{"id":65018,"date":"2018-08-23T14:27:23","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T19:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=65018"},"modified":"2018-08-23T14:27:23","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T19:27:23","slug":"smackdown-rating-despite-big-political-news-creating-competition-smackdown-finishes-atop-cable-ratings-in-key-demo-best-rating-in-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/08\/23\/smackdown-rating-despite-big-political-news-creating-competition-smackdown-finishes-atop-cable-ratings-in-key-demo-best-rating-in-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Smackdown Rating: Despite big political news creating competition, Smackdown finishes atop cable ratings in key demo, best rating in months"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2448781966\" 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 WWE Smackdown Live (8-21) drew a 1.72 rating, the best rating since Apr. 24, likely related to the interest in the fallout from Summerslam. Last week&#8217;s rating was 1.55, which was barely above the 2018 low-mark of 1.53. The ten-week rolling average headed into this week was 1.57. The 2018 average is 1.70.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s rating helped boost Smackdown to the best average rating for a month since April, although next week&#8217;s show could change that.<\/p>\n<p>Last year this week Smackdown drew a 1.89 rating, and two years ago a 1.92 rating, so this year&#8217;s rating is a significant percentage below prior levels.<\/p>\n<p>Smackdown finished first in the Tuesday night cable rankings among the key targeted demo of 18-49 year olds with a 0.8 rating. Smackdown drew 2,437,000 viewers overall. The no. 2 ranked shows finished with 0.5 ratings in that demo. MTV&#8217;s &#8220;Challenge: Final Reckoning&#8221; finished no. 2, but only scored 844,000 viewers overall. However, the no. 3 ranked show in the key demo, &#8220;The Rachel Maddow Show&#8221; on MSNBC, drew 3,893,000 viewers, easily the top rated show of the night, with &#8220;The Last Word with Lawrence O&#8217;Donnell&#8221; coming in no. 2, buoyed by the Paul Manafort jury verdict and Michael Cohen news. 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