{"id":44748,"date":"2017-07-10T11:58:39","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T16:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=44748"},"modified":"2017-07-10T11:58:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T16:58:39","slug":"smackdown-rating-fourth-july-holiday-edition-john-cenas-heavily-hyped-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/07\/10\/smackdown-rating-fourth-july-holiday-edition-john-cenas-heavily-hyped-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Smackdown Rating: How did Fourth of July holiday edition do with John Cena&#8217;s heavily-hyped return?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2713038921\" 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 week&#8217;s episode of WWE Smackdown, which fell on the Fourth of July but featured the return of John Cena, drew a 1.59 rating. That is below the rolling ten week average of 1.62 headed into last week, and below the 2017 average of 1.76. It&#8217;s also below the June average of 1.65 and the year-ago number of 1.62. That said, it held up pretty well considering the expected dropoff for the Fourth of July holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Viewership was 2.33 million, down from the 2.36 million ten-week rolling average.<\/p>\n<p>The 2017 average rating of 1.76 is above the 2016 average through this week last year of 1.69.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1050431926\"><div id=\"pwtor-2930034972\"><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>Last week&#8217;s episode of WWE Smackdown, which fell on the Fourth of July but featured the return of John Cena, drew a 1.59 rating. 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