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WWE Smackdown Friday on Fox at 8 pm, was watched by 2,443,000 viewers on average, including about 848,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.65 P18-49 rating.
AEW Rampage on TNT at 10 pm, was watched by 372,000 viewers on average, including about 145,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.11 P18-49 rating.
This week’s Smackdown was down 5% compared to last week’s total viewership of 2,581,000, which was the highest of 2023 to date. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 15% from last week’s 0.76 rating.
This week’s Rampage was up 7% compared to last week’s total viewership of 348,000. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 4% from last week’s 0.11 rating.
Heels on Starz Primary at 10 pm, was watched by 56,000 viewers on average, including about 31,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.02 P18-49 rating. This is for the first-run of the episode only, not including any DVR or streaming viewership.
This week’s Heels was up more than double from last week’s total viewership of 26,000.
With this episode, the second season of Heel is averaging 38,000 viewers for first-runs.
Viewer counts in thousands for this week’s episode with the difference versus the median of the last 28 days in parentheses:
Smackdown:
P2+: 2443 (+13%)
P18-49: 848 (+10%)
M18-49: 523 (+3%)
F18-49: 325 (+21%)
P18-34: 292 (+7%)
M18-34: 176 (+5%)
F18-34: 116 (+5%)
P35-49: 556 (+11%)
M35-49: 347 (+2%)
F35-49: 208 (+21%)
Non-P18-49: 1595 (+14%)
Rampage:
P2+: 372 (-9%)
P18-49: 145 (-17%)
M18-49: 87 (-28%)
F18-49: 58 (+5%)
P18-34: 49 (+0%)
M18-34: 20 (-29%)
F18-34: 29 (+29%)
P35-49: 96 (-20%)
M35-49: 67 (-26%)
F35-49: 29 (-12%)
Non-P18-49: 227 (+0%)
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Smackdown, as of 3pm today:
1. John Cena criticizes Jimmy Uso after turmoil with The Bloodline: 768,295
2. Does Jimmy Uso want back in The Bloodline?: 763,030
3. LA Knight and The Miz exchange words ahead of Payback: 392,298
4. Shotzi vs Bayley: 379,848
5. Adam Pearce informs Jey Uso that someone will be traded to SmackDown: 356,300
6. AJ Styles vs. Solo Sikoa: 317,293
7. Bobby Lashley and the Street Profits are ready to take over WWE: 242,196
8. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn vs. LWO: 221,256
9. Rey Mysterio & Santos Escobar vs. Austin Theory & Grayson Waller: 209,778
10. Relive the night Jey Uso shockingly quit WWE: 152,805
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Rampage, as of 3pm today:
1. A MASSIVE TAG TEAM BATTLE ROYALE for a shot at the ROH World Tag Titles!: 153,378
2. Willow Nightingale & Skye Blue join forces to take on Taya Valkyrie & Anna Jay!: 135,962
3. In his first singles match in months, Hangman Adam Page is back on AEW Rampage!: 77,299
4. High-flying action between Wayne & Vikingo and Sabian & Gringo Loco!: 71,663
5. EXCLUSIVE! Rampage entrances A MASSIVE TAG TEAM BATTLE ROYALE!: 34,256
This ratings 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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Brandon Thurston has written about wrestling business since 2015. He operates and owns Wrestlenomics.