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Friday night’s WWE SmackDown episode averaged 1.578 million viewers on USA Network, up 16.9 percent from last week. It’s the best audience total for the show since March 7.

SmackDown finished fourth on all of television with a 0.47 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 17.5 percent from last week and is the highest rating the show has done in that category since March 14.

The show went head-to-head with portions of both Final Four games in the NCAA women’s college basketball tournament. Those games took the top two spots on the TV charts with the studio show between the games finishing third.

As compared to the same week in 2024, when the show still aired on Fox, SmackDown’s overall viewership was down 39.3 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 39 percent.

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

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown episode averaged 1.459 million viewers on the USA Network, down 7.1 percent from the previous week. It’s the lowest audience total the show has done since February 14.

SmackDown finished fifth on cable in the prime time TV charts with a 0.39 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 25 percent from last week and is the lowest rating the show has drawn in that category since December 20.

The episode went head-to-head with several NCAA basketball tournament games in both the men’s and women’s divisions airing on various networks. Those games — and coverage related to the games — dominated the TV charts. SmackDown was the highest rated program on all of television not related to the tournament.

As compared to the same week in 2024, when the show still aired on Fox, SmackDown’s overall viewership was down 34.7 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 36.1 percent.

Compared to the 10-week averages prior to this week, this week’s show was down 6.4 percent in overall viewers and 18.8 percent in 18-49.

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown episode averaged 1.741 million viewers on USA Network, up 0.6 percent from the previous week. It’s the best audience total for the show since the last episode on Fox in September 2024.

SmackDown topped all of television with a 0.52 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s the same rating the show did last week and nearly doubled the second place program, which was Fire Country on CBS.

The show went head-to-head with a college basketball game on Fox that finished eighth on the 18-49 charts with a 0.24 rating, in addition to going against an NBA game on ESPN that finished 10th with a 0.22.

As compared to the same week in 2024, when the show still aired on Fox, SmackDown’s overall viewership was down 28.6 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 24.6 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. This week’s episode was up 14.3 percent in overall viewers and 13 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown episode averaged 1.384 million viewers on USA Network, down 8.2 percent from the previous week. It’s the lowest audience total for the show since December 20.

SmackDown finished second on cable (and all of television) with a 0.42 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 12.5 percent from last week and is the lowest rating the show has done in that category since January 10.

The show went head-to-head with the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, featuring WWE star Bayley, which topped all of TV with a 0.43 rating in 18-49 and 1.208 million viewers on ESPN. The Rising Stars game on the same network also went against SmackDown and did a 0.25 demo rating and 821,000 viewers.

As compared to the same week in 2024, when the show aired on Fox, SmackDown’s overall viewership was down 45.8 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 44 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. This week’s show was down 12.6 percent in viewers and 4.5 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown episode averaged 1.507 million viewers on USA Network, down 4.5 percent from the previous week. It’s still the second-largest audience total for the show so far in 2025.

SmackDown topped all of television with a 0.48 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 5.9 percent from last week but is the second-best rating the show has done in that category since October 11. It’s the fourth-highest number SmackDown has done since returning to USA in September.

The show went head-to-head with college basketball on Fox that averaged 1.45 million viewers and a 0.34 rating in 18-49 as well as an NBA game on ESPN that averaged 952,000 viewers and a 0.26 demo rating.

As compared to the same week in 2024, when the show still aired on Fox, SmackDown’s overall viewership was down 41.5 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 36 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. This week’s show was up 3.7 percent in overall viewers and 11.6 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Friday night’s Royal Rumble go-home edition of WWE SmackDown averaged 1.578 million viewers on USA Network, up 8.5 percent from the previous week. It’s the best audience total for SmackDown since the show moved to three hours and is tied for its largest audience overall since October 11.

SmackDown finished first on all of television with a 0.51 rating in the 18-49 demo, nearly doubling the closest competition. That’s up 15.9 percent from last week and is the second-highest rating the show has done in that category since returning to USA, trailing only the premiere on September 13 of last year.

The biggest sports competition was a college basketball game on Fox that drew a 0.31 rating in the 18-49 demo (tied for second place on TV) and averaged 1.453 million viewers overall.

As compared to the same week in 2024, when the show still aired on Fox, SmackDown’s overall viewership was down 36.1 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 31.1 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 episode was up 8.6 percent in viewers and 18.6 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown episode averaged 1.455 million viewers on USA Network, up 3.7 percent from the previous week. It’s the second-highest audience total for the show since December 13. The show finished in the top 10 overall on television for the night in terms of total viewers, which it has not done since moving to USA.

SmackDown finished first on all of TV in the 18-49 demo with a 0.44 rating. That’s up 4.8 percent from last week and ties the second-best rating the show has done since November 22.

The show finished well ahead of the major sports competition — a college basketball game on Fox that did 1.069 million viewers and a 0.23 rating in 18-49 and an NBA game on ESPN that averaged 424,000 viewers and a 0.13 in the demo.

As compared to the same week in 2024, when the show still aired on Fox, SmackDown’s overall viewership was down 41.2 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 38 percent. This was the weekend of the Royal Rumble last year, which always does a number well above average.

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. This week’s show was up 1.7 percent in overall viewers and 7.3 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown episode averaged 1.436 million viewers on USA Network, down six percent from the previous week. It ties the second-lowest audience total the show has done since November 29.

SmackDown finished second on cable — and all of television — with a 0.40 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 11.1 percent from last week and ties the second-lowest rating the show has done in that category since November 15.

The show went head-to-head with the Cotton Bowl on ESPN and ESPN2, a College Football Championship semifinal game, which topped TV with nearly 20 million viewers overall for the ESPN airing and a 4.95 rating in the 18-49 demo.

As compared to the same week in 2024, when the show still aired on Fox, SmackDown’s overall viewership was down 39.8 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 37.5 percent. This year, Fox aired a Big 10 college basketball game that averaged 658,000 viewers and drew a 0.10 rating in 18-49, down 72.4 percent and 84.4 percent respectively from what SmackDown did last year in the same time slot.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 ratings for SmackDown, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 0.2 percent in overall viewers but down 4.8 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown episode averaged 1.528 million viewers on USA Network, up 6.4 percent from the previous week. It’s the second-highest audience total for the show since November 22.

SmackDown finished second on the prime time cable charts with a 0.45 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 9.8 percent from last week and also ties the second-best rating the show has done in that category since the November 22 episode.

This was the first episode since SmackDown moved to three hours, though it’s been confirmed that the show will be moving back to a two-hour format at some point in the coming months. It went head-to-head with college football’s Duke’s Mayo Bowl on ESPN, which topped the cable charts with 3.384 million viewers and a 0.65 rating in the 18-49 demo.

As compared to the same week in 2024, when SmackDown aired on Fox, the show’s overall audience was down 38 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 32.8 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 6.7 percent in viewers and 7.1 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.