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WWE Smackdown on Fox
Fri, Jan. 5, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm

brandon@wrestlenomics.com

TV RATINGS

2,465,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.67

HIGHEST P2+ SINCE SEP. 15, 2023

HIGHEST P18-49 SINCE: SEP. 15, 2023

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (“Best of” episode) (1,355,000): +82%
• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (2,022,000): +22%
• Current 2024-Q1 P2+ average (2,465,000) vs. 2023-Q1 (2,358,000): +5%
• Current Jan 2024 P2+ average (2,465,000) vs. Jan 2023 (2,346,000): +5%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.28): +139%
• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.50): +33%
• Current 2024-Q1 P18-49 average (0.67) vs. 2023-Q1 (0.60): +17%
• Current Jan 2024 P18-49 average (0.67) vs. Jan 2023 (0.58): +17%

Viewer counts for this week’s episode with the difference versus the median of the last 4 non-preemption episodes in parentheses:

• P2+: 2465k (+13%)
• P18-49: 882k (+22%)
• F18-49: 323k (+38%)
• M18-49: 559k (+14%)
• P18-34: 320k (+22%)
• F18-34: 108k (+28%)
• M18-34: 212k (+20%)
• P35-49: 561k (+21%)
• F35-49: 214k (+44%)
• M35-49: 347k (+15%)
• Non-P18-49: 1583k (+9%)

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Note: Year-over-year charts will turn over with new quarters and months beginning with the Raw ratings tomorrow.

LIVE EVENTS

WWE Smackdown
Friday, January 5, 2024
Vancouver, BC at Rogers Arena
Estimated tickets distributed: 13,157

Market-to-market comparisons (Vancouver, BC):

• 2022-09-24 (Sat) – WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event: 8,380 (+57% vs. 13,157)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q1 WWE Smackdown average: (13,157) vs. 2023-Q1 (9,934): +32%

Data from WrestleTix

DIGITAL

As of 4:04 pm, Jan 8

Most-viewed YouTube videos on WWE’s official channel:

• 1.) SmackDown New Year’s Revolution 2024 – FULL MATCH – Randy Orton vs. LA Knight vs. AJ Styles: 1,908,589
• 2.) SmackDown New Year’s Revolution 2024 highlights – Roman Reigns responds to The Rock: 1,205,843
• 3.) SmackDown New Year’s Revolution 2024 highlights – Paul Heyman has not invited The Rock to the table: 575,450
• 4.) SmackDown New Year’s Revolution 2024 highlights – Kevin Owens knocks out Logan Paul with his cast: 536,668
• 5.) SmackDown New Year’s Revolution 2024 highlights – Reigns to face Orton, Styles and Knight: 531,351
• 6.) SmackDown New Year’s Revolution 2024 highlights – Kross and AOP take out Lashley and Street Profits: 455,935
• 7.) SmackDown New Year’s Revolution 2024 – Randy Orton seeks retribution on Roman Reigns at Royal Rumble: 246,680
• 8.) SmackDown New Year’s Revolution 2024 highlights – Owens vs. Escobar — U.S. Title Tournament Final: 216,864
• 9.) SmackDown New Year’s Revolution 2024 highlights – Wilde & Del Toro brawl with Angel & Humberto: 197,272
• 10.) SmackDown New Year’s Revolution 2024 highlights – Bate joins Butch in victory over Pretty Deadly: 185,526

RECEPTION

As of 4:20 pm, Jan 8

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 8.29 (112 votes)
• This episode vs. last week (7.15): +16%
• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (7.10): +17%
• Current 2024-Q1 average (8.29) vs. 2023-Q1 (6.44): +29%

Match ratings:

• 7.51 (145 votes) – LA Knight vs. AJ Styles
• 7.23 (134 votes) – Kevin Owens vs. Santos Escobar
• 7.12 (138 votes) – Michin vs. IYO SKY (c)
• 6.65 (114 votes) – Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson) vs. Butch & Tyler Bate

This report was produced with the assistance of programming scripts created by me.