{"id":19314,"date":"2016-05-13T15:44:52","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T20:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=19314"},"modified":"2016-05-13T15:44:52","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T20:44:52","slug":"512-wwe-smackdown-tv-ratings-audience-dips-last-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/13\/512-wwe-smackdown-tv-ratings-audience-dips-last-week\/","title":{"rendered":"5\/12 WWE Smackdown TV Ratings &#8211; audience dips from last week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1591630916\" 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>This week&#8217;s WWE Smackdown slid to a near-year-low against the NBA Playoffs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WWE Smackdown TV Ratings Tracking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>May 12:\u00a0<\/strong>Thursday&#8217;s Smackdown scored a 1.59 TV rating on USA Network, down from a 1.65 rating last week.<\/p>\n<p>Smackdown nearly dipped back to the year-low 1.54 TV rating on April 28 leading into Payback.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the overall TV rating dipping, the key demographics held up reasonably well. Males 18-34 and males 18-49 inched up from last week, but adults 18-49 fell slightly.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the demos were a wash against the NBA Playoffs, which drew 5.229 million viewers on ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Smackdown drew 2.262 million viewers on Thursday night, down four percent (about 84,000 viewers) from last week&#8217;s audience of 2.346 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Through the first six weeks of\u00a0the second quarter, Smackdown has not reached the First Quarter average of a 1.77 rating and 2.481 million average viewers per episode.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1079280166\" 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<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-497946387\"><div id=\"pwtor-727263991\"><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>This week&#8217;s WWE Smackdown slid to a near-year-low against the NBA Playoffs. 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