WWE Smackdown Friday on Fox from 8 to 10 pm, was watched by 2,544,000 viewers on average, including about 878,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.67 P18-49 rating.
AEW Rampage on TNT at 10 pm, was watched by 458,000 viewers on average, including about 187,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.14 P18-49 rating.
This was Smackdown’s highest P18-49 viewership since December 25, 2020, higher than the December 30 episode last month with John Cena, which had a 0.64 P18-49 rating (842,000 viewers). The Christmas 2020 episode benefited from an NFL game lead-in. Excluding that case, Friday’s episode was the highest P18-49 audience for Smackdown since March 27, 2020.
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Smackdown was tied for #1 in P18-49 for Friday, even with Senor de Cielos VIII on Telemundo, and ahead of its rival Shark Tank on ABC (0.59).
Rampage was #22 in P18-49 among cable originals and #35 including broadcast primetime.
This was Rampage’s lowest total viewership since December 9.
Showbuzz Daily hasn’t reported information for Friday telecasts so we don’t know ranking information yet.
Compared to last week, Smackdown was up 13% in total viewership. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 22%.
Compared to last week, Rampage was down 1% in total viewership. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 11%.
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+: 2544 (+11%)
P18-49: 878 (+22%)
M18-49: 562 (+29%)
F18-49: 316 (+12%)
P18-34: 316 (+28%)
M18-34: 201 (+37%)
F18-34: 115 (+13%)
P35-49: 562 (+19%)
M35-49: 362 (+25%)
F35-49: 200 (+10%)
Non-P18-49: 1666 (+5%)
Median age: 54.6 (+0%)
Rampage:
P2+: 458 (-7%)
P18-49: 187 (+11%)
M18-49: 115 (+4%)
F18-49: 72 (+6%)
P18-34: 75 (+38%)
M18-34: 40 (+25%)
F18-34: 34 (+36%)
P35-49: 112 (-5%)
M35-49: 74 (-2%)
F35-49: 38 (-10%)
Non-P18-49: 271 (-18%)
Median age: 52.6 (-2%)
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Smackdown, as of 9am today:
961,000: Sami Zayn saves Solo Sikoa from a Kevin Owens defeat
843,000: Brock Lesnar declares for the Royal Rumble Match
555,000: Adam Pearce sends The Usos home
552,000: Sami Zayn sneaks into SmackDown to thank Jey Uso
355,000: LA Knight impersonates Bray Wyatt
351,000: Rey Mysterio vs. Karrion Kross
292,000: Strowman & Ricochet replace McIntyre & Sheamus in Match against Hit Row
257,000: The Viking Raiders take Drew McIntyre and Sheamus out
225,000: Lacey Evans returns with a lethal Cobra Clutch
156,000: Imperium vs. Legado del Fantasma — SmackDown Tag Team Title Tournament
View counts are rounded to improve readability.
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Rampage, as of 9am today:
271,000: Did Best Friends Get Back The Golden Globe from Lethal, Jarrett & Singh?
142,000: Hangman Page Sends A Message to Jon Moxley
98,000: Did Emi Sakura Earn a Shot at Jamie Hayter’s Women’s World Title?
98,000: Total Destruction by Powerhouse Hobbs
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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