{"id":6644,"date":"2015-12-29T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T19:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=6644"},"modified":"2015-12-29T16:21:41","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T22:21:41","slug":"1222-super-smackdown-viewership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/12\/29\/1222-super-smackdown-viewership\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated Live Smackdown Ratings &#8211; DVR viewers &#038; Replay on Syfy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-711007118\" 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><strong>WWE Smackdown Ratings Tracking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>December 24 replay on Syfy:\u00a0<\/strong>The &#8220;WWE Week&#8221; edition of Smackdown scored a 0.92 rating in its usual Thursday night timeslot.<\/p>\n<p>The Christmas Eve replay drew 1.228 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>If combining the two Smackdown audiences, Smackdown scored a 2.45 rating and drew 3.492 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>December 22 on USA Network<\/strong>: The live special scored a 1.53 rating, which is exactly what Smackdown has averaged this Fall TV season on Syfy.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on a higher-profile network, Smackdown got a bump in the key demographics. Males 18-49 was up two-tenths of a rating from last Thursday&#8217;s Smackdown on Syfy, males 18-34 was up nearly two-tenths, and adults 18-49 was up nearly one-tenth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Smackdown drew 2.264 million viewers, right in-between the last two Thursday night\u00a0episodes on Syfy.<\/p>\n<p>By comparison, last year&#8217;s Tuesday night Smackdown special during WWE Week drew 2.027 million viewers.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2717414008\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>The difference is last year&#8217;s live Smackdown followed a three-hour\u00a0TLC PPV and a three-hour Raw, wearing out the audience on WWE programming. This year, there was a break from TLC to &#8220;WWE Week,&#8221; allowing for Smackdown to only follow the gimmicky &#8220;Slammys&#8221; edition of Raw.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DVR UPDATE:\u00a0<\/strong>The live Smackdown added 95,000 DVR viewers for a total of 2.359 million viewers on USA Network.<\/p>\n<p>Adding up all three figures\u00a0&#8211; live Smackdown, DVR, and Syfy replay &#8211; the episode drew 3.587 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Smackdown&#8217;s median age was 45.6 years-old, falling within the desired 18-49 advertiser window.<\/p>\n<p>The show skewed 65 percent males 18-49 and 35 percent females 18-49, the reverse of all other USA Network programming on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Chrisley Knows Best was 38\/61, Modern Family was 38\/62, and Law &amp; Order Criminal Intent was 30\/70.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-387361811\"><div id=\"pwtor-3217430480\"><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>WWE Smackdown Ratings Tracking &#8211; December 24 replay on Syfy:\u00a0The &#8220;WWE Week&#8221; edition of Smackdown scored a 0.92 rating in its usual Thursday night timeslot. 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