{"id":20942,"date":"2016-05-27T13:20:42","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T18:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=20942"},"modified":"2016-05-27T13:21:43","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T18:21:43","slug":"526-smackdown-twitter-tv-ratings-lack-buzz-captures-decision-change-smackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/27\/526-smackdown-twitter-tv-ratings-lack-buzz-captures-decision-change-smackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"5\/26 Smackdown Twitter TV Ratings &#8211; lack of buzz captures decision to change Smackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-394816059\" 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>On a competitive Thursday night of television, WWE Smackdown&#8217;s lack of buzz for a show featuring two advertised title matches\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/25\/caldwell-smackdown-change-needed-will-solve-real-issue\/\" target=\"_blank\">captures one reason why\u00a0WWE and USA Network are making a change this summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WWE Smackdown Social Media Tracking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>May 26:\u00a0<\/strong>Smackdown drew the fifth-most social media activity\u00a0among the five big TV events Thursday night, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nielsensocial.com\/nielsentwittertvratings\/daily\/#SeriesSpecials\" target=\"_blank\">according to Nielsen&#8217;s Twitter TV Ratings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the\u00a0series &amp; specials category, Smackdown ranked #3 behind ESPN&#8217;s dramatic National Spelling Bee and NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Red Nose Day&#8221; special.<\/p>\n<p>If compared to one-off sports programming, Smackdown also would have ranked #3 behind Thunder-Warriors NBA Playoffs and a Game 7 NHL Playoffs between the Penguins\u00a0and\u00a0Lightning.<\/p>\n<p>The result is\u00a0Smackdown placing fifth overall.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Smackdown&#8217;s metrics were 41,000 tweets and 12,000 unique authors.<\/p>\n<p>The number of unique authors was the same as last week, while Twitter volume slightly improved from 35,000 last week.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1531079261\" 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>The magic number for Smackdown, though, is 42,000 tweets. 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