{"id":72738,"date":"2019-01-03T14:31:57","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T20:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=72738"},"modified":"2019-01-03T14:31:57","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T20:31:57","slug":"wwe-smackdown-rating-new-years-day-edition-rebounds-from-christmas-but-almost-knocked-out-of-top-ten-by-college-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/01\/03\/wwe-smackdown-rating-new-years-day-edition-rebounds-from-christmas-but-almost-knocked-out-of-top-ten-by-college-football\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown Rating: New Year&#8217;s Day edition rebounds from Christmas, but almost knocked out of top ten by college football"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-800581292\" 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 Jan. 1 episode of WWE Smackdown (Not) Live on USA Network drew a 1.44 rating and a viewership of 2.091 million viewers. That is down from the Jan. 2 year-ago rating of 1.80 and 2.720 million viewers. That&#8217;s 629,000 fewer viewers, although it&#8217;s not a fair comparison because this week&#8217;s episode fell on New Year&#8217;s Day with a number of major college football Bowl Games as competition. This week&#8217;s rating is above last week&#8217;s record low Christmas night rating of 1.24.<\/p>\n<p>The rolling ten week average rating headed into this week was 1.49.<\/p>\n<p>Smackdown was almost knocked out of the Top Ten Rankings this week on cable in the key demographic of 18-49 year olds, coming in at no. 10. Eight of the top ten shows were college football games or studio shows discussing those games. History Channel&#8217;s &#8220;Curse of Oak Island: Rock Solid 68&#8221; tied with Smackdown with a 0.7 rating in that 18-49 demo, but had nearly 50 percent more viewers overall (thus a lot more viewers 50 and over).<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/01\/02\/raw-ratings-report-2018-new-years-eve-key-metrics-along-with-perspective-on-2018-vs-2017-and-sharp-decline-last-four-months-of-year\/\">Raw Ratings Report 2018: New Year\u2019s Eve key metrics along with perspective on 2018 vs. 2017 and sharp decline last four months of year<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-86956709\"><div id=\"pwtor-37333781\"><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 Jan. 1 episode of WWE Smackdown (Not) Live on USA Network drew a 1.44 rating and a viewership of 2.091 million viewers. 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