WWE Smackdown, Friday on Fox, was watched by 2,408,000 viewers on average, including about 813,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.62 P18-49 rating.
AEW Rampage on TNT at 10 pm, was watched by 409,000 viewers on average, including about 138,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.11 P18-49 rating.
Smackdown was #1 across TV for Friday in P18-49.
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Rampage was #30 among cable originals, according to Showbuzz Daily, and #43 including broadcast primetime.
Compared to last week, Smackdown was up 1% in total viewership. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 8%.
Compared to last week’s all-time low while in preemption at 7 pm, Rampage was up 43% in total viewership. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 59%.
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+: 2408 (-1%)
P18-49: 813 (+0%)
M18-49: 498 (-4%)
F18-49: 314 (+6%)
P18-34: 283 (+6%)
M18-34: 179 (-1%)
F18-34: 104 (+11%)
P35-49: 529 (-2%)
M35-49: 319 (-7%)
F35-49: 210 (+9%)
Median age: 55.7 (+3%)
Rampage:
P2+: 409 (+5%)
P18-49: 138 (-9%)
M18-49: 88 (-20%)
F18-49: 51 (+21%)
P35-49: 96 (+5%)
M35-49: 59 (-13%)
Non-P18-49: 271 (+13%)
Median age: 54.0 (+3%)
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Smackdown, as of 3pm today:
Jey Uso watches on as Sami Zayn strikes back at Jimmy Uso: 1,398,475
Dominik Mysterio begs Rey Mysterio to punch him: 747,676
Dominik Mysterio backs down from a Charlotte Flair slap: 746,831
Reigns tells Jimmy Uso to handle the Jey Uso situation or he will: 345,866
Bray Wyatt asks “Can you keep a secret?”: 301,517
Dominik Mysterio costs Rey Mysterio his match against Karrion Kross: 295,591
Braun Strowman, Ricochet & Madcap Moss vs. Imperium: 248,533
Paul Heyman tells Jimmy Uso to face his brother Jey alone: 219,373
LA Knight argues with Kofi Kingston after demanding WrestleMania moment: 194,582
Natalya vs. Shayna Baszler: 182,405
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Rampage, as of 3pm today:
Young Bucks & Aussie Open Battle it Out; House Of Black close in on The Elite: 291,744
The Murderhawk Monster Lance Archer is BACK: 213,087
Was Action Andretti able to outsmart and outmaneuver Sammy Guevara and JAS?: 165,888
Willow Nightingale brings the fight to Toni Storm!: 94,044
Exclusive: Aussie Open & The Young Bucks Make Their AEW Rampage Entrances: 69,993
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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