{"id":48601,"date":"2017-09-28T14:07:38","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T19:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=48601"},"modified":"2017-09-28T14:50:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T19:50:26","slug":"smackdown-rating-two-weeks-vince-owens-headbutt-promise-shanes-response-owens-last-week-viewership-increase-wkellers-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/09\/28\/smackdown-rating-two-weeks-vince-owens-headbutt-promise-shanes-response-owens-last-week-viewership-increase-wkellers-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Smackdown Rating: Two weeks after Vince-Owens headbutt, with promise of Shane&#8217;s response to Owens last week, did viewership increase? (w\/Keller&#8217;s Analysis)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-571636898\" 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 episode of WWE Smackdown, built around Shane McMahon responding to Kevin Owens&#8217; inflammatory comments last week, drew a 1.73 rating, the same as last week. It was good enough to beat last year&#8217;s rating the same week of 1.69.\u00a0The ten week rolling average headed into this week was 1.76, so it&#8217;s down a bit, although the Vince McMahon appearance spiked the rating two weeks ago at 1.93 and that outlier moved the average up a notch as a result.<\/p>\n<p>Viewership totaled 2.542 million.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-tag\" data-ad-name=\"pw_incontent_2\" data-ad-size=\"300x250\" ><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/tags-cdn.deployads.com\/a\/pwtorch.com.js\" async ><\/script><br \/>\n<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p>September ended up averaging 1.78. The 2017 average is 1.76 (compared to 1.73 through this week in 2016).<\/p>\n<p><em>Keller&#8217;s Analysis: There wasn&#8217;t any reason to expect an increase or a drop in the rating. 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