{"id":17184,"date":"2016-04-22T16:00:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T21:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=17184"},"modified":"2016-04-22T16:12:23","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T21:12:23","slug":"421-wwe-smackdown-tv-ratings-soft-increase-for-london-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/22\/421-wwe-smackdown-tv-ratings-soft-increase-for-london-show\/","title":{"rendered":"4\/21 WWE Smackdown TV Ratings &#8211; soft increase for London show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2882581313\" 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>This week&#8217;s WWE Smackdown inched up in TV ratings and viewership, but remained below the First Quarter 2016 average.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WWE Smackdown TV Ratings Tracking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>April 21:<\/strong>\u00a0Thursday&#8217;s Smackdown scored a 1.71 TV rating on USA Network, up slightly from a 1.70 rating last week.<\/p>\n<p>The show remained below the First Quarter average of a 1.77 rating, though.<\/p>\n<p>Smackdown drew 2.431 million viewers, re-gaining three percent that was lost last week.<\/p>\n<p>However, viewership was below the Q1 average of 2.481 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; DEMOGRAPHICS: Smackdown improved slightly in adults 18-49, males 18-49, and males 18-34.<\/p>\n<p>Males 18-34 increased to a five-week high. 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