{"id":106239,"date":"2020-10-13T13:42:05","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T18:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=106239"},"modified":"2020-10-13T13:42:05","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T18:42:05","slug":"smackdown-final-viewership-and-rating-comparisons-to-year-ago-on-fox-comparison-to-other-friday-night-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/10\/13\/smackdown-final-viewership-and-rating-comparisons-to-year-ago-on-fox-comparison-to-other-friday-night-programming\/","title":{"rendered":"Smackdown final viewership and rating, comparisons to year-ago on Fox, comparison to other Friday night programming"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3251610789\" 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 Oct. 9 episode of WWE Smackdown on Fox drew 2.179 million viewers with a 1.40 household rating, up slightly from the prior week&#8217;s Oct. 2 episode, which drew 2.155 million viewers and a 1.40 rating.<\/p>\n<p>One year ago, Smackdown on Fox drew 2.877 million viewers and a 1.81 rating. This year&#8217;s viewership represents a 24 percent drop from last year&#8217;s second week on Fox.<\/p>\n<p>Smackdown drew a 0.6 rating in the key 18-49 demographic, putting it in the middle of the pack among broadcast network shows on Friday. NBA Countdown on ABC drew a 0.7 rating and the NBA Finals on ABC drew a 3.2 rating in that demo. CBS and NBC programming drew demo ratings of 0.3-0.5.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/10\/09\/leclairs-wwe-smackdown-report-10-9-alt-perspective-detailed-coverage-of-draft-night-one-bayley-vs-sasha-owens-vs-fiend-big-e-vs-sheamus-more\/\">LECLAIR\u2019S WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT 10\/9: Alt perspective, detailed coverage of Draft Night One, Bayley vs. Sasha, Owens vs. Fiend, Big E vs. Sheamus, more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-4036904708\"><div id=\"pwtor-3176838466\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Oct. 9 episode of WWE Smackdown on Fox drew 2.179 million viewers with a 1.40 household rating, up slightly from the prior week&#8217;s Oct. 2 episode, which drew 2.155 million viewers and a 1.40 <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/10\/13\/smackdown-final-viewership-and-rating-comparisons-to-year-ago-on-fox-comparison-to-other-friday-night-programming\/\" title=\"Smackdown final viewership and rating, comparisons to year-ago on Fox, comparison to other Friday night programming\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2020\/08\/Thunderdome-SD_3x2_600.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106240,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106239\/revisions\/106240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}