WWE Smackdown, Oct 27 on FS1 (1,145,000 viewers; 0.35 P18-49 rating); AEW Rampage on TNT (319,000; 0.09)

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WWE Smackdown, preempted Friday on FS1 due to the World Series, was watched by 1,145,000 viewers on average, including about 462,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.35 P18-49 rating.

AEW Rampage on TNT at 10 pm, was watched by 319,000 viewers on average, including about 120,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.09 P18-49 rating.

This was Rampage’s lowest total viewership in its normal time slot since July 14 and its lowest P18-49 viewership since December 2, 2022.

The first game of the World Series on Fox averaged 9.2 million viewers and a 1.95 P18-49 rating, according to Sports TV Ratings.

This was the second-highest viewership for Smackdown FS1 in the ten times the show has been preempted to FS1.

10/25/2019: 888,000 viewers; 0.27 P18-49 rating
10/23/2020: 885,000; 0.25
12/18/2020: 1,033,000; 0.30
10/15/2021: 866,000; 0.24
10/29/2021: 1,032,000; 0.29
12/31/2021: 378,000; 0.08
10/28/2022: 835,000; 0.23
12/2/2022: 902,000; 0.25
7/21/2023: 1,230,000; 0.36
10/27/2023: 1,145,000; 0.35

This week’s Rampage was down 7% compared to last week’s total viewership of 342,000. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 17% from last week’s 0.11 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+: 1145 (-50%)

P18-49: 462 (-43%)

M18-49: 333 (-38%)

F18-49: 129 (-52%)

P18-34: 179 (-35%)

M18-34: 117 (-31%)

F18-34: 62 (-42%)

P35-49: 283 (-45%)

M35-49: 216 (-40%)

F35-49: 66 (-60%)