8/23 WWE Smackdown TV Ratings – solid post-Summerslam bump

By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor

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WWE Smackdown got a solid post-Summerslam TV ratings bump to tie with the post-Battleground episode the first week after the Draft.

WWE Smackdown TV Ratings Tracking

August 23: WWE Smackdown scored a 1.92 TV rating, up 12 percent from the pre-Summerslam episode.

Smackdown tied with the post-Battleground episode on July 26, which also scored a 1.92 rating.

– Smackdown drew 2.714 million viewers, up 10 percent (243,000 viewers) from last week’s show.

– The demographic ratings were interesting. Smackdown shot up in adults 18-49, increased one-tenth in males 18-49, and was actually down in males 18-34.

Males 18-34 was Smackdown’s best demo during the first three weeks of the brand split, but the audience has fallen off the past two weeks.

  • A18-49: Increased 20 percent from last week
  • M18-49: Increased 12 percent from last week
  • M18-34: Declined 1 percent from last week

WWE Raw vs. Smackdown - TV Ratings & Viewership

WEEK/
RESULT
DATETV
RATING
AVG.
VIEWERS
AVG. DVR
ADDED
AVG. TOTAL
AUDIENCE
RAW (1-0)
SD
7/25/16
7/26/16
2.36
1.92
3,338,667
2,743,000
306,000
293,000
3,664,667
3,036,000
RAW +608,667
RAW (2-0)
SD
8/1/16
8/2/16
2.30
1.86
3,314,333
2,681,000
346,667
275,000
3,661,000
2,956,000
RAW +705,000
RAW (3-0)
SD
8/8/16
8/9/16
2.05
1.69
2,911,000
2,455,000
278,667
336,000
3,189,667
2,791,000
RAW +398,667
RAW (4-0)
SD
8/15/16
8/16/16
2.12
1.72
2,915,333
2,471,000
319,000
265,000
3,234,333
2,736,000
RAW +498,333
RAW (5-0)
SD
8/22/16
8/23/16
2.34
1.92
3,315,000
2,714,000
305,333
339,000
3,620,333
3,053,000
RAW +567,333
RAW (6-0)
SD
8/29/16
8/30/16
2.38
1.95
3,413,000
2,835,000
338,667
312,000
3,751,667
3,153,000
RAW +598,667
RAW (7-0)
SD
9/5/16
9/6/16
2.11
1.76
3,069,333
2,454,000
365,333
312,000
3,434,667
2,766,000
RAW +668,667
RAW (8-0)
SD
9/12/16
9/13/16
1.88
1.86
2,690,000
2,658,000
356,333
336,000
3,046,333
2,994,000
RAW +52,333
RAW (9-0)
SD
9/19/16
9/20/16
1.97
1.70
2,684,333
2,292,000
356,000
299,000
3,040,333
2,591,000
RAW +449,333

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