{"id":11294,"date":"2016-02-19T16:23:41","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T22:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=11294"},"modified":"2016-02-19T16:24:52","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T22:24:52","slug":"feb18sdratings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/02\/19\/feb18sdratings\/","title":{"rendered":"2\/18 Smackdown TV Ratings &#8211; Not much of a Brock Pop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2027324520\" 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>WWE saved Brock Lesnar&#8217;s WWE TV appearance this week for the final Smackdown leading into Fast Lane. But, it did not make much of a difference in TV ratings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WWE Smackdown TV Ratings Tracking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>February 18:<\/strong>\u00a0WWE Smackdown scored a 1.76 rating, slightly up from a 1.72 rating last week.<\/p>\n<p>Smackdown was down one-tenth of a rating from three straight weeks of 1.87 ratings at the end of January and beginning of February.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Smackdown drew 2.458 million viewers, an improvement of two percent from 2.414 million viewers last week.<\/p>\n<p>Again, Smackdown was still down about 150-200,000 viewers from the same audience levels at the end of January and beginning of February.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; DEMOGRAPHICS: Although the overall TV rating and viewership barely moved from last week, the key male demos improved.<\/p>\n<p>Males 18-34 jumped two-tenths of a rating from last week&#8217;s dreadful rating, males 18-49 improved one-tenth of a rating, and adults 18-49 slightly improved from last week. All three demos were below two weeks ago, though.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1956019095\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&#8211; Through seven weeks on USA Network, Smackdown has averaged a 1.81 rating and 2.586 million viewers, placing this week&#8217;s show below average.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3412671212\"><div id=\"pwtor-624864060\"><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>WWE saved Brock Lesnar&#8217;s WWE TV appearance this week for the final Smackdown leading into Fast Lane. 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