{"id":30712,"date":"2016-08-31T22:15:32","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T03:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=30712"},"modified":"2016-08-31T22:15:56","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T03:15:56","slug":"830-wwe-smackdown-tv-ratings-biggest-audience-draft-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/08\/31\/830-wwe-smackdown-tv-ratings-biggest-audience-draft-era\/","title":{"rendered":"8\/30 WWE Smackdown TV Ratings &#8211; Biggest audience of Draft Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4133528758\" 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 increased slightly from last week&#8217;s post-Summerslam show, following the pattern of Raw.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WWE Smackdown TV Ratings Tracking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>August 30:\u00a0<\/strong>WWE Smackdown scored a 1.95 TV rating, improving on a 1.92 rating after Summerslam.<\/p>\n<p>Smackdown has increased three consecutive weeks and is inching closer to a 2.0. It&#8217;s the highest rating for the Smackdown brand since the brand split officially kicked off in July.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Smackdown drew 2.835 million viewers, up 4.5 percent (121,000 viewers) from 2.714 million viewers last week.<\/p>\n<p>It was also the most Smackdown viewers in the official brand split era.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; DEMOGRAPHICS: Smackdown declined among older viewers, including adults 18-49 and males 18-49.<\/p>\n<p>However, males 18-34 slightly upticked\u00a0from last week&#8217;s show. M18-34 is still a notch below where the show was at the start of the brand split era, though.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-29947562\" 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 slight increase among younger viewers points to perhaps the Daniel Bryan-Miz angle on last week&#8217;s Smackdown after-show carrying over to increased interest this week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-609172293\"><div id=\"pwtor-4020194954\"><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 increased slightly from last week&#8217;s post-Summerslam show, following the pattern of Raw. WWE Smackdown TV Ratings Tracking August 30:\u00a0WWE Smackdown scored a 1.95 TV rating, improving on a 1.92 rating after Summerslam. 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