{"id":170147,"date":"2023-12-04T18:56:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T00:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=170147"},"modified":"2023-12-04T18:56:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T00:56:08","slug":"wwe-smackdown-ratings-report-12-1-viewership-on-fox-hits-lowest-mark-in-over-14-months-ten-week-average-down-year-over-year-key-metrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/12\/04\/wwe-smackdown-ratings-report-12-1-viewership-on-fox-hits-lowest-mark-in-over-14-months-ten-week-average-down-year-over-year-key-metrics\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown Ratings Report (12\/1): Viewership on Fox hits lowest mark in over 14 months, ten-week average down year over year, key metrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1564154367\" 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>Last Friday&#8217;s (12\/1) episode of WWE Smackdown on Fox drew an average of 2.044 million viewers, the lowest viewership on Fox for the series in over a year, since the Aug. 26, 2022 episode drew 1.990 million.<\/p>\n<p>The last ten weeks on Fox averaged 2.123 million viewers. A ten-week sample from one year ago on Fox covering the same time period averaged 2.241 million viewers, so Smackdown is down about 118,000 viewers on average each week from a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>The prior week&#8217;s episode of Smackdown was on FS1 and drew only 789,000 viewers on the cable channel.<\/p>\n<p>In the core 18-49 demo, it drew a 0.59 rating, matching the average of the last ten weeks on Fox.<\/p>\n<p>This episode of Smackdown included Randy Orton, who was invited by Smackdown G.M. Nick Aldis and courted into signing a Smackdown contract.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED NEXT:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/12\/04\/cm-punks-return-to-raw-outdrawn-by-randy-orton-cody-rhodes-and-seth-rollins-in-minute-by-minute-viewership-but-end-of-show-placement-a-factor\/\">CM Punk\u2019s return to Raw outdrawn by Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes, and Seth Rollins in minute-by-minute viewership, but end of show placement a factor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OR CHECK THIS OUT AT PROWRESTLING.NET:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2023\/12\/04\/jade-cargill-on-when-she-will-make-her-wwe-in-ring-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jade Cargill on when she will make her WWE in-ring debut<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3712700297\"><div id=\"pwtor-3815390688\"><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>Last Friday&#8217;s (12\/1) episode of WWE Smackdown on Fox drew an average of 2.044 million viewers, the lowest viewership on Fox for the series in over a year, since the Aug. 26, 2022 episode drew <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/12\/04\/wwe-smackdown-ratings-report-12-1-viewership-on-fox-hits-lowest-mark-in-over-14-months-ten-week-average-down-year-over-year-key-metrics\/\" title=\"WWE Smackdown Ratings Report (12\/1): Viewership on Fox hits lowest mark in over 14 months, ten-week average down year over year, key metrics\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":169986,"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":[2,6916,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-ratings","category-news_wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2023\/12\/wwe-smackdown-120123-splash.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170147","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=170147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170148,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170147\/revisions\/170148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}