{"id":184881,"date":"2024-09-16T15:57:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T20:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=184881"},"modified":"2024-09-16T16:08:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T21:08:03","slug":"wwe-smackdown-ratings-report-9-13-dropoff-from-move-to-usa-network-from-fox-viewership-and-demo-comparisons-year-ago-contrast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/09\/16\/wwe-smackdown-ratings-report-9-13-dropoff-from-move-to-usa-network-from-fox-viewership-and-demo-comparisons-year-ago-contrast\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown Ratings Report (9\/13): Dropoff and gain from move to USA Network from Fox, viewership and demo comparisons, year-ago contrast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2723473968\" 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 night\u2019s (9\/13) episode of WWE Smackdown on USA Network averaged 1.723 million viewers according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/wrestlenomics\/\">Wrestlenomics<\/a>, compared to 1.770 million viewers the prior week and the 2.054 million viewers the week before that. This is the first week the show has aired on USA Network, a basic cable station, rather than the free over-the-air broadcast network Fox. The ten-week rolling average before this week was 2.102 million viewers..<\/p>\n<p>One year ago this week, Smackdown drew 2.570 million viewers. The ten-week rolling average a year ago was 2.206 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago this week, Smackdown drew 2.122 million viewers. Then ten-week rolling average was 2.119 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>In the key 18-49 demo, it drew a 0.55 rating, compared to 0.45 and 0.53 the prior two weeks. The ten-week rolling average is 0.59.<\/p>\n<p>Viewership in the key 18-49 demo was actually up 132,000 compared to last week. Last week, though, was one of the lowest rated Smackdowns on Fox, and it had the lowest 18-49 demo of the year because it went up against an NFL game on Peacock and AEW Collision on TNT. The average through the first 35 weeks of the year before last week&#8217;s dropoff was 0.64.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-49 demo being up could be a result of more people with cable being in the 18-49 demo and people 50 and over being less likely to remember Smackdown moved to USA.<\/p>\n<p>The announced matches and segments were\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cody Rhodes vs. Solo Sikoa \u2013 Steel Cage match<\/li>\n<li>Andrade vs. Carmelo Hayes<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Owens &amp; mystery partner vs. A-Town Down Under<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/category\/prowrestlingnews\/ratings\/\">RATINGS HEADQUARTERS PAGE<\/a> for more ratings reports.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3265531882\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h3>Check out the latest episode of the Wade Keller Pro to stream Wrestling Post-show covering the latest episode of Smackdown: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/wwe-smackdown-post-show-9-13-keller-leclair-roman-returns-cody-roman-vs-solo-fatu-set-up-ricky-debuts-live-callers-emails--61562325\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to stream (or search \u201cwade Keller\u201d on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other iOS or Android app to subscribe free)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=61562325&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\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED NEXT:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/09\/14\/wwe-smackdown-hits-misses-9-13-adams-assessment-of-cody-solo-in-a-cage-roman-reigns-return-michin-vs-niven-hayes-vs-andrade-new-logo-opening-theme-more\/\">WWE SMACKDOWN HITS &amp; MISSES (9\/13): Adams\u2019 assessment of Cody-Solo in a cage, Roman Reigns return, Michin vs. Niven, Hayes vs. Andrade, New Logo &amp; Opening Theme, more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OR CHECK THIS OUT AT PROWRESTLING.NET:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2024\/09\/16\/mcguires-mondays-wwe-and-the-notion-of-kayfabe-in-modern-pro-wrestling\/\">McGuire\u2019s Mondays: WWE and the notion of kayfabe in modern pro wrestling<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wade Keller Post-show (9\/13) - WWE Smackdown w\/cohost Brandon LeClair\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dc_sbEFNKdw?start=4589&#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-2518718598\"><div id=\"pwtor-272675766\"><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 night\u2019s (9\/13) episode of WWE Smackdown on USA Network averaged 1.723 million viewers according to Wrestlenomics, compared to 1.770 million viewers the prior week and the 2.054 million viewers the week before that. This <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/09\/16\/wwe-smackdown-ratings-report-9-13-dropoff-from-move-to-usa-network-from-fox-viewership-and-demo-comparisons-year-ago-contrast\/\" title=\"WWE Smackdown Ratings Report (9\/13): Dropoff and gain from move to USA Network from Fox, viewership and demo comparisons, year-ago contrast\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":184882,"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-184881","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\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-16-at-3.06.35\u202fPM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184881","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=184881"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184896,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184881\/revisions\/184896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}