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Update: The YOY chart at the very bottom has been updated.
WWE Smackdown, Friday on Fox, was watched by 2,367,000 viewers on average, including about 744,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.57 P18-49 rating.
AEW Rampage on TNT at 8 pm, was watched by 429,000 viewers on average, including about 183,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.14 P18-49 rating.
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This was Smackdown’s highest total viewership since June 17 and its highest P18-49 viewership since July 22.
Compared to last week, Smackdown was up 14% in total viewership. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 17%.
This was Rampage’s lowest total viewership since July 29.
Compared to last week, Rampage was down 12% in total viewership. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 12% from last week’s 208,000.
Smackdown ranked #2 on television overall on the day in P18-49.
Rampage ranked #16 in P18-49 among cable originals for the day, according to Showbuzz Daily. Including broadcast primetime, it ranked #30.
US Open tennis on ESPN (0.67) ranked #1 for Friday across TV.
For Smackdown, P18-34 was up 29% compared to the prior four weeks. P18-49 was up 20%. P25-54 was up 18%. P35-49 was up 17%.
For Rampage, M12-34 was down 24% compared to the prior four weeks. Non-P18-49 was down 16%. P50+ was down 13%. F18-49 was up 11%.
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+: 2367 (+16%)
P18-49: 744 (+20%)
P18-34: 246 (+29%)
P35-49: 498 (+17%)
Non-P18-49: 1623 (+16%)
P25-54: 913 (+18%)
Rampage:
P2+: 429 (-9%)
P18-49: 183 (-1%)
M18-49: 110 (-7%)
F18-49: 72 (+11%)
P18-34: 49 (-10%)
P35-49: 133 (+2%)
Non-P18-49: 246 (-16%)
F12-34: 24 (+0%)
M12-34: 29 (-24%)
P25-54: 219 (-3%)
P50+: 234 (-13%)
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Smackdown, as of 3pm today:
1,390,000: Drew McIntyre vs. Solo Sikoa
1,080,000: Braun Strowman destroys The Alpha Academy
834,000: Drew McIntyre attempts steel chair payback on Solo Sikoa
729,000: Braun Strowman is coming to SmackDown
663,000: Ronda Rousey dominates the field to win a WWE Extreme Rules title match
409,000: The Brawling Brutes vs. Imperium — Six- Man Tag Team Match
372,000: Ronda Rousey encourages Shayna Baszler to get vengeance
341,000: FULL SEGMENT — Goldberg emerges to challenge Roman Reigns
330,000: Eight-Man Tag Team Match
217,000: Raquel Rodriguez & Aliyah vs. Toxic Attraction
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Rampage, as of 3pm today:
382,000: Samoa Joe’s Rampage Return Brings a New Challenger for his ROH TV Title
279,000: Claudio Castagnoli & Dax Harwood Lay it All On the Line for the ROH Title
248,000: Sammy Guevara Narrowly Escapes Darby Allin to Move on to the Grand Slam Semi’s
84,000: It’s Professor vs Coach When Serena Deeb & Madison Rayne Face Off
46,000: Exclusive Sammy Guevara & Darby Allin Grand Slam 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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