{"id":11009,"date":"2016-02-16T11:44:23","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T17:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=11009"},"modified":"2016-02-16T11:44:23","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T17:44:23","slug":"211-wwe-smackdown-ratings-sharp-decline-post-daniel-bryan-raw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/02\/16\/211-wwe-smackdown-ratings-sharp-decline-post-daniel-bryan-raw\/","title":{"rendered":"2\/11 WWE Smackdown Ratings &#8211; sharp decline post-Daniel Bryan Raw"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1801497903\" 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 pattern of an uptick in Raw viewership leading to an uptick in Smackdown viewership was broken for the most-recent Smackdown episode.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WWE Smackdown TV Ratings Tracking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>February 11:<\/strong>\u00a0WWE Smackdown scored a 1.72 rating on USA Network, down eight percent from a 1.86 rating the previous week.<\/p>\n<p>Smackdown drew 2.414 million viewers, down nine percent (250,000 viewers) from 2.664 million viewers last week.<\/p>\n<p>Smackdown followed the Daniel Bryan Retirement edition of Raw, which produced a solid week-to-week uptick in ratings and viewership. However, Smackdown did not follow Raw&#8217;s lead, as the blue brand\u00a0went the opposite direction.<\/p>\n<p>Smackdown was hit hard in the males 18-34 demographic, registering the lowest point through six weeks on USA Network. Other demographics did not fare well, either.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Males 18-34 was down 27 percent<\/li>\n<li>Males 18-49 was down 16 percent<\/li>\n<li>Adults 18-49 was down 12 percent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2581425211\"><div id=\"pwtor-2275648610\"><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 pattern of an uptick in Raw viewership leading to an uptick in Smackdown viewership was broken for the most-recent Smackdown episode. WWE Smackdown TV Ratings Tracking &#8211; February 11:\u00a0WWE Smackdown scored a 1.72 rating <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/02\/16\/211-wwe-smackdown-ratings-sharp-decline-post-daniel-bryan-raw\/\" title=\"2\/11 WWE Smackdown Ratings &#8211; sharp decline post-Daniel Bryan Raw\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1232,"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":[3],"tags":[72,113,117],"class_list":["post-11009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news_wwe","tag-smackdown","tag-usa-network","tag-wwe-smackdown"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDlogo_3x2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11009","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11010,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11009\/revisions\/11010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}