Showbuzz Daily reports that this past Friday night’s post-Night of Champions episode of WWE SmackDown was able to draw 2.563 million viewers, with a rating of 0.73 in the key 18-49 demo. This total is up 18.77% from this past week’s final viewership of 2.158 million viewers for the Night of Champions go-home episode.
Last Friday night’s 0.73 rating is up 40.38% from last week’s rating of 0.52. Last Friday’s rating of 0.73 represents a total of 955,000 viewers in the key 18-49 demo, which is up 40.86% 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 highest total viewership since December 30th, 2022 and the highest key demo rating since December 25th, 2020.
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WWE Smackdown, Friday on Fox (8-10pm):
2,563,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.73
#1 in P18-49 among broadcast primetime & cable originalsAEW Rampage, Friday on TNT (10-11pm):
357,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.11
#12 in P18-49 among cable originals
📊 https://t.co/qDSSxyAPtr pic.twitter.com/GHI5qY8KFw— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) June 5, 2023
Highest Smackdown since Dec 30 with John Cena's return.
Highest P18-49 for Smackdown since Christmas 2020 with NFL lead-in. Excepting that, highest P18-49 since Mar 20, 2020, the first pandemic show with no fans.https://t.co/kGQLZmjoMy pic.twitter.com/axT9qhYbt5
— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) June 5, 2023
Quarter-hours: WWE Smackdown, June 2 🔒 https://t.co/N1YdskpJvI
— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) June 5, 2023
TV ratings: WWE Smackdown and AEW Rampage, June 2 🔒https://t.co/PMr96p2BwB
— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) June 5, 2023
