{"id":185713,"date":"2024-10-01T15:28:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T20:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=185713"},"modified":"2024-10-02T16:54:37","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T21:54:37","slug":"wwe-smackdown-ratings-report-9-30-viewership-up-for-week-two-on-usa-network-but-still-below-fox-numbers-plus-comparisons-to-1-and-2-years-ago-key-demo-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/10\/01\/wwe-smackdown-ratings-report-9-30-viewership-up-for-week-two-on-usa-network-but-still-below-fox-numbers-plus-comparisons-to-1-and-2-years-ago-key-demo-data\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown Ratings Report (9\/30): Viewership up for week two on USA Network but still below Fox numbers, plus comparisons to 1 and 2 years ago, key demo data"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1763585716\" 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\/27) episode of WWE Smackdown on USA Network averaged 1.568 million viewers, compared to 1.494 million the prior week for their return of USA Network and the 1.723 million the week before that on Fox. The current ten-week rolling average is 1.942 million.<\/p>\n<p>One year ago this week, Smackdown drew 2.303 million viewers. The ten-week rolling average a year ago was 2.305 million.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago this week, Smackdown drew 2.207. Then ten-week rolling average was 2.160.<\/p>\n<p>In the key 18-49 demo, Smackdown drew a 0.45 rating, compared to 0.45 for the USA return and 0.55 the final week on Fox the prior two weeks. The ten-week rolling average is 0.54.<\/p>\n<p>One year ago, it drew a a 0.63 rating with a ten-week rolling average of 0.60.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, it drew a 0.54 rating with a ten-week rolling average of 0.51.<\/p>\n<p>The announced matches and segments were\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bayley vs. Naomi \u2013 WWE Women\u2019s Championship No. 1 Contender match<\/li>\n<li>Andrade vs. Carmelo Hayes<\/li>\n<li>Michin vs. Piper Niven<\/li>\n<li>Solo Sikoa returns<\/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-578474591\" 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<p><strong>RECOMMENDED NEXT: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/10\/01\/10-yrs-ago-wwe-raw-report-9-29-2014-stephanie-calls-c-m-punk-a-quitter-cena-amborse-vs-orton-kane-plus-sandow-miz-bo-dallas-henry-aj-lee\/\">10 YRS AGO \u2013 WWE Raw Report (9\/29\/2014): Stephanie calls C.M. Punk a quitter, Cena &amp; Amborse vs. Orton &amp; Kane, plus Sandow, Miz, Bo Dallas, Henry, AJ Lee<\/a><\/p>\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-9-27-keller-parks-will-orton-ko-or-cody-turn-bad-blood-hype-war-games-speculation-live-callers-emails--62139700\">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=62139700&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=\"Wade Keller Post-show (9\/27) - WWE Smackdown w\/cohost Greg Parks\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ictlf1RmN4g?start=5&#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-1651385620\"><div id=\"pwtor-1923488361\"><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\/27) episode of WWE Smackdown on USA Network averaged 1.568 million viewers, compared to 1.494 million the prior week for their return of USA Network and the 1.723 million the week before that <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/10\/01\/wwe-smackdown-ratings-report-9-30-viewership-up-for-week-two-on-usa-network-but-still-below-fox-numbers-plus-comparisons-to-1-and-2-years-ago-key-demo-data\/\" title=\"WWE Smackdown Ratings Report (9\/30): Viewership up for week two on USA Network but still below Fox numbers, plus comparisons to 1 and 2 years ago, key demo data\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":185715,"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-185713","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\/10\/Bayley-Naomi.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185713","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=185713"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185771,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185713\/revisions\/185771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}