{"id":55428,"date":"2018-02-14T16:12:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T22:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=55428"},"modified":"2018-02-14T16:12:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T22:12:25","slug":"smackdown-rating-drop-viewership-key-metrics-year-ago-perspective-w-kellers-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/02\/14\/smackdown-rating-drop-viewership-key-metrics-year-ago-perspective-w-kellers-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Smackdown Rating: Drop in viewership, key metrics, year-ago perspective (w\/Keller&#8217;s Analysis)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-140482085\" 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 WWE Smackdown drew a 1.70 rating, the lowest of the year and the lowest rating since Halloween last year. Viewership was 2.449 million, down from 2.505 million last week. The average so far this year is 1.75, down from the 1.80 average last year.\u00a0The rating one year ago this week was 1.80.<\/p>\n<p><em>Keller&#8217;s Analysis: Raw went down only 0.01 and was in line with the monthly average and 0.11 below the 2018 average, whereas Smackdown went down 0.05 and was below the monthly average by 0.03 and below the 2018 average so far by 0.05. So Smackdown, up against the Olympics, is taking a bigger hit than Raw this week. Two years ago, prior to the roster split and when Smackdown was pre-taped featuring the second appearance of the week of most top stars it drew a 1.76, so Smackdown has lost whatever was gained from the roster split, and it&#8217;s not hard to see why considering the storyline direction of the show this year.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT THE PREVIOUS RATINGS REPORT:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/02\/13\/raw-rating-key-metrics-including-hourly-year-year-comparisons-rating-can-go-viewership-goes-w-kellers-analysis\/\">Raw Rating: Key metrics including hourly and year-to-year comparisons, how rating can go down while viewership goes up (w\/Keller\u2019s Analysis)<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3310158431\"><div id=\"pwtor-3704020338\"><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 night&#8217;s WWE Smackdown drew a 1.70 rating, the lowest of the year and the lowest rating since Halloween last year. 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