{"id":76109,"date":"2019-03-06T22:52:09","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T04:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=76109"},"modified":"2019-03-06T22:52:09","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T04:52:09","slug":"smackdown-rating-nba-game-knocks-smackdown-out-of-top-spot-in-key-demo-key-metrics-compared-to-past-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/03\/06\/smackdown-rating-nba-game-knocks-smackdown-out-of-top-spot-in-key-demo-key-metrics-compared-to-past-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Smackdown Rating: NBA game knocks Smackdown out of top spot in key demo, key metrics compared to past years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1733570089\" 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 March 5 episode of WWE Smackdown drew a 1.60 rating, up from the 1.57 the week before and down from the 1.63 two weeks ago. The average for 2019 so far is 1.53, below the year-ago average at this point of 1.75.<\/p>\n<p>Total viewership this week was 2.155 million. That was well below &#8220;Curse of Oak Island&#8221; on History Channel, which drew 3.511 million viewers. It was also below &#8220;Tucker Carlson Tonight&#8221; on Fox News and &#8220;The Rachel Maddow&#8221; show on MSNBC in total viewers.<\/p>\n<p>It finished no. 3 in the key 18-49 demo, below the NBA&#8217;s game on TNT, which along with &#8220;Curse of Oak Island,&#8221; drew a 0.8 rating in that demo. Smackdown dropped to a 0.7. 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