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CORRECTION: Total viewership for Smackdown was 2,384,000 not 2,465,000. The latter was the number for last week. P18-49 was correct as originally reported.

WWE Smackdown on Fox
Fri, Jan. 12, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm

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TV RATINGS

2,384,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.64

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (2,465,000): -3%
• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (2,042,000): +17%
• Current 2024-Q1 P2+ average (2,424,000) vs. 2023-Q1 (2,358,000): +3%
• Current Jan 2024 P2+ average (2,424,000) vs. Jan 2023 (2,346,000): +3%

P18-49 comparisons:

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• This episode vs. last week (0.67): -4%
• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.51): +25%
• Current 2024-Q1 P18-49 average (0.66) vs. 2023-Q1 (0.60): +14%
• Current Jan 2024 P18-49 average (0.66) vs. Jan 2023 (0.58): +14%

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

• P2+: 2384k (+10%)
• P18-49: 838k (+16%)

Additional demo breakdown may be available later in the spreadsheet.

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LIVE EVENTS

WWE Smackdown
Friday, January 12, 2024
Lincoln, NE at Pinnacle Bank Arena
Estimated tickets distributed: 7,113

Market-to-market comparisons (Lincoln, NE):

• 2022-06-20 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 5,915 (+20% vs. 7,113)
• 2023-04-14 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 8,080 (-12%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q1 WWE Smackdown average: (10,135) vs. 2023-Q1 (9,934): +2%

Data from WrestleTix

DIGITAL

As of 7:04 pm, Jan 16

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

• 1.) 1,030,796 – FULL MATCH – Orton, Knight & Styles vs. Uso & Sikoa
• 2.) 806,617 – The Bloodline hijack SmackDown
• 3.) 549,867 – Orton, Knight and Styles send a message to Roman Reigns
• 4.) 288,150 – The Final Testament want to destroy Bobby & The Street Profits
• 5.) 283,879 – Bianca Belair vs. Bayley
• 6.) 219,314 – Carmelo Hayes vs. Austin Theory
• 7.) 207,116 – Logan Paul gets invited to “The Kevin Owens Show”
• 8.) 173,743 – Orton, Knight and Styles take down Uso and Sikoa
• 9.) 141,148 – Joaquin Wilde & Cruz Del Toro vs. Angel & Humberto
• 10.) SmackDown LowDown, Jan. 13, 2024 – Santos Escobar is a “real” leader: 88,901

RECEPTION

As of 7:22 pm, Jan 16

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 6.92 (73 votes)
• This episode vs. last week (8.21): -16%
• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (7.59): -9%
• Current 2024-Q1 average (7.57) vs. 2023-Q1 (6.44): +18%

Match ratings:

• 7.14 (108 votes) – Bianca Belair vs. Bayley
• 6.97 (89 votes) – LWO (Cruz Del Toro & Joaquin Wilde) vs. Legado World Order (Angel & Humberto)
• 6.35 (83 votes) – The Bloodline (Jimmy Uso & Solo Sikoa) vs. AJ Styles, LA Knight & Randy Orton
• 5.41 (63 votes) – Austin Theory vs. Carmelo Hayes – No Contest

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

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