{"id":40041,"date":"2017-03-16T21:16:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T02:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=40041"},"modified":"2017-03-16T21:16:55","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T02:16:55","slug":"smackdown-rating-perspective-weeks-rating-compared-yearly-average-year-ago-number-wkellers-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/03\/16\/smackdown-rating-perspective-weeks-rating-compared-yearly-average-year-ago-number-wkellers-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Smackdown Rating: Perspective on this week&#8217;s rating compared to yearly average and year-ago number (w\/Keller&#8217;s Analysis)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-748788423\" 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 Live\u00a0drew a 1.79 rating last night, down from last week&#8217;s rating, but not too far off the 2017 average headed into this week of 1.85. It popped a 1.94 rating last week, up from the 1.75 rating the week before.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s rating was only slightly above last year&#8217;s same-week rating of 1.71. The 2016 average to this point was 1.78 last year, and the 2017 average to this point is 1.85, up 4 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Total live and same night DVR viewership was 2.628 million, down from the 2.738 million last week, but above the 2.566 million the week before.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Keller\u2019s Analysis:\u00a0They did nothing at all to promote or frame the main event between The Usos and American Alpha as important; had they, maybe the viewership would have been better over the course of two hours. They did hype the Randy Orton promo, which likely helped second hour viewership. The &#8220;hook&#8221; of what A.J. 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