{"id":25032,"date":"2016-07-08T16:32:26","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T21:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=25032"},"modified":"2016-07-08T17:42:02","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T22:42:02","slug":"77-wwe-smackdown-tv-ratings-brocks-summerslam-announcement-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/08\/77-wwe-smackdown-tv-ratings-brocks-summerslam-announcement-help\/","title":{"rendered":"7\/7 WWE Smackdown TV Ratings &#8211; did Brock&#8217;s Summerslam announcement help?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1223839153\" 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>The announcement of Brock Lesnar&#8217;s Summerslam gave Smackdown a slight bump in TV Ratings. However, the show remained well below previous levels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WWE Smackdown TV Ratings Tracking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>July 7:\u00a0<\/strong>WWE Smackdown scored a 1.62 TV rating, up from a near-year-low 1.52 rating last week.<\/p>\n<p>Smackdown tied with May 19 for the highest rating in two months.<\/p>\n<p>To put the rating in perspective, Smackdown was\u00a0well below the First Quarter average of a 1.77 TV rating and was essentially even with the Second Quarter average of a 1.61 rating.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Smackdown drew 2.241 million viewers, up seven percent from last week&#8217;s basement-level 2.080 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>It was also the most viewers since May 19.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; DEMOGRAPHICS: Smackdown got a pop among males 18-49, drawing the highest m18-49 rating since June.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-521929807\" 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>Adults 18-49 was slightly up from last week and males 18-34 was also up from last week. M18-34 had been down for a while, so the increase pushed the demo to the highest rating in two months going back to May 12.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caldwell&#8217;s Analysis:\u00a0<\/strong>A decent rating considering Smackdown has been stuck at sub-1.6 ratings for two months. However, it&#8217;s not a big number when looking at earlier this year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-412135537\"><div id=\"pwtor-2886092563\"><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>The announcement of Brock Lesnar&#8217;s Summerslam gave Smackdown a slight bump in TV Ratings. 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