Edit: Start time for Rampage has been corrected to the normal 10 pm.
Updated with additional Friday telecast information reported by Showbuzz Daily.
WWE Smackdown, Friday on Fox, was watched by 2,191,000 viewers on average, including about 678,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.52 P18-49 rating.
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AEW Rampage on TNT at 8 pm, was watched by 464,000 viewers on average, including about 197,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.15 P18-49 rating.
This was Rampage’s highest total viewership since October 21 and its highest P18-49 viewership since October 14.
Smackdown ranked #2 on television overall on the day in P18-49.
Rampage ranked #15 in P18-49 among cable originals for the day, according to Showbuzz Daily. Including broadcast primetime, it ranked #30.
Nuggets vs. Lakers on ESPN (0.53) ranked #1 for Friday.
Compared to last week, Smackdown was down 5% in total viewership. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 8% from last week’s 739,000.
Compared to last week, Rampage was up 2% in total viewership. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 32%.
For Smackdown, F18-34 was down 14% compared to the prior four weeks. F18-49 was down 12%. F35-49 was down 11%. P18-34 was down 9%.
For Rampage, M35-49 was up 38% compared to the prior four weeks. P35-49 was up 37%. F35-49 was up 36%. F18-49 was up 33%.
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+: 2191 (-2%)
P18-49: 678 (-7%)
M18-49: 427 (-6%)
F18-49: 251 (-12%)
P18-34: 205 (-9%)
M18-34: 136 (-5%)
F18-34: 69 (-14%)
P35-49: 473 (-6%)
M35-49: 291 (-1%)
F35-49: 182 (-11%)
Non-P18-49: 1513 (+0%)
Median age: 55.1 (-1%)
Rampage:
P2+: 464 (+4%)
P18-49: 197 (+32%)
M18-49: 117 (+30%)
F18-49: 80 (+33%)
P18-34: 49 (+17%)
M18-34: 30 (+11%)
F18-34: 19 (+27%)
P35-49: 148 (+37%)
M35-49: 87 (+38%)
F35-49: 61 (+36%)
Non-P18-49: 267 (+1%)
Median age: 51.5 (-8%)
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Smackdown, as of 4pm today:
2,450,000: John Cena will team with Kevin Owens to battle Roman Reigns and Sami Zayn!
515,000: Jimmy Uso thinks Jey Uso is setting Sami Zayn up for disappointment
508,000: Roman Reigns requests a tag match with Kevin Owens
418,000: LA Knight gets spooked by Bray Wyatt and Uncle Howdy
323,000: Gunther vs. Ricochet – Intercontinental Championship Match
307,000: Braun Strowman fends off Imperium
285,000: Damage CTRL vs. Morgan & Nox – WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Match
261,000: Hit Row vs. Legado del Fantasma vs. The Viking Raiders
248,000: Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler again injure Raquel Rodriguez’s arm
63,000: Is Ronda Rousey concerned about Gauntlet Match?
View counts are rounded to improve readability.
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Rampage, as of 4pm today:
351,000: Was Hangman Page Able to Take Advantage of a Wounded Jon Moxley
245,000: Did The King of Television Samoa Joe Grant Wardlow his Rematch?
162,000: It’s All Hands on Deck for the Best Friends in this Action Packed 8-Man Tag
148,000: A Broken & Bruised FTR are Ready for The Gunns
120,000: Hikaru Shida Has Had Enough of Jamie Hayter & Dr. Britt Baker’s Bullying
71,000: Preston Vance Explains to Jim Ross Why he Turned his Back on the Dark Order
23,000: Exclusive Sammy Guevara & Jon Moxley Make Their AEW 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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