{"id":29422,"date":"2016-08-17T16:06:19","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T21:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=29422"},"modified":"2016-08-17T16:06:19","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T21:06:19","slug":"816-smackdown-tv-ratings-week-2-vs-olympics-upticks-similar-raw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/08\/17\/816-smackdown-tv-ratings-week-2-vs-olympics-upticks-similar-raw\/","title":{"rendered":"8\/16 Smackdown TV Ratings &#8211; Week 2 vs. Olympics upticks, similar to Raw"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-452706442\" 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>WWE Smackdown rebounded by a slight margin, following the lead of Monday&#8217;s Raw in Week 4 of the brand split.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WWE Smackdown TV Ratings Tracking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>August 16:\u00a0<\/strong>Smackdown Live scored a 1.72 TV rating, slightly up from a 1.69 rating last week.<\/p>\n<p>Week 2 of Smackdown against the Olympics also upticked in TV viewership.<\/p>\n<p>Smackdown drew 2.471 million viewers, up less than a percent from last week&#8217;s live audience of 2.455 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; DEMOGRAPHICS: Smackdown was essentially even with last week in adults 18-49 and males 18-49.<\/p>\n<p>However, males 18-34 dipped from last week, the first sign of m18-34 viewership falling off after a strong first three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Overall, the 1.72 rating is in-between where Smackdown was earlier this year taped on Thursday nights. The First Quarter averaged a 1.77 rating and the Second Quarter averaged a 1.61 rating.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-27638964\" 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>Smackdown and Raw have been affected by Olympics the past two weeks, but there is another chance for interest to be created for post-Summerslam episodes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2861982777\"><div id=\"pwtor-3883242291\"><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>WWE Smackdown rebounded by a slight margin, following the lead of Monday&#8217;s Raw in Week 4 of the brand split. 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