{"id":182708,"date":"2024-08-06T17:15:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T22:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=182708"},"modified":"2024-08-06T17:20:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T22:20:13","slug":"wwe-smackdown-ratings-report-8-2-rating-and-viewership-for-final-episode-on-eve-of-summerslam-in-cleveland-with-ten-week-averages-and-year-ago-comparisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/08\/06\/wwe-smackdown-ratings-report-8-2-rating-and-viewership-for-final-episode-on-eve-of-summerslam-in-cleveland-with-ten-week-averages-and-year-ago-comparisons\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown Ratings Report (8\/2): Rating and viewership for final episode on eve of Summerslam in Cleveland with ten-week averages and year-ago comparisons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3746041992\" 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\u2019s (8\/2) episode of WWE Smackdown averaged 2.179 million viewers, up from 2.058 million the prior week but below the 2.313 million the week before that. The ten-week rolling average is 2.222 million.<\/p>\n<p>One year ago this week, Smackdown on Fox drew 2.248 million. The ten-week rolling average, excluding the preemption to FS1 on one of the weeks, was 2.373 million.<\/p>\n<p>So this year\u2019s ten-week rolling average for Smackdown is down 151,000 viewers.<\/p>\n<p>In the key 18-49 demo, it drew a 0.60 rating, up from 0.52 last week, which was down from 0.65 and 0.70 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 0.64.<\/p>\n<p>The following were the advertised matches and segments for last Friday\u2019s show:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alba Fyre &amp; Isla Dawn vs. Bianca Belair &amp; Jade Cargill \u2013 WWE Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship match<\/li>\n<li>DIY (Tommaso Ciampa &amp; Johnny Gargano) vs. The Bloodline (Tama Tonga &amp; Jacob Fatu) \u2013 WWE Tag Team Championship match<\/li>\n<li>Logan Paul will return to Smackdown<\/li>\n<li>Solo Sikoa and Cody Rhodes go face to face<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CHECK OUT PWTORCH POST-SHOW AFTER SUMMERSLAM:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/wrestling-night-in-america-wwe-summerslam-post-show-with-parks-peteani-discussing-title-changes-roman-reigns-return-more--60914935\">CLICK HERE TO LISTEN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=60914935&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WWE Summerslam LIVE Post-Show w\/Greg Parks &amp; Frank Peteani\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e-jb9Fk6nB8?start=1168&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2491242399\"><div id=\"pwtor-2431371492\"><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>Friday\u2019s (8\/2) episode of WWE Smackdown averaged 2.179 million viewers, up from 2.058 million the prior week but below the 2.313 million the week before that. 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