TV ratings: WWE Smackdown and AEW Rampage, February 17

WWE Smackdown Friday on Fox at 8 pm, was watched by 2,383,000 viewers on average, including about 756,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.58 P18-49 rating.

AEW Rampage on TNT, preempted to 7 pm, was watched by 287,000 viewers on average, including about 87,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.07 P18-49 rating.

Compared to last week, Smackdown was down 3% in total viewership. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 10% from last week’s 839,000.

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Compared to last week, Rampage was down 23% in total viewership. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 44% from last week’s 154,000.

Smackdown ranked #1 on television overall on the day in P18-49, ahead of the NBA All-Star celebrity game on cable on ESPN (0.54).

Rampage ranked #59 in P18-49 among cable originals for the day, according to Showbuzz Daily. Including broadcast primetime, it ranked #77.

Though in preemption, this was the least-watched Rampage in the show’s history.

Previous Rampage airings moved to 7 pm on Friday in 2022 drew 410,00; 482,000; and 471,000 viewers. The lowest P18-49 rating those episodes drew was 0.15.

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+: 2383 (-2%)

P18-49: 756 (-7%)

M18-49: 480 (-8%)

F18-49: 276 (-8%)

P18-34: 240 (-10%)

M18-34: 140 (-22%)

F18-34: 100 (+3%)

P35-49: 516 (-4%)

M35-49: 340 (+0%)

F35-49: 176 (-8%)

P25-54: 986 (-4%)