{"id":56143,"date":"2018-03-02T18:41:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T00:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=56143"},"modified":"2018-03-02T18:41:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T00:41:09","slug":"smackdown-rating-john-cena-smackdown-beats-year-ago-numbers-recent-trends-top-cable-key-demo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/03\/02\/smackdown-rating-john-cena-smackdown-beats-year-ago-numbers-recent-trends-top-cable-key-demo\/","title":{"rendered":"Smackdown Rating: With John Cena, Smackdown beats year-ago numbers and some recent trends, top cable in key demo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3191812660\" 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>This week&#8217;s episode of Smackdown, buoyed by the &#8220;guest appearance&#8221; of &#8220;WWE free agent&#8221; John Cena, drew a 1.80 rating, a boost from last week&#8217;s rating of 1.72 and the ten week rolling average headed into the week of 1.76 and above the 2018 average so far of 1.75.<\/p>\n<p>The 1.80 rating was enough to beat the 1.79 from one year ago, a rare &#8220;win&#8221; these days for Smackdown compared to year-ago numbers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com\/daily-ratings\/tuesday-cable-ratings-feb-27-2018\/\">TVbytheNumbers.com<\/a> touted Smackdown&#8217;s increase from 0.8 to a 0.9 among the targeted adult 18-49 demographic.\u00a0Smackdown was the top rated show on cable TV on Tuesday night in that key demo. 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