{"id":72408,"date":"2018-12-28T13:09:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T19:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=72408"},"modified":"2018-12-28T13:09:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T19:09:32","slug":"wwe-smackdown-rating-christmas-night-edition-draws-all-time-lowest-rating-but-still-beats-raw-rating-drops-below-2-million-viewers-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/12\/28\/wwe-smackdown-rating-christmas-night-edition-draws-all-time-lowest-rating-but-still-beats-raw-rating-drops-below-2-million-viewers-again\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown Rating: Christmas night edition draws all-time lowest rating, but still beats Raw rating, drops below 2 million viewers again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-264003307\" 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>The Christmas night edition of WWE Smackdown (Not) Live drew a 1.24 rating, beating Raw&#8217;s 1.22 Christmas Eve edition. Viewership dipped below 2 million, 1.904 to be exact. It&#8217;s the third week out of the last four that dipped below two million, something that hadn&#8217;t happened with Smackdown viewership prior.<\/p>\n<p>Although not a fair comparison since it aired the day after Christmas last year, Smackdown one year ago drew a 1.76 rating. Two years ago it drew a 2.02 rating.<\/p>\n<p>The final 2018 average rating for Smackdown is 1.65, down from the 1.76 average of 2017. The December 2018 average closes out at 1.41, the lowest Smackdown average for a month ever, down from the 1.56 in November and October and 1.62 in September. If WWE is expecting a surge in January, last year that didn&#8217;t happen, as Smackdown averaged a 1.75 in December 2017 and a 1.76 in January 2018. This year there should be a bigger jump because the Christmas night edition did drag the December average down a notch.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/12\/27\/raw-rating-christmas-eve-episode-drops-to-another-all-time-low-sharply-down-with-pre-taped-episode-key-metrics-and-perspective\/\">Raw Rating: Christmas Eve episode drops to another all-time low, sharply down with pre-taped episode, key metrics and perspective<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-838913398\"><div id=\"pwtor-3984248624\"><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>The Christmas night edition of WWE Smackdown (Not) Live drew a 1.24 rating, beating Raw&#8217;s 1.22 Christmas Eve edition. Viewership dipped below 2 million, 1.904 to be exact. 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