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WWE Smackdown on Fox
Fri, Feb. 16, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm

TV RATINGS

2,555,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.75

Competition note: Smackdown outranked all other sports telecasts, including the NBA All-Start celebrity game on ESPN, which averaged 1,565,000 viewers and a 0.55 P18-49 rating.

P2+ comparisons:

This episode vs. last week (2,578,000): -1%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (2,482,000): +3%
Current 2024-Q1 P2+ average (2,476,000) vs. 2023-Q1 (2,358,000): +3%
Current Feb 2024 P2+ average (2,534,000) vs. Feb 2023 (2,411,000): +5%

P18-49 comparisons:

This episode vs. last week (0.75): +0%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.71): +6%
Current 2024-Q1 P18-49 average (0.70) vs. 2023-Q1 (0.60): +14%
Current Feb 2024 P18-49 average (0.75) vs. Feb 2023 (0.61): +22%

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

P2+: 2555k (+3%)
P18-49: 989k (+3%)
Non-P18-49: 1566k (+0%)

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LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

WWE Smackdown
Friday, February 16, 2024
Salt Lake City, UT at Delta Center
Estimated tickets distributed: 11,233

Market-to-market comparisons (Salt Lake City, UT):

2022-02-05 (Sat) – WWE Supershow: 3,969 (+183% vs. 11,233)
2022-09-23 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 6,697 (+68%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE
2023-03-25 (Sat) – WWE Road to WrestleMania: 6,247 (+80%)
2023-09-18 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 8,586 (+31%)
2023-10-07 (Sat) – AEW Collision: 2,245 (N/M)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q1 WWE Smackdown average: (11,002) vs. 2023-Q1 (9,934): +11%

DIGITAL

As of 6:05 pm, Feb 20

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

1.) SmackDown, Feb. 16, 2024 – FULL SEGMENT — Rock and Reigns lay the SmackDown on the WWE Universe: 3,231,813
2.) 773,772 – R-Truth helps Kevin Owens qualify for Elimination Chamber
3.) 431,612 – Jade Cargill stands up to Tiffany Stratton
4.) 421,926 – AJ Styles slaps Karl Anderson
5.) 335,290 – The Rock asks if you “Can smell what The Bloodline is cooking?”
6.) 333,149 – Logan Paul becomes final entrant in Elimination Chamber
7.) 330,950 – Dakota Kai apologizes to Bayley
8.) 324,469 – Roman Reigns says The Rock is now in The Bloodline