{"id":127631,"date":"2021-09-29T00:46:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T05:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=127631"},"modified":"2021-09-29T00:46:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T05:46:54","slug":"last-fridays-wwe-smackdown-rating-down-below-post-thunderdome-average-in-total-viewership-and-all-key-demographics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/09\/29\/last-fridays-wwe-smackdown-rating-down-below-post-thunderdome-average-in-total-viewership-and-all-key-demographics\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Friday&#8217;s WWE Smackdown rating down below post-ThunderDome average in total viewership and all key demographics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2976741648\" 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 Smackdown last Friday (9\/24) averaged 2.135 million viewers down from 2.243 million the prior week and a season peak of 2.383 million the week before that. It was the lowest viewership since Aug. 20. Roman Reigns vs. Montez Ford was the TV main event, although it wasn&#8217;t announced until the show was in progress. It marked the 11th straight week Smackdown drew more than 2 million viewers; the streak began with their return to arenas with fans. The show had only topped 2 million viewers twice in the prior ten weeks in shows emanating from ThunderDome<\/p>\n<p>The show drew a 0.55 rating in the key 18-49 demographic, down from 0.58 and 0.65 the prior two weeks. The show has averaged 0.59 since leaving ThunderDome and moving to arenas with fans.<\/p>\n<p>In the male 18-49 demo, it drew a 0.66 rating, down from 0.70 and 0.79 the prior two weeks. The show has averaged 0.70 since leaving ThunderDome.<\/p>\n<p>In the younger male 18-34 demo, it drew a 0.42 rating, flat with last week&#8217;s 0.42 and down from 0.50 two weeks ago. The show has averaged 0.42 since leaving ThunderDome.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-94223715\"><div id=\"pwtor-3123344088\"><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 Smackdown last Friday (9\/24) averaged 2.135 million viewers down from 2.243 million the prior week and a season peak of 2.383 million the week before that. It was the lowest viewership since Aug. 20. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/09\/29\/last-fridays-wwe-smackdown-rating-down-below-post-thunderdome-average-in-total-viewership-and-all-key-demographics\/\" title=\"Last Friday&#8217;s WWE Smackdown rating down below post-ThunderDome average in total viewership and all key demographics\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":127633,"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-127631","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\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-29-at-12.45.25-AM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127631","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=127631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127634,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127631\/revisions\/127634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}