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WWE Smackdown, Friday on Fox, was watched by 1,990,000 viewers on average, including about 626,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.48 P18-49 rating.
Smackdown was preempted in a few markets for the third consecutive week due to NFL preseason, where the program aired on a different broadcast network or later in the night. Smackdown was preempted in markets including Charlotte, New Orleans, Las Vegas, and Portland, according to 506Sports.
AEW Rampage on TNT at 10 pm, was watched by 431,000 viewers on average, including about 143,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.11 P18-49 rating.
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This Rampage is essentially tied with May 6 and July 29 episodes for the lowest P18-49 rating in the program’s one-year history.
Compared to last week, Smackdown was down 5% in total viewership. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 2%.
Compared to last week, Rampage was down 7% in total viewership. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 9% from last week’s 157,000.
Smackdown ranked #1 on television overall on the day in P18-49.
Rampage ranked #22 in P18-49 among cable originals for the day, according to Showbuzz Daily. Including broadcast primetime, it ranked #36.
For Smackdown, P18-34 was up 16% compared to the prior four weeks. Non-P18-49 was down 7%. P2+ was down 5%. P35-49 was down 4%.
For Rampage, P35-49 was down 29% compared to the prior four weeks. M12-34 was down 28%. M18-49 was down 23%. P18-49 was down 19%.
Viewer counts in thousands, calculated from national ratings, for this week’s episode with difference versus the median of the last 28 days in parentheses:
Smackdown:
P2+: 1990 (-5%)
P18-49: 626 (+0%)
P18-34: 204 (+16%)
P35-49: 422 (-4%)
Non-P18-49: 1364 (-7%)
P25-54: 779 (-2%)
Rampage:
P2+: 431 (-7%)
P18-49: 143 (-19%)
M18-49: 84 (-23%)
F18-49: 59 (-14%)
P18-34: 56 (+1%)
P35-49: 87 (-29%)
Non-P18-49: 288 (+0%)
F12-34: 28 (+17%)
M12-34: 29 (-28%)
P25-54: 195 (-11%)
P50+: 269 (+4%)
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Smackdown, as of 3pm today:
1,670,000: Roman Reigns issues a ruthless guarantee to Drew McIntyre
622,000: Sheamus and Gunther stare daggers at each other
457,000: Drew McIntyre vs. Sami Zayn
302,000: The Usos are done playing nice with Sami Zayn
293,000: The New Day fool The Viking Raiders
277,000: WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Tournament Semi- Finals Match
253,000: Maximum Male Models and Los Lotharios spray paint the wrong bus
235,000: “Last Chance” Fatal 4-Way Tag Team Match
214,000: Roman Reigns hypes up Sami Zayn
186,000: Ricochet vs. Happy Corbin
View counts are rounded to improve readability.
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Rampage, as of 3pm today:
567,000: Who Was Responsible for House of Black’s Trios Championship Tourney Collapse?
502,000: Was Dustin Rhodes Able to Capture His First Ever World Championship?
333,000: Lethal & The Motor City Machine Guns Aren’t Impressed by Wardlow’s Symphony
316,000: Powerhouse Hobbs Squashes the Competition but What Happened to Ricky Starks?
278,000: Did CM Punk Suffer Another Devastating Foot Injury?
209,000: Were Ruby Soho & Ortiz Able to Stop the Momentum of Sammy & Tay Melo?
45,000: Exclusive House of Black & Dark Order make their Trios Tournament entrances
View counts are rounded to improve readability.
This report was written with the assistance of automated programs created by me, then manually edited.
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Brandon Thurston
brandon@wrestlenomics.com
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