{"id":181946,"date":"2024-07-22T15:45:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T20:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=181946"},"modified":"2024-07-22T16:38:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T21:38:48","slug":"wwe-smackdown-ratings-report-7-19-viewership-and-key-demo-rating-ten-week-rolling-average-comparison-to-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/07\/22\/wwe-smackdown-ratings-report-7-19-viewership-and-key-demo-rating-ten-week-rolling-average-comparison-to-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown Ratings Report (7\/19): Viewership and key demo rating, ten-week rolling average, comparison to last year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3056230756\" 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>Friday&#8217;s (7\/19) episode of WWE Smackdown averaged 2.313 million viewers, down from 2.355 million the prior week and above the 2.256 million the week before that. The ten-week rolling average is 2.233 million, so the latest viewership is right in line with that.<\/p>\n<p>One year ago this week, Smackdown aired on FS1 instead of Fox and drew 1.230 million. The prior week it drew 2.309 million. The ten-week rolling average, excluding the preemption to FS1, was 2.366 million.<\/p>\n<p>So this year&#8217;s ten-week rolling average for Smackdown is down 133,000 viewers.<\/p>\n<p>In the key 18-49 demo, it drew a 0.65 rating, down from 0.70 last week and in line with the 0.66 the prior two weeks. The rolling ten-week average is 0.63.<\/p>\n<p>One year ago, excluding the episode on FS1, the same time period averaged 0.63.<\/p>\n<p>The following were the advertised matches and segments for last Friday&#8217;s show, which ended up headlining with Cody Rhodes &amp; Kevin Owens (his mystery partner) against Grayson Waller &amp; Austin Theory.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Andrade vs. Carmelo Hayes<\/li>\n<li>Logan Paul returns to address L.A. 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