{"id":88300,"date":"2019-10-28T17:14:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T22:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=88300"},"modified":"2019-10-28T17:14:57","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T22:14:57","slug":"wwe-smackdown-loses-two-thirds-of-its-viewership-on-fs1-when-bumped-from-fox-last-friday-for-the-world-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/10\/28\/wwe-smackdown-loses-two-thirds-of-its-viewership-on-fs1-when-bumped-from-fox-last-friday-for-the-world-series\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown loses two-thirds of its viewership on FS1 when bumped from Fox last Friday for the World Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2310582899\" 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 Friday Night Smackdown move to FS1 last week because of the World Series game bumping it from its usual Fox home and in the process, it lost two-thirds of its viewers. Despite heavy advertising letting viewers know about the move, only 888,000 watched. That&#8217;s lower than the number who watched AEW two days earlier on TNT. AEW aired a replay of Dynamite on TNT opposite of Smackdown, and it drew 255,000 viewers. A certain portion of those viewers surely would have watched Smackdown on FS1 instead had AEW and TNT not offered the replay, so that added to the drop in usual viewership.<\/p>\n<p>The cable rating on FS1 was 0.65 among live and same-night-DVR viewers; Smackdown had been drawing just above 1.50 ratings on USA before it moved to Fridays on Fox. The drop-off among 18-34 year old male viewers was around two-thirds, whereas the drop-off among 18-49 year olds was just over one-half, so the slightly older adult male demo was more likely to follow Smackdown to FS1 than younger adult male viewers.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/10\/24\/aew-vs-nxt-ratings-report-both-shows-lose-viewers-nxt-closes-gap-with-aew-aew-trounces-nxt-in-key-younger-demos-both-land-in-top-25\/\">AEW vs. NXT Ratings Report: Both shows lose viewers, NXT closes gap with AEW, AEW trounces NXT in key younger demos, both land in top 25<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2901618850\"><div id=\"pwtor-1622105682\"><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>WWE Friday Night Smackdown move to FS1 last week because of the World Series game bumping it from its usual Fox home and in the process, it lost two-thirds of its viewers. 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