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Update: The AEW Countdown special promoting the All Out PPV, which followed Rampage, had 229,000 viewers and did a 0.04 P18-49 rating (about 52,000). That’s slightly up in total viewers and the lowest for the demo that one of these specials has done. The special before Forbidden Door had 212,000 viewers and a 0.05 P18-49 rating.
WWE Smackdown Friday on Fox, was watched by 2,077,000 viewers on average, including about 639,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.49 P18-49 rating.
AEW Rampage on TNT at 10 pm, was watched by 485,000 viewers on average, including about 209,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.16 P18-49 rating.
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Compared to last week, Smackdown was up 4% in total viewership. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 2%.
Compared to last week, Rampage was up 13% in total viewership. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 44%.
Smackdown ranked #2 on television overall on the day in P18-49, behind the U.S. Open on ESPN, which did a 0.92 P18-49 rating and had 4.6 million viewers.
Rampage ranked #11 in P18-49 among cable originals for the day, according to Showbuzz Daily. Including broadcast primetime, it ranked #22.
For Smackdown, P18-34 was up 36% compared to the prior four weeks. P35-49 was down 8%. P18-49 was up 3%. P25-54 was down 3%.
For Rampage, P35-49 was up 35% compared to the prior four weeks. M18-49 was up 31%. P18-49 was up 18%.
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+: 2077 (+2%)
P18-49: 639 (+3%)
P18-34: 239 (+36%)
P35-49: 400 (-8%)
Non-P18-49: 1438 (+2%)
P25-54: 767 (-3%)
Rampage:
P2+: 485 (+4%)
P18-49: 209 (+18%)
M18-49: 143 (+31%)
F18-49: 66 (-2%)
P18-34: 49 (-12%)
P35-49: 160 (+35%)
Non-P18-49: 276 (-6%)
F12-34: 19 (-21%)
M12-34: 38 (-6%)
P25-54: 256 (+17%)
P50+: 246 (-9%)
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Smackdown, as of 3pm today:
1,360,000: Drew McIntyre dismantles The Bloodline en route to WWE Clash at the Castle
921,000: Ronda Rousey attacks WWE Official Adam Pearce
392,000: Braun Strowman is coming to SmackDown
380,000: Butch vs. Ludwig Kaiser
368,000: Karrion Kross makes Drew Gulak suffer in his SmackDown debut match
353,000: Sami Zayn prepares for Roman Reigns’ championship celebration
259,000: Hit Row vs. Maximum Male Models
201,000: The New Day vs. The Viking Raiders — Viking Rules Match
197,000: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Happy Corbin
168,000: Liv Morgan and Shayna Baszler promise to rip off each other’s appendages
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Rampage, as of 3pm today:
370,000: Hangman & Dark Order Win to Move into the Finals of the AEW Trios Tournament
256,000: Ricky Starks Takes Out the Factory and Can’t Be Stopped Going Into All Out
254,000: FTR and Wardlow have Heard Enough and They are Ready to go to War!
137,000: Ortiz and Ruby Soho Get a Huge Win Going into All Out
119,000: FULL MATCH Fenix is Ready for the Ladder Match this Sunday at All Out
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
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