{"id":61004,"date":"2018-06-06T15:27:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T20:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=61004"},"modified":"2018-06-06T15:27:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T20:27:09","slug":"smackdown-rating-without-daniel-bryan-headlined-by-a-new-day-six-man-tag-and-charlotte-vs-becky-sd-drops-to-lowest-rating-in-51-weeks-key-metrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/06\/06\/smackdown-rating-without-daniel-bryan-headlined-by-a-new-day-six-man-tag-and-charlotte-vs-becky-sd-drops-to-lowest-rating-in-51-weeks-key-metrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Smackdown Rating: Without Daniel Bryan, headlined by a New Day six-man tag and Charlotte vs. Becky, SD drops to lowest rating in 51 weeks, key metrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2160937713\" 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 episode (6\/5) of WWE Smackdown Live drew a 1.54 rating among live and same-night-DVR viewers, the lowest rating since June 13, 2017, nearly a full year ago. The show headlined with The New Day vs. Rusev &amp; Samoa Joe &amp; The Miz and included Charlotte vs. Becky Lynch and the A.J. Styles-Shinsuke Nakamura contract signing.<\/p>\n<p>One year ago this week, Smackdown drew a 1.63 rating. Two years ago this week, Smackdown drew a 1.51 rating.<\/p>\n<p>The 1.54 this week is below the ten-week rolling average heading into this week of 1.76 (which included the WrestleMania season boost) and the May average of 1.63.<\/p>\n<p>Viewership was 2.138 million, down 57,000 from last week and down 814,000 from the peak rating back on Apr. 10 the week after WrestleMania.<\/p>\n<p>Going back to last week&#8217;s episode, which drew a 1.57 rating, Smackdown finished no. 15 among all cable shows in viewership among 18-49 year olds for the week of May 28-June 3.<\/p>\n<p>Raw&#8217;s three hours finished no. 8, 9, and 11 last week in that key demo. To put in perspective the ratings, only seven other shows drew more than Raw&#8217;s first hour last week in the 18-49 demo, but it wasn&#8217;t even close when it comes to which show finished no. 1. The NBA&#8217;s Golden State Warriors vs. Houston Rockets game that went up against Raw last week drew 7.283 million viewers in that key demo, seven times more than Raw&#8217;s average in that demo. Game Two of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs finished no. 3 with 1.690 million in that demo, and Game Three on Saturday drew 1.421 million in that demo.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT THIS RELATED STORY:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/06\/05\/raw-rating-key-metrics-for-show-headlined-by-owens-vs-balor-plus-rousey-reigns-tag-battle-royal\/\">Raw Rating: Key metrics for show headlined by Owens vs. Balor, plus Rousey, Reigns, Tag Battle Royal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2505343293\"><div id=\"pwtor-2317462886\"><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 episode (6\/5) of WWE Smackdown Live drew a 1.54 rating among live and same-night-DVR viewers, the lowest rating since June 13, 2017, nearly a full year ago. 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