WWE Smackdown Rating Jumps In USA Network Return, Viewership Down

WWE Smackdown had its return to USA Network last week, and the rating jumped a lot while the audience was down a bit. Friday’s episode garnered a 0.55 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 1.723 million viewers per Wrestlenomics. Those numbers were up 22.21% and down 2.7% respectively from the previous week’s 0.45 demo rating and audience of 1.77 million.

Comparisons with previous are largely moot because Smackdown is on a new network and on basic cable as opposed to a broadcast network, which means less available households and some demographic differences. With that caveat said, the show did the highest demo rating since the August 23rd episode had a 0.56 and a lower audience than any original episode during the Fox run.

Smackdown is averaging a 0.635 demo rating and 2.262 million viewers in 2024 to date, compared to a 0.607 demo rating and 2.303 million for the same point in 2023.

WWE Smackdown Rating Jumps In USA Network Return, Viewership Down

WWE Smackdown Rating Jumps In USA Network Return, Viewership Down

WWE Smackdown Rating Jumps In USA Network Return, Viewership Down

WWE Smackdown Rating Jumps In USA Network Return, Viewership Down

WWE Smackdown Rating Jumps In USA Network Return, Viewership Down