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WWE Smackdown, Friday on Fox, was watched by 2,212,000 viewers on average, including about 652,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.50 P18-49 rating.
AEW Rampage on TNT at 10 pm, was watched by 470,000 viewers on average, including about 183,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.14 P18-49 rating.
Compared to last week, Smackdown was down 7% in total viewership. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 12% from last week’s 738,000.
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Compared to last week, Rampage was up 10% in total viewership. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 1%.
Smackdown ranked #2 on television overall on the day in P18-49.
Rampage ranked #14 in P18-49 among cable originals for the day, according to Showbuzz Daily. Including broadcast primetime, it ranked #28.
College football on ESPN (0.77) ranked #1 for Friday.
For Smackdown, P18-34 was down 8% compared to the prior four weeks. Non-P18-49 was up 7%. P2+ was up 6%. P35-49 was up 4%.
For Rampage, P35-49 was up 30% compared to the prior four weeks.
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+: 2212 (+6%)
P18-49: 652 (+3%)
P18-34: 204 (-8%)
P35-49: 448 (+4%)
Non-P18-49: 1560 (+7%)
P25-54: 803 (+1%)
Rampage:
P2+: 470 (+5%)
P18-49: 183 (+7%)
M18-49: 104 (+0%)
F18-49: 72 (+11%)
P18-34: 28 (-47%)
P35-49: 155 (+30%)
Non-P18-49: 287 (+2%)
F12-34: 19 (-21%)
M12-34: 14 (-58%)
P25-54: 231 (+12%)
P50+: 281 (+9%)
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Smackdown, as of 3pm today:
860,000: Braun Strowman clears the runway of the Maximum Male Models
578,000: Logan Paul invites Reigns to his Press Conference Saturday in Las Vegas
380,000: Shotzi comes to the aid of Raquel Rodriguez
375,000: Liv Morgan makes things extreme with Ronda Rousey
349,000: Ricochet vs. Sami Zayn
346,000: Drew McIntyre thinks Karrion Kross is a coward
268,000: Raquel Rodriguez vs. Bayley
163,000: Raquel Rodriguez steps up to Damage CTRL
125,000: Doomsday is coming for Drew McIntyre
82,000: The Brawling Brutes are the fellas to stop The Bloodline
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Rampage, as of 3pm today:
414,000: Samoa Joe Retains His ROH TV Title & Gains an Ally in the TNT Champion
340,000: How Did The House of Black Take Extreme to a Whole New Level?
253,000: Claudio Accepts Chris Jericho’s Challenge for the ROH Title at Arthur Ashe
166,000: Ethan Page Shows Danhausen Why All Ego is All Business
75,000: Penelope Ford Proves to be Too Much for Willow Nightingale to Handle
29,000: Exclusive Matt Hardy & Darby Allin Make Their Rampage 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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