{"id":172274,"date":"2024-01-17T13:16:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T19:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=172274"},"modified":"2024-01-17T13:16:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T19:16:10","slug":"wwe-smackdown-ratings-report-1-12-latest-total-viewership-and-key-demo-ten-week-averages-comparisons-to-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/01\/17\/wwe-smackdown-ratings-report-1-12-latest-total-viewership-and-key-demo-ten-week-averages-comparisons-to-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown Ratings Report (1\/12): Latest total viewership and key demo, ten-week averages, comparisons to last year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3618651278\" 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 WWE Smackdown on Fox averaged 2.384 million viewers, down from 2,465 million the prior weeks. The latest ten-week average is 2.240 million, excluding the Best Of episode and two episodes that aired on FS1 instead of Fox.<\/p>\n<p>One year ago this week, Smackdown drew 2.326 million viewers and a ten-week average of 2.286 million. So this year is down 46,000 on average during a similar ten-week period one year ago.<\/p>\n<p>In the key 18-49 demo, it drew a 0.64 rating, down from 0.67 the prior week. The prior ten week average, excluding the Best Of episode and two episodes on FS1, is 0.59. One year ago, the similar ten-week period averaged 0.55. So this year the key demo number is up slightly even with overall viewrship down slightly.<\/p>\n<p>WWE advertised the following for last Friday&#8217;s episode:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cameron Grimes vs. Grayson Waller<\/li>\n<li>Joaquin Wilde &amp; Cruz Del Toro vs. Angel Garza &amp; Humberto Carrillo<\/li>\n<li>Bianca Belair vs. Bayley<\/li>\n<li>Randy Orton, L.A. Knight, and A.J. Styles prepare for Roman Reigns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They ended up with a headline match of Orton &amp; Styles &amp; Knight vs. Solo Sikoa &amp; Jimmy Uso.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED NEXT:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/01\/09\/wwe-raw-ratings-report-1-8-viewership-and-demo-rating-for-show-with-cm-punks-return-and-cody-vs-nakamura-main-event-plus-year-ago-comparisons\/\">WWE Raw Ratings Report (1\/8): Viewership and demo rating for show with CM Punk\u2019s return and Cody vs. Nakamura main event, plus year ago comparisons<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OR CHECK THIS OUT AT PROWRESTLING.NET:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2024\/01\/17\/powells-nxt-hit-list-20-woman-battle-royal-with-the-final-four-competing-in-a-four-way-match-for-a-shot-at-the-nxt-womens-title-dusty-rhodes-tag-team-classic-tournament-matches\/\">Powell\u2019s NXT Hit List: 20-woman battle royal with the final four competing in a four-way match for a shot at the NXT Women\u2019s Title, Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament matches<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1787851522\"><div id=\"pwtor-2143288290\"><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 WWE Smackdown on Fox averaged 2.384 million viewers, down from 2,465 million the prior weeks. The latest ten-week average is 2.240 million, excluding the Best Of episode and two episodes that aired on <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/01\/17\/wwe-smackdown-ratings-report-1-12-latest-total-viewership-and-key-demo-ten-week-averages-comparisons-to-last-year\/\" title=\"WWE Smackdown Ratings Report (1\/12): Latest total viewership and key demo, ten-week averages, comparisons to last year\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":172275,"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-172274","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\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-17-at-1.15.34\u202fPM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172274","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=172274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172276,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172274\/revisions\/172276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}