{"id":14229,"date":"2016-03-25T16:23:05","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T21:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=14229"},"modified":"2016-03-25T17:29:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T22:29:35","slug":"324-wwe-smackdown-tv-ratings-slight-brock-bump-larger-viewership-bump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/03\/25\/324-wwe-smackdown-tv-ratings-slight-brock-bump-larger-viewership-bump\/","title":{"rendered":"3\/24 WWE Smackdown TV Ratings &#8211; slight Brock bump, larger viewership bump"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-853263493\" 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>Thursday&#8217;s Smackdown featuring a lightly-promoted appearance by Brock Lesnar produced a small bump in the TV rating and a big bump in overall viewership.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WWE Smackdown TV Ratings Tracking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>March 24:\u00a0<\/strong>Thursday&#8217;s Smackdown scored a 1.75 rating, up slightly from a 1.71 rating last week.<\/p>\n<p>Smackdown drew 2.501 million viewers, up 11 percent (about 240,000 viewers) from last week&#8217;s show.<\/p>\n<p>It was the most viewers in seven weeks going back to February 4.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; DEMOGRAPHICS: Smackdown produced a slight increase in males 18-34 and bigger increases among 18-49 viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Males 18-49 and adults 18-49 both increased about one-tenth of a rating to three-week highs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Overall, Smackdown is still well behind the same period in 2015 on Syfy and the show has not returned to\u00a0the mid-1.8 range from earlier this year kicking off the\u00a0USA Network era.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-4066356256\" 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<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-587794610\"><div id=\"pwtor-964090463\"><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>Thursday&#8217;s Smackdown featuring a lightly-promoted appearance by Brock Lesnar produced a small bump in the TV rating and a big bump in overall viewership. 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