WWE Smackdown Friday on Fox, was watched by 2,376,000 viewers on average, including about 717,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.55 P18-49 rating.
AEW Rampage on TNT at 8 pm, was watched by 566,000 viewers on average, including about 235,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.18 P18-49 rating.
This was Smackdown’s highest total viewership since September 23.
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This was Rampage’s highest P18-49 viewership since the same date, September 23, and its highest total viewership since April 8, 2022.
Compared to last week, Smackdown was up 8% in total viewership. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 6%.
Compared to last week, Rampage was up 22% in total viewership. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 19%.
Smackdown ranked #3 on television overall on the day in P18-49.
Rampage ranked #5 in P18-49 among cable originals for the day, according to Showbuzz Daily. Including broadcast primetime, it ranked #19.
Smackdown was only outranked by college football on ESPN. NBA on ESPN with a 10:15 pm start and the Sportscenter that followed it outranked Rampage.
For Smackdown, P25-54 was up 68% compared to the prior four weeks. P18-34 was up 26%. Non-P18-49 was up 10%. P2+ was up 8%.
For Rampage, M18-49 was up 73% 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+: 2376 (+8%)
P18-49: 717 (+2%)
P18-34: 281 (+26%)
P35-49: 436 (-8%)
Non-P18-49: 1659 (+10%)
P25-54: 949 (+68%)
Rampage:
P2+: 566 (+24%)
P18-49: 235 (+58%)
M18-49: 156 (+73%)
F18-49: 79 (+32%)
P18-34: 98 (+133%)
P35-49: 136 (+26%)
Non-P18-49: 331 (+24%)
F12-34: 38 (+100%)
M12-34: 72 (+148%)
P25-54: 268 (-51%)
P50+: 292 (+11%)
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Smackdown, as of 4pm today:
705,000: John Cena, The Greatest of All Time
593,000: Roman Reigns and Sami Zayn have a message for John Cena and Kevin Owens
500,000: Strowman & Ricochet vs. Kaiser & Vinci — Miracle on 34th Street Fight
499,000: Emma slaps Scarlett
485,000: Bray Wyatt attacks a cameraman with the Mandible Claw
379,000: The Usos vs. Hit Row – Undisputed WWE Tag Team Title Match
286,000: Rey Mysterio vs. Angel
232,000: Raquel Rodriguez tangles with Xia Li and Liv Morgan – Gauntlet Match
221,000: Raquel Rodriguez battles Sonya Deville and Shayna Baszler — Gauntlet Match
170,000: Xia Li takes on Emma and Tegan Nox — Gauntlet Match
View counts are rounded to improve readability.
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Rampage, as of 4pm today:
455,000: Who Walked Away with the $300,000?
238,000: What happened when Kingston called out the House of Black?
198,000: Is There Championship Gold in the Future for Jarrett & Lethal?
83,000: Jade Continues to Dominate & Runs Her Record to 45-0!
49,000: EXCLUSIVE $300,000 3-Kings Christmas Casino Trios Royale 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
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