{"id":32102,"date":"2016-09-21T15:49:31","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T20:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=32102"},"modified":"2016-09-21T15:49:31","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T20:49:31","slug":"920-wwe-smackdown-tv-ratings-smackdown-hit-hard-tuesday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/09\/21\/920-wwe-smackdown-tv-ratings-smackdown-hit-hard-tuesday-night\/","title":{"rendered":"9\/20 WWE Smackdown TV Ratings &#8211; Smackdown hit hard on Tuesday night"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1353891079\" 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 fell hard on Tuesday night one week after nearly catching\u00a0Raw in the TV Ratings battle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WWE Smackdown TV Ratings Tracking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>September 20:\u00a0<\/strong>WWE Smackdown scored a 1.70 TV rating, down nine percent from a 1.86 rating last week.<\/p>\n<p>It was the second-lowest TV rating of the brand split era, edging a 1.69 on August 9.<\/p>\n<p>Smackdown drew 2.292 million viewers, down 14 percent from last week&#8217;s audience of 2.658 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>It was by far the fewest viewers of the brand split era &#8211; the previous low was 2.45 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; DEMOGRAPHICS: Smackdown was hit hard in the key demos.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adults 18-49 fell nearly two-tenths of a rating (20 percent) from last week<\/li>\n<li>Males 18-34 fell more than two-tenths (24 percent) from last week<\/li>\n<li>Males 18-49 fell nearly two-tenths (21 percent) from last week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All three demos were by far the lowest-rated of the brand split era, returning to the level of taped Thursday night Smackdowns.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-469425335\" 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>WWE is looking to rebound next week with an advertised WWE Title match after this week&#8217;s show of John Cena vs. Dean Ambrose and an Intercontinental Title match did not draw.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2469042618\"><div id=\"pwtor-2270195518\"><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 fell hard on Tuesday night one week after nearly catching\u00a0Raw in the TV Ratings battle. 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