WWE Smackdown, Friday on Fox, was watched by 2,264,000 viewers on average, including about 757,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.58 P18-49 rating.
AEW Rampage on TNT at 10 pm, was watched by 456,000 viewers on average, including about 143,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.11 P18-49 rating.
This was Smackdown’s highest P18-49 viewership since September 23 and its highest total viewership since October 14.
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This was Rampage’s lowest P18-49 since July 29, but total viewership was nearly equal to last week.
Compared to last week, Smackdown was up 6% in total viewership. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 20%.
Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 24% from last week’s 188,000.
Smackdown ranked #1 on television overall on the day in P18-49.
Rampage ranked #55 in P18-49 among cable originals for the day, according to Showbuzz Daily. That’s the show’s second-lowest ranking in its history. Only March 18’s episode’s rank was lower. Including broadcast primetime, it ranked #71, the lowest in the history of the show.
College basketball on ESPN between Michigan State and Gonzaga led cable originals with a 0.38 P18-49 rating and 1.48 million viewers. ESPN had an NBA game between Minnesota and Memphis that started at 9:45 pm and opposed Rampage’s hour.
Young Rock on NBC at 8:30 pm had 1.43 million viewers and a 0.22 P18-49 rating.
Rampage was outperformed on cable at 10:00 pm by House Hunters on HGTV, which had a 0.13 demo rating and 834,000 viewers.
For Smackdown, P18-34 was up 12% compared to the prior four weeks. P18-49 was up 11%. P35-49 was up 7%. P25-54 was up 4%.
For Rampage, Non-P18-49 was up 24% compared to the prior four weeks. P18-49 was down 21%. P2+ was down 0%.
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+: 2264 (+1%)
P18-49: 757 (+11%)
P18-34: 260 (+12%)
P35-49: 497 (+7%)
Non-P18-49: 1507 (-3%)
P25-54: 912 (+4%)
Rampage:
P2+: 456 (+0%)
P18-49: 143 (-21%)
Non-P18-49: 313 (+24%)
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Smackdown, as of 4pm today:
1,210,000: McIntyre and Brawling Brutes ruin Bloodline Acknowledgement Celebration
784,000: Bray Wyatt headbutts LA Knight
727,000: Sarah Logan and The Viking Raiders destroy Hit Row and Legado del Fantasma
556,000: Strowman vs. Mahal – SmackDown World Cup on FOX First-Round Match
530,000: Roman Reigns plans Special Celebration for The Usos
508,000: The Usos vs. The New Day – Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship Match
272,000: Six-Pack Challenge for SmackDown Women’s Title Opportunity
241,000: Shayna Baszler drops Shotzi
228,000: Nakamura vs. Escobar – SmackDown World Cup on FOX First- Round Match
113,000: Ricochet will face Mustafa Ali next week
View counts are rounded to improve readability.
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Rampage, as of 4pm today:
Views recorded as of 4PM ET, Mon Nov 14 2022
222,000: Luchasaurus Gives Jungle Boy a Preview of What’s to Come at Full Gear
220,000: Is the House of Black Reborn?
211,000: Did Dante Martin Shutdown the Machine Brian Cage to Advance?
188,000: All-Atlantic Champion Orange Cassidy Takes Aim at Big Shotty Lee Johnson
175,000: Bandido is Back & Looks to Advance in the Championship Eliminator Tournament
97,000: Nyla Rose Continues To Taunt TBS Champion Jade Cargill
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@wrestlenomics.com
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