{"id":185311,"date":"2024-09-23T16:45:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T21:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=185311"},"modified":"2024-09-24T23:24:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T04:24:12","slug":"wwe-smackdown-ratings-report-9-20-its-becoming-clear-how-many-viewers-wwe-will-lose-due-to-move-from-fox-to-usa-network-five-years-ago-comparison-on-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/09\/23\/wwe-smackdown-ratings-report-9-20-its-becoming-clear-how-many-viewers-wwe-will-lose-due-to-move-from-fox-to-usa-network-five-years-ago-comparison-on-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown Ratings Report (9\/20): It&#8217;s becoming clear how many viewers WWE will lose due to move from Fox to USA Network, five years ago comparison on USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1114152677\" 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\/20) episode of WWE Smackdown on USA Network averaged 1.494 million viewers according to <a href=\"https:\/\/programminginsider.com\/friday-ratings-fox-college-football-boosted-by-big-ten-matchup\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=friday-ratings-fox-college-football-boosted-by-big-ten-matchup\">ProgrammingInsider<\/a>, compared to 1.723 million the prior week and 1.770 million the week before that. The current ten-week rolling average is 2.016 million.<\/p>\n<p>One year ago this week, it drew 2.227 million viewers. The ten-week rolling average a year ago was 2.305 million.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago this week, Smackdown drew 2.535. Then ten-week rolling average was 2.164 million (skipping the 7\/21\/23 episode bumped to FS1).<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most relevantly, five years ago this week, on the second-to-last episode of Smackdown on USA Network before the move to Fox on Oct. 4, 2019, Smackdown drew 2.064 million viewers. This week&#8217;s viewership is down 570,000 viewers, a drop of 28 percent, compared to five years ago on USA Network.<\/p>\n<p>In the key 18-49 demo, it drew a 0.45 rating, compared to 0.55 and 0.45 the prior two weeks. The ten-week rolling average is 0.56<\/p>\n<p>One year ago, it drew a a 0.63 rating on Fox with a ten-week rolling average of 0.60.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, it drew a 0.52 rating on Fox with a ten-week rolling average of 0.52.<\/p>\n<p>The announced matches and segments were\u2026<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-708043627\" 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<ul>\n<li>L.A. Knight vs. Andrade \u2013 United States Championship match<\/li>\n<li>Bayley &amp; Naomi vs. Nia Jax &amp; Tiffany Stratton<\/li>\n<li>Chelsea Green vs. Michin \u2013 Dumpster match<\/li>\n<li>Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes will appear<\/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>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED NEXT:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/09\/20\/wwe-smackdown-results-9-20-kellers-report-on-l-a-knight-vs-andrade-bayley-naomi-vs-nia-jax-tiffany-stratton-chelsea-vs-michin-reigns-and-cody-appear\/\">WWE SMACKDOWN RESULTS (9\/20): Keller\u2019s report on L.A. 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The current ten-week rolling <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/09\/23\/wwe-smackdown-ratings-report-9-20-its-becoming-clear-how-many-viewers-wwe-will-lose-due-to-move-from-fox-to-usa-network-five-years-ago-comparison-on-usa\/\" title=\"WWE Smackdown Ratings Report (9\/20): It&#8217;s becoming clear how many viewers WWE will lose due to move from Fox to USA Network, five years ago comparison on USA\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":185312,"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":[46,2,6916,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spotlightarticles","category-prowrestlingnews","category-ratings","category-news_wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-23-at-4.23.28\u202fPM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185311","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=185311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185313,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185311\/revisions\/185313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}