{"id":102371,"date":"2020-08-10T15:16:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T20:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=102371"},"modified":"2020-08-10T15:17:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T20:17:43","slug":"wwe-smackdown-draws-biggest-viewership-since-june-but-falls-behind-aew-dynamite-in-one-prominent-demogrpahic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/08\/10\/wwe-smackdown-draws-biggest-viewership-since-june-but-falls-behind-aew-dynamite-in-one-prominent-demogrpahic\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown draws biggest viewership since June, but falls behind AEW Dynamite in one prominent demographic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4067430409\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>The Aug. 7 episode of WWE Friday Night Smackdown on Fox drew a final tally of 1.962 million viewers last Friday. 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