Showbuzz Daily reports that this past Friday’s post-Backlash episode of WWE SmackDown on FOX was able to draw a total of 2.149 million viewers, with a 0.56 rating in the key 18-49 demographic. This is up 4.37% from last week’s viewership of 2.059 million viewers for the post-Draft as well as the Backlash go-home episode.

This past Friday’s 0.56 rating is up 7.69% from last week’s 0.52 rating. Last Friday’s rating of 0.56 represents a total of about 731,000 viewers in the key 18-49 demo, which is up 7.82% from last week’s 678,000 viewers with a rating of 0.52, Wrestlenomics reports. This past Friday night’s episode of WWE SmackDown drew the second-lowest total audience of the year so far and the show also drew the fourth-lowest key demo rating of the year so far.

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WWE Smackdown, Friday on Fox (8-10pm):
2,149,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.56
#5 in P18-49 among broadcast primetime and cable originals
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