{"id":74444,"date":"2019-01-31T14:03:58","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T20:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=74444"},"modified":"2019-01-31T14:31:07","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T20:31:07","slug":"smackdown-rating-crushes-nba-game-head-to-head-in-total-viewership-but-falls-behind-maddow-and-hannity-key-metrics-compared-to-last-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/01\/31\/smackdown-rating-crushes-nba-game-head-to-head-in-total-viewership-but-falls-behind-maddow-and-hannity-key-metrics-compared-to-last-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Smackdown Rating: Crushes NBA game head-to-head in total viewership, but falls behind Maddow and Hannity, key metrics compared to last years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1237972118\" 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>WWE Smackdown on USA Network on Tuesday night drew a 1.58 rating, getting a small post-Royal Rumble from the previous week&#8217;s average of 1.54. It was the highest rating since Dec. 18. Smackdown doesn&#8217;t experience the same post-NFL season bump that Raw does because it doesn&#8217;t face football competition on Monday nights from September through December. Smackdown ended January with a 1.50 average rating.<\/p>\n<p>One year ago this week Smackdown drew a 1.73 rating and two years ago it drew a 1.72 rating. Smackdown is definitely at a new &#8220;baseline&#8221; rating level now compared to the prior two years.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>LISTEN TO TODAY&#8217;S WADE KELLER PRO WRESTLING PODCAST &#8220;THURSDAY FLAGSHIP&#8221; with Wade Keller &amp; Jason Powell&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents the Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast with guest cohost Jason Powell from ProWrestling.net and the Pro Wrestling Boom podcast. <strong>They discuss\u00a0Dean Ambrose departing WWE and his potential in AEW and its impact on WWE locker room,<\/strong> the new look of ROH in 2019, and many other topics including Daniel Bryan, Ronda Rousey, A.J. 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In total viewership, it finished fourth, behind &#8220;Curse of Oak Island&#8221; on History Channel, &#8220;The Rachel Maddow Show&#8221; on MSNBC, and &#8220;Hannity&#8221; on Fox News which drew 3.555 million, 3.227 million, and 2.826 million respectively.<\/p>\n<p>In total viewers head-to-head with the NBC&#8217;s New Orleans Pelicans vs. Houston Rockets game, it drew decisively more viewers &#8211; 2.137 million vs. 1.556 million.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3336904105\" 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>In the key 18-49 demographic, it ranked no. 2 behind &#8220;Curse of Oak Island&#8221; which drew a 0.8 rating and tied with the NBA game later that night on TNT between the L.A. 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