{"id":78026,"date":"2019-04-10T23:02:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T04:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=78026"},"modified":"2019-04-10T23:02:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T04:02:05","slug":"smackdown-rating-zero-post-wrestlemania-bump-and-big-drop-off-from-year-ago-but-still-finishes-atop-tuesday-cable-ratings-in-key-demo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/04\/10\/smackdown-rating-zero-post-wrestlemania-bump-and-big-drop-off-from-year-ago-but-still-finishes-atop-tuesday-cable-ratings-in-key-demo\/","title":{"rendered":"Smackdown Rating: Zero post-WrestleMania bump and big drop-off from year-ago, but still finishes atop Tuesday cable ratings in key demo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3199677449\" 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>Last night&#8217;s episode of WWE Smackdown Live on USA Network drew a 1.60 rating, the same the week before WrestleMania and below the prior two weeks (1.69, 1.65). That means Smackdown got zero post-WrestleMania ratings bump.<\/p>\n<p>To put that in perspective, last year Smackdown drew a 2.10 on the post-WrestleMania edition, which was u from the 1.74 of the prior week. Two years ago, Smackdown drew a 2.14 rating, up from the 2.02 the week before.<\/p>\n<p>This could be a result of a backlash against the end of Raw the night before when The Bar interrupted the Kofi Kingston vs. Seth Rollins &#8220;title vs. title&#8221; main event. It also could be a result of both Kofi and Becky Lynch already appearing on Raw, taking away the novelty of seeing their first post-WM title victory appearances.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, a deeply disappointing rating&#8230; which was still good enough to top cable ratings for the night in the key 18-49 demographic. Smackdown drew a 0.8 rating in the key demo, ahead of &#8220;Curse of Oak Island&#8221; on History Network which drew a 0.7 rating and &#8220;Real Housewives of Beverly Hills&#8221; on Bravo which drew a 0.6 rating.<\/p>\n<p>The second episode of &#8220;Miz &amp; Mrs&#8221; this season finished no. 5 in the demo rating with a 0.4, tied with three other shows with 997,000 viewers, a drop of just over half of Smackdown&#8217;s total 2.199 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Two shows on cable drew more than 3 million total viewers (&#8220;Curse of Oak Island&#8221; on History and &#8220;Hannity&#8221; on Fox News), and another drew more than 2.5 million (&#8220;The Rachel Maddow Show&#8221; on MSNBC)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/04\/09\/raw-rating-post-wrestlemania-episode-tops-3-million-viewers-in-hour-one-but-off-25-percent-from-last-years-post-wm-edition-key-metrics-and-perspective\/\">Raw Rating: Post-WrestleMania episode tops 3 million viewers in hour one, but off 25 percent from last year\u2019s post-WM edition, key metrics and perspective<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1727364720\"><div id=\"pwtor-3302396250\"><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>Last night&#8217;s episode of WWE Smackdown Live on USA Network drew a 1.60 rating, the same the week before WrestleMania and below the prior two weeks (1.69, 1.65). 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