{"id":41466,"date":"2017-04-20T16:20:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T21:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=41466"},"modified":"2017-04-20T16:20:43","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T21:20:43","slug":"smackdown-rating-big-dropoff-recent-weeks-yearly-average-lowest-rating-year-wkellers-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/04\/20\/smackdown-rating-big-dropoff-recent-weeks-yearly-average-lowest-rating-year-wkellers-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Smackdown Rating: Big dropoff from recent weeks and yearly average, lowest rating of the year (w\/Keller&#8217;s Analysis)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-151857857\" 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>Tuesday night&#8217;s WWE Smackdown Live (Apr. 18) drew a live and same-night-DVR rating of 1.72, well below the 2017 average of 1.86. It&#8217;s the lowest rating since Dec. 13 when Smackdown drew a 1.71. Total viewership was 2.544 million.<\/p>\n<p>The ten-week average headed into this week was 1.87.<\/p>\n<p>The rating is barely above the year-ago number when Smackdown wasn&#8217;t live and didn&#8217;t have exclusive use of 40 percent of the roster.<\/p>\n<p><em>Keller&#8217;s Analysis:\u00a0This is a sharp dropoff, perhaps due the reality sinking in for John Cena fans that he&#8217;s gone. It doesn&#8217;t reflect well on the inherent following of Charlotte, Kevin Owens, or Sami Zayn, nor the in-show enthusiasm for Jinder Mahal winning the Six-Pack Challenge or sticking around for the A.J. Styles vs. Baron Corbin main event. It&#8217;s just one week, but it&#8217;s an ominous sign of how the post-Superstars Shake-up era for Smackdown will go. That said, Shinsuke Nakamura is just getting started.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1486691198\"><div id=\"pwtor-438762068\"><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>Tuesday night&#8217;s WWE Smackdown Live (Apr. 18) drew a live and same-night-DVR rating of 1.72, well below the 2017 average of 1.86. It&#8217;s the lowest rating since Dec. 13 when Smackdown drew a 1.71. 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