{"id":40955,"date":"2017-04-05T16:12:12","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T21:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=40955"},"modified":"2017-04-05T16:12:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T21:12:12","slug":"smackdown-rating-size-post-wrestlemania-bump-perspective-comparison-last-years-rating-wkellers-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/04\/05\/smackdown-rating-size-post-wrestlemania-bump-perspective-comparison-last-years-rating-wkellers-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Smackdown Rating: Size of post-WrestleMania bump, perspective, comparison to last year&#8217;s rating (w\/Keller&#8217;s Analysis)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1182835532\" 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>Last night&#8217;s episode of WWE Smackdown Live drew a 2.02 rating, the first rating at or above 2.00 since Jan. 31 and it ties the highest rating since the roster split last summer. They previous drew a 2.02 rating on Dec. 27 on a week that featured the heavily-promoted return of John Cena.<\/p>\n<p>Viewership last night was 2.89 million.<\/p>\n<p>Last month&#8217;s average was 1.83, the 2017 average so far going into this week was 1.84, and the rolling ten week average going into this week was 1.87.<\/p>\n<p>A year ago this week, when Smackdown was pre-taped and didn&#8217;t have exclusive use of 40 percent of the roster, they drew a 1.75 rating. The 2016 average was 1.77 compared to this year&#8217;s 1.85.<\/p>\n<p><em>Keller&#8217;s Analysis: This is a significant, but not unexpected jump up in rating, considering it&#8217;s the day after WrestleMania, Raw&#8217;s rating went up, and Smackdown didn&#8217;t have competition from the NCAA Men&#8217;s Basketball Finals. 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