Showbuzz Daily reports that last Friday’s season premiere episode of WWE SmackDown on FOX was able to draw a total of 2.243 million viewers, with a 0.54 rating in the key 18-49 demographic. This total is up 1.63% from last week’s total final viewership of 2.207 million viewers.
This past Friday night’s rating of 0.54 is even from last week’s 0.54 rating. This past Friday’s 0.54 rating represents 704,000 total viewers in the key 18-49 demo, which is even from the previous week’s 704,000 total viewers with a 0.54 rating, Wrestlenomics reports. Last Friday’s WWE SmackDown drew the ninth-highest total audience of the year so far and the show would also tie with two other SmackDowns for the ninth-highest key demo rating of the year so far.
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Friday ratings:
WWE Smackdown (Fox, 8-10pm)
2,243,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.54AEW Rampage (TNT, 10-11pm)
404,000
P18-49: 0.13
#20 cable original in P18-49AEW Battle of the Belts (TNT, 11pm-12am)
317,000
P18-49: 0.10
#37 cable original in P18-49
📊 https://t.co/1SscdBCXgG pic.twitter.com/VCLggkLZJx— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) October 10, 2022
MLB Wild Card on ESPN (0.99) was #1 for Friday.
College football on ESPN2 and FS1 also went head-to-head with wrestling.
Smackdown was up from last week. Rampage had its lowest total viewership since Jul and lowest P18-49 since Aug.
📋 Full report: https://t.co/NyDDJV0Qj4 pic.twitter.com/rMemkELCNY
— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) October 10, 2022
The 4th Battle of the Belts and first airing after Rampage was the least viewed of the specials.
The first 3 aired Saturdays at 8pm:
1/8/2022: 704,000 viewers; 0.27 P18-49 rating
4/16/2022: 527,000; 0.18 P18-49 rating
8/6/2022: 437,000; 0.12 P18-49 ratinghttps://t.co/w3r2QxaqmS— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) October 10, 2022
Plenty of sports telecasts and programs benefiting from their lead-ins competed for upper ranks on Friday.https://t.co/1SscdBCXgG pic.twitter.com/0opHa6OW4l
— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) October 10, 2022
