Showbuzz Daily reports that last Friday’s episode of WWE SmackDown on FOX was able to draw a total of 2.384 million viewers, with a rating of 0.61 in the key 18-49 demo. This is down 6.28% from this past week’s final viewership of 2.544 million viewers for the Royal Rumble go-home episode.
Last Friday’s 0.61 rating is down 8.95% from last week’s rating of 0.67. Last Friday’s rating of 0.61 represents 790,000 total viewers in the key 18-49 demo, which is down 10.02% from last week’s 878,000 viewers with a 0.67 rating, Wrestlenomics reports. Last Friday night’s WWE SmackDown drew the second-highest total audience and the second-highest key demo rating of the year so far. Last Friday night’s episode of WWE SmackDown drew well over the 2022 FOX average in viewership and 18-49 key demo rating.
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WWE Smackdown, Friday on Fox (8-10pm):
2,384,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.61
#1 in P18-49 among broadcast primetime and cable originalsAEW Rampage, Friday on TNT (10-11pm):
406,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.11
#28 cable original in P18-49
📊 https://t.co/qDSSxyAPtr pic.twitter.com/ic0IwJSTbO— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) February 6, 2023
Smackdown sweeps Friday for the 4th time in the last 5 weeks, according to Showbuzz.
This was Rampage's lowest audience since early December.
📋 Full report: https://t.co/66wyogRepc pic.twitter.com/hvSf5xtK4y
— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) February 6, 2023
TV ratings: WWE Smackdown and AEW Rampage, February 3 https://t.co/BtX9KZRjMY
— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) February 6, 2023