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WWE Smackdown, Friday on Fox, was watched by 2,094,000 viewers on average, including about 692,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.53 P18-49 rating.
This was the lowest P18-49 viewership for Smackdown since May 26, but only the lowest total viewership since a month ago, on August 18.
Smackdown outranked all other sports programming for Friday in P18-49, according to @SportsTVRatings, all of which was on cable. Based on fast affiliates, Smackdown outranked all other broadcast primetime telecasts.
AEW Rampage on TNT at 10 pm, was watched by 385,000 viewers on average, including about 170,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.13 P18-49 rating.
This week’s Smackdown was down 14% compared to last week’s total viewership of 2,443,000. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 18% from last week’s 0.65 rating.
We don’t have ranking information yet for Rampage. It was outranked by at least six other sports telecasts on cable for Friday, all on ESPN or ESPN2, with U.S. Open tennis coverage.
This week’s Rampage was up 3% compared to last week’s total viewership of 372,000. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 17% from last week’s 0.11 rating.
Heels on Starz Primary at 10:11 pm, was watched by 49,000 viewers on average, including about 21,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.02 P18-49 rating. This doesn’t include DVR or streaming viewership.
This week’s Heels was down 12% compared to last week’s total viewership of 56,000. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 32% from last week’s 0.02 rating.
Viewer counts in thousands for this week’s episode with the difference versus the median of the last 28 days in parentheses:
Smackdown:
P2+: 2094 (-8%)
P18-49: 692 (-12%)
M18-49: 442 (-11%)
F18-49: 250 (-15%)
P18-34: 246 (-8%)
M18-34: 148 (-9%)
F18-34: 98 (-8%)
P35-49: 446 (-15%)
M35-49: 294 (-12%)
F35-49: 152 (-21%)
Non-P18-49: 1402 (-5%)
Rampage:
P2+: 385 (+0%)
P18-49: 170 (+8%)
M18-49: 100 (+3%)
F18-49: 70 (+23%)
P18-34: 79 (+74%)
M18-34: 40 (+82%)
F18-34: 39 (+73%)
P35-49: 91 (-22%)
M35-49: 60 (-22%)
F35-49: 31 (-6%)
Non-P18-49: 215 (-1%)
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Smackdown, as of 3pm today:
1. Bobby Lashley and Street Profits vow to take over: 1,056,391
2. The Judgment Day feed AJ Styles to Solo Sikoa: 851,200
3. Adam Pearce informs Jey Uso that someone will be traded to SmackDown: 647,946
4. SmackDown’s most jaw-dropping moments: 409,517
5. LA Knight defeats Austin Theory, YEAH!: 394,943
6. LA Knight gives Paul Heyman the cold shoulder: 370,228
7. Asuka assists Flair and Shotzi in win over Damage CTRL: 353,068
8. LA Knight gets confronted by Grayson Waller and Austin Theory: 333,638
9. Paul Heyman questions Jimmy Uso’s loyalty: 225,314
10. The Brawling Brutes vs. The Judgment Day: 213,798
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Rampage, as of 3pm today:
1. MASSIVE Quarterfinals Bout! Samoa Joe vs Jeff Hardy for the first time in AEW!: 205,459
2. Penta & Jay Lethal vying for a spot in the Grand Slam Tournament semifinals!: 142,738
3. Le Sex God, Sammy Guevara, wants to get something off his chest!: 116,644
4. The Young Bucks make their Rampage return against Daddy Magic & Cool Hand Ang!: 77,805
5. Valkyrie, Jay, & the Bunny vs Baker, Blue, & Shida in Women’s Trios Action!: 70,521
6. EXCLUSIVE! Rampage entrances for Penta El Zero Miedo & Jay Lethal!: 23,847
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.