USA Network broadcasts. This week’s show was down 21.8 percent in overall viewers and down 13 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown averaged 1.495 million viewers on USA Network, down 13.2 percent from last week. It’s the lowest audience total of the year for the show, although it’s only SmackDown’s second week on the current network after airing on Fox until September 13.

SmackDown drew a 0.45 rating in the 18-49 demo. That led cable television on the day and was third on all of TV, trailing only college football on Fox as well as the college football pre-game show. SmackDown was down 18.2 percent from last week and tied the last Fox episode for the lowest rating the show has done in that demo in 2024.

As compared to the same week in 2023, when the show aired on Fox so not really a fair comparison, SmackDown’s overall audience was down 32.9 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 28.6 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown. The first nine weeks on the chart are from Fox airings while the last is from the USA premiere. This week’s show was down 24.1 percent in overall viewers and down 22.4 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown — the first episode back on USA Network since 2019 — averaged 1.723 million viewers. That’s down 2.7 percent from the show’s last episode on Fox the previous week.

The last time SmackDown aired on USA Network in September 2019, it averaged 2.099 million viewers on a week where Raw averaged 2.21 million. Last Monday’s Raw did 1.43 million viewers.

SmackDown drew a 0.55 rating in the 18-49 demo. The rating is up 22.2 percent from the final SmackDown on Fox.

USA Network will be SmackDown’s television home until at least 2029 with WWE and NBCUniversal reaching a five-year agreement for the show. As part of the deal, there will also be four prime time in-ring specials per year airing on NBC.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. These are for Fox airings of the show (with the advantage of airing on broadcast television instead of cable). This week’s episode on USA was down 20.1 percent in overall viewers and down 6.8 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown episode averaged 1.77 million viewers on Fox, down 13.8 percent from the previous week. It’s the lowest viewership the show has done on Fox aside from a best-of episode that aired in December of last year.

SmackDown drew a 0.45 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 15.1 percent from last week and — aside from the best-of episode — it’s the lowest rating the show has done since August 2022. It’s the ninth lowest rating in the history of SmackDown on Fox.

The show went head-to-head with an NFL game on Peacock, which averaged over 14 million viewers. It’s the first time the NFL has had a regular season game air opposite SmackDown.

As compared to the same week in 2023, SmackDown’s overall viewership was down 15.5 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 15.1 percent.

This was the last SmackDown episode on Fox before the show moves back to USA Network starting this Friday.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 19.7 percent in overall viewers and down 26.2 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Friday night’s Bash in Berlin go-home episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 2.054 million viewers on Fox, up 0.2 percent from the previous week. It’s the second-lowest audience total the show has done since June 14.

SmackDown topped the prime time TV charts on Friday with a 0.53 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 5.4 percent from last week and is the lowest rating the show has done in that category since the June 14 episode.

There was no major sports competition for this Labor Day weekend edition of SmackDown, which was taped in advance in Germany earlier in the day before airing in the United States. It was the next-to-last episode of the show that will air on Fox before SmackDown moves to USA Network starting on September 13.

As compared to the same week in 2023, the show’s overall viewership was down 15.9 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 18.5 percent. It’s the second straight week SmackDown has had double digit year-over-year declines in both categories.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down eight percent in total viewers and down 15.9 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown episode averaged 2.05 million viewers on Fox, down nine percent from the previous week. It’s the lowest audience total for the show since June 14.

SmackDown drew a 0.56 rating in the 18-49 demo, more than doubling anything else on TV in prime time. That’s down 8.2 percent from last week and is the lowest rating the show has done in that category since July 26.

The show was pre-empted in many markets due to NFL preseason games, which generally happens every year at this time with a negative effect on ratings for SmackDown.

As compared to the same week in 2023 — which was a Bray Wyatt & Terry Funk tribute episode — SmackDown’s overall audience was down 22.6 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 28.2 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 7.8 percent in overall viewers and down 12.5 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown episode averaged 2.252 million viewers on Fox, down 0.7 percent from the previous week. Other than the first two weeks against the Olympics, this is the lowest audience total for SmackDown since June 14.

The show drew a 0.61 rating in the 18-49 demo, ranking first on all of television in that category on Friday. That’s down 4.7 percent from last week’s SummerSlam fallout episode. This is also the lowest rating for SmackDown since June 14 aside from the first two weeks against the Olympics.

With the 2024 event now over, SmackDown did not face competition from the Olympics on Friday.

Listed below are the viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for the last 11 episodes of SmackDown, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 1.5 percent in overall viewers but down 3.2 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown episode averaged 2.179 million viewers on Fox, up 5.9 percent from the previous week. It’s still the second-lowest audience total for the show since June 14th.

SmackDown drew a 0.60 rating in the 18-49 demo, up 15.4 percent from last week. In the prime time rankings, SmackDown was ahead of everything except for the Olympics. NBC’s Olympic coverage alone averaged more than 13 million viewers (2.29 rating in the 18-49 demo). The Olympics also aired on USA Network and streamed on Peacock.

As compared to the same week in 2023, SmackDown’s overall viewership was down 3.1 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 3.2 percent. That’s much better than most wrestling shows have been holding up year-over-year since the Paris Olympics started.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 1.8 percent in viewers and down 4.8 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.