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WWE Smackdown on Fox
Fri, Dec. 29, 2023: 8:00 to 10:00 pm
TV RATINGS
1,355,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.28
The “Best of” episode that aired on Friday was the least-watched Smackdown in the show’s history on Fox. The show had slightly more viewers than any of the preemptions of Smackdown to FS1 since 2019.
This episode will be excluded from year-over-year chart comparisons and treated like a preemption. Likewise for the “Best of” Raw episode that aired recently and at the end of last year.
P2+ comparisons:
- This episode vs. last week (2,108,000): -36%
- This episode vs. trailing four weeks (2,194,000): -38%
- Current 2023-Q4 P2+ average (2,149,000) vs. 2022-Q4 (2,277,000): -10%
- Current Dec 2023 P2+ average (2,026,000) vs. Dec 2022 (2,376,000): -15%
P18-49 comparisons:
- This episode vs. last week (0.55): -49%
- This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.58): -52%
- Current 2023-Q4 P18-49 average (0.56) vs. 2022-Q4 (0.55): -2%
- Current Dec 2023 P18-49 average (0.52) vs. Dec 2022 (0.57): -9%
Viewer counts for this week’s episode with the difference versus the median of the last 4 non-preemption episodes in parentheses:
- P2+: 1355k (-38%)
- P18-49: 367k (-51%)
- F18-49: 161k (-38%)
- M18-49: 206k (-59%)
- P18-34: 127k (-56%)
- F18-34: 37k (-60%)
- M18-34: 89k (-55%)
- P35-49: 240k (-50%)
- F35-49: 123k (-27%)
- M35-49: 117k (-62%)
- Non-P18-49: 988k (-32%)
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DIGITAL
As of 5:03 pm, Jan 2
Most-viewed YouTube videos on WWE’s official channel:
- 1.) SmackDown, March 3, 2023 – FULL SEGMENT — Cody Rhodes vows to beat Roman Reigns at WrestleMania: 390,822
- 2.) 148,807 – 1 minute from every SmackDown of 2023
