{"id":83689,"date":"2019-07-24T15:46:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T20:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=83689"},"modified":"2019-07-25T01:30:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T06:30:19","slug":"smackdown-rating-best-rating-in-over-three-months-but-barely-and-no-evidence-of-a-raw-reunion-bump-year-ago-comparisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/07\/24\/smackdown-rating-best-rating-in-over-three-months-but-barely-and-no-evidence-of-a-raw-reunion-bump-year-ago-comparisons\/","title":{"rendered":"Smackdown Rating: Best rating in over three months, but barely, and no evidence of a Raw Reunion bump, year-ago comparisons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-37247359\" 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 drew a 1.56 rating, virtually even with the previous week&#8217;s 1.55 rating. Viewership was up 40,000 from last week, drawing 2.162 million viewers. If WWE was hoping for a post-Raw Reunion show bump for Smackdown, they didn&#8217;t get it, which doesn&#8217;t bode well for a bump for Raw next week, either.<\/p>\n<p>That said, 1.56 was the highest rating since Apr. 16. One year ago, Smackdown drew a 1.64 rating. Two years ago, Smackdown drew a 1.73 rating.<\/p>\n<p>The 2019 average so far for Smackdown is 1.51, down from the year-ago average through this week of 1.72.<\/p>\n<p>The ten week rolling average is 1.45.<\/p>\n<p>Smackdown finished atop all cable shows on Tuesday night among the key 18-49 demographic, drawing a 0.7 rating, edging &#8220;Real Housewives of Beverly Hills&#8221; which drew a 0.6 rating.<\/p>\n<p>The season premiere of &#8220;Miz &amp; Mrs&#8221; finished tenth among 18-49 year olds with a 0.3 rating and 722,000 total viewers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3751664023\"><div id=\"pwtor-541088568\"><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 drew a 1.56 rating, virtually even with the previous week&#8217;s 1.55 rating. Viewership was up 40,000 from last week, drawing 2.162 million viewers. 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