{"id":70697,"date":"2018-11-30T00:37:20","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T06:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=70697"},"modified":"2018-11-30T00:38:49","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T06:38:49","slug":"smackdown-tops-tuesday-cable-rankings-in-key-18-49-demo-perspective-on-total-viewership-key-metrics-compared-to-past-years-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/11\/30\/smackdown-tops-tuesday-cable-rankings-in-key-18-49-demo-perspective-on-total-viewership-key-metrics-compared-to-past-years-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Smackdown tops Tuesday Cable Rankings in key 18-49 demo, perspective on total viewership, key metrics compared to past years, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1350215051\" 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 Smackdown (Nov. 27) drew a 1.57 rating among live and same-night-DVR viewers on USA Network. That&#8217;s up from last week&#8217;s 1.52 and below the two-weeks-ago rating fo 1.63. It matches the ten-week rolling average rating headed into this week.<\/p>\n<p>Viewership was 2.264 million, outdrawing the third hour of Raw.<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 average so far is 1.74, below the 1.75 average through this week a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>Smackdown finished on top of the Tuesday cable ratings in the 18-49 demographic with a 0.8 rating, but it was well below the other top rated 18-49 demo show, &#8220;Curse of Oak Island&#8221; on History Channel, which drew 50 percent more viewers overall outside of the 18-49 demo. Only five shows on cable drew a rating 0.5 or higher among 18-49 year olds. The no. 2 show in overall viewers was Rachel Maddow on MSNBC. Smackdown finished third in overall viewership.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022Listen to the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-Show &#8211; Smackdown Post-Show with guest Jason Solomon from Solomonster Sounds Off<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by Jason Solomon from Solomonster Sounds Off as they discuss WWE Smackdown with live callers first and then later answering email questions with a majority focus on the big developments in the Women&#8217;s Division and TLC with Becky Lynch, Charlotte, and Asuka. Also, thoughts on New Day, A.J. Styles, Jeff Hardy, and more. Also, Keller is joined by two on-site correspondents including a fan who hasn&#8217;t attended a WWE TV event before and hasn&#8217;t seen Becky Lynch or A.J. Styles before. They talk about off-air happenings, crowd reactions, the dark match main event at the end, and more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 100px;\" src=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/embed\/player\/t127495991\/\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">-On Tune In Radio\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tun.in\/tiRgC1\">HERE<\/a><br \/>\n-On Apple Podcasts <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/wade-keller-pro-wrestling-podcast\/id1253158731?mt=2\">HERE<\/a><br \/>\n-Or <strong>search &#8220;Wade Keller&#8221;<\/strong> on your podcast app of choice<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/11\/29\/wwe-smackdown-on-site-report-what-happened-off-camera-dark-main-event-tag-results-attendance-reactions-for-becky-compared-to-styles-jeff-hardy-tribute-more\/\">WWE Smackdown On-Site Report: What happened off-camera, dark main event tag results, attendance, reactions for Becky compared to Styles, Jeff Hardy tribute, more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1468735087\"><div id=\"pwtor-2266075832\"><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>This week&#8217;s Smackdown (Nov. 27) drew a 1.57 rating among live and same-night-DVR viewers on USA Network. 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