WWE Smackdown, Friday on Fox, was watched by 2,138,000 viewers on average, including about 626,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.48 P18-49 rating.
AEW Rampage on TNT at 10 pm, was watched by 455,000 viewers on average, including about 183,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.14 P18-49 rating.
This was Smackdown’s lowest total viewership on Fox since September 2 and lowest P18-49 since August 26. Smackdown was preempted on FS1 last week with 835,000 viewers and a 0.23 demo rating.
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Compared to last week, Rampage was up 20% in total viewership. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 16%.
Smackdown ranked #3 on television overall on the day in P18-49.
Rampage ranked #20 in P18-49 among cable originals for the day, according to Showbuzz Daily. Including broadcast primetime, it ranked #34.
Ricos Tambien Lloran on Univision (0.54) ranked #1 for Friday. The NBA game between Chicago and Boston on ESPN (0.50) ranked #2.
For Smackdown, P35-49 was down 15% compared to the prior four weeks. P18-49 was down 11%. P2+ was down 5%. P25-54 was down 5%.
For Rampage, P18-34 was up 70% compared to the prior four weeks. P35-49 was down 32%.
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+: 2138 (-5%)
P18-49: 626 (-11%)
P18-34: 232 (-4%)
P35-49: 394 (-15%)
Non-P18-49: 1512 (-2%)
P25-54: 827 (-5%)
Rampage:
P2+: 455 (+6%)
P18-49: 183 (+6%)
M18-49: 123 (+4%)
F18-49: 66 (+20%)
P18-34: 91 (+70%)
P35-49: 91 (-32%)
Non-P18-49: 272 (+16%)
F12-34: 38 (+65%)
M12-34: 57 (+70%)
P25-54: 195 (-11%)
P50+: 260 (+19%)
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Smackdown, as of 4pm today:
668,000: Jey Uso blows up on Sami Zayn
567,000: The Bloodline brawl with The New Day and The Brawling Brutes
457,000: Gunther vs. Rey Mysterio — Intercontinental Title Match
443,000: Braun Strowman drops MVP with three Running Powerslams
386,000: Bray Wyatt becomes enraged after a crew member interrupts him
245,000: Liv Morgan vs. Sonya Deville — No Disqualification Match
177,000: Natalya vs. Shayna Baszler
157,000: Ricochet vs. LA Knight
157,000: Emma attacks Xia Li
114,000: The animosity between McIntyre and Kross has reached a boiling point
View counts are rounded to improve readability.
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Rampage, as of 4pm today:
469,000: Katsuyori Shibata Makes his AEW Debut in a Dream Match against Orange Cassidy
207,000: Hobbs Puts the TNT Champion on Notice After WarJoe Destroys the Embassy
126,000: Did Jamie Hayter Give Toni Storm a Preview of What’s to Come at Full Gear?
112,000: Ricky Starks Declares for the World Championship Eliminator Tournament
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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