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TV RATINGS

WWE Smackdown on USA Network
Fri, Nov. 22, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm
1,578,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.46

Reported earlier by Programming Insider, not yet confirmed by Wrestlenomics.

Competition note: Smackdown was #1 on cable in P18-49 in primetime for the day. The Warriors vs. Pelicans game on ESPN was #2 with a 0.36 P18-49 rating. On broadcast, the Purdue vs. Michigan State game on Fox in Smackdown’s former time slot, had a 0.34 P18-49 rating.

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (1,234,000): +28%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (1,404,000): +12%

• Current 2024-Q4 P2+ average (1,468,000) vs. 2023-Q4 (2,149,000): -32%

• Current Nov 2024 P2+ average (1,444,000) vs. Nov 2023 (2,173,000): -34%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.32): +44%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.41): +12%

• Current 2024-Q4 P18-49 average (0.44) vs. 2023-Q4 (0.56): -21%

• Current Nov 2024 P18-49 average (0.42) vs. Nov 2023 (0.57): -26%

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

• P2+: 1578k (+11%)

• P18-49: 617k (+8%)

• F18-49: 234k (+13%)

• M18-49: 384k (-11%)

• Non-P18-49: 961k (+13%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

WWE Smackdown
Friday, November 22, 2024
Salt Lake City, UT at Delta Center
Estimated tickets distributed: 8,394

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

• 2022-02-05 (Sat) – WWE Supershow: 3,969 (+111% vs. 8,394)

• 2022-09-23 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 6,697 (+25%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2023-03-25 (Sat) – WWE Road to WrestleMania: 6,247 (+34%)

• 2023-09-18 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 8,586 (-2%)

• 2023-10-07 (Sat) – AEW Collision: 2,245 (+274%)

• 2024-02-16 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 11,233 (-25%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q4 WWE Smackdown average: (10,223) vs. 2023-Q4 (10,370): -1%

RECEPTION

As of 5:21 pm, Nov 25

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 7.22 (49 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (7.14): +1%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.84): +6%

• Current 2024-Q4 average (6.82) vs. 2023-Q4 (6.89): -1%

Match ratings:

• 6.32 (62 votes) – Bianca Belair and Blair Davenport vs. Chelsea Green

• 5.85 (53 votes) – Montez Ford vs. Tommaso Ciampa

• 4.78 (53 votes) – Santos Escobar vs. LA Knight (c)

• 3.86 (48 votes) – Candice LeRae & Tiffany Stratton vs. Bayley & Naomi

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

brandon@wrestlenomics.com

Wrestlenomics is not affiliated with or licensed by Nielsen.

TV RATINGS

AEW Dynamite on TBS
Wed, Nov. 20, 2024: 8:00 to 10:06 pm
640,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.20

Reported earlier by PWTorch and Programming Insider.

Competition note: Dynamite ranked #4 in P18-49 on cable for the night. The Bulls vs. Bucks game on ESPN was #1 with a 0.35 P18-49 rating, followed by Fox News telecasts Jesse Watters Primetime (0.25) and Gutfeld (0.22).

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (666,000): -4%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (614,000): +4%

• Current 2024-Q4 P2+ average (630,000) vs. 2023-Q4 (828,000): -24%

• Current Nov 2024 P2+ average (610,000) vs. Nov 2023 (832,000): -27%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.22): -9%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.19): +5%

• Current 2024-Q4 P18-49 average (0.19) vs. 2023-Q4 (0.28): -32%

• Current Nov 2024 P18-49 average (0.19) vs. Nov 2023 (0.28): -32%

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

• P2+: 640k (+1%)

• P18-49: 268k (+4%)

• F18-49: 80k (-1%)

• M18-49: 182k (+4%)

• Non-P18-49: 372k (-1%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

AEW Dynamite
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Reading, PA at Santander Arena and Performing Arts Center
Estimated tickets distributed: 2,627

Market-to-market comparisons (Reading, PA):

• 2022-04-23 (Sat) – WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event: 4,156 (-37% vs. 2,627)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q4 AEW Dynamite average: (3,014) vs. 2023-Q4 (4,481): -33%

RECEPTION

As of 5:13 pm, Nov 21

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 6.84 (48 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (6.73): +2%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.79): +1%

• Current 2024-Q4 average (6.84) vs. 2023-Q4 (7.46): -8%

Match ratings:

• 7.54 (83 votes) – Darby Allin vs. Claudio Castagnoli

• 6.98 (81 votes) – Mark Davis, Powerhouse Hobbs, Ricochet & Will Ospreay vs. The Don Callis Family (Brian Cage, Konosuke Takeshita, Kyle Fletcher & Lance Archer)

• 6.92 (70 votes) – Kris Statlander vs. Hikaru Shida

• 5.88 (63 votes) – Wheeler Yuta vs. Orange Cassidy

• Ineligible (<5 mins) – Bobby Lashley vs. Cheeseburger & Joe Keys

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

brandon@wrestlenomics.com

Wrestlenomics is not affiliated with or licensed by Nielsen.

TV RATINGS

WWE NXT on CW
Tue, Nov. 19, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm
672,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.19

Confirmed by Wrestlenomics via a Nielsen source.

Competition note: NXT was #12 for the night in P18-49 across broadcast and cable telecasts. The CONCACAF Nations League game between Honduras and Mexico on Univision led with a 0.75 P18-49 rating and total viewership of 2,343,000. Celtics vs. Cavaliers on TNT led on cable with a 0.50 rating and total viewers of 1,691,000.

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (631,000): +6%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (640,000): +5%

• Current 2024-Q4 P2+ average (714,000) vs. 2023-Q4 (725,000): -2%

• Current Nov 2024 P2+ average (652,000) vs. Nov 2023 (694,000): -6%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.16): +19%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.15): +27%

• Current 2024-Q4 P18-49 average (0.19) vs. 2023-Q4 (0.21): -10%

• Current Nov 2024 P18-49 average (0.18) vs. Nov 2023 (0.21): -14%

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

• P2+: 672k (+6%)

• P18-49: 250k (+16%)

• Non-P18-49: 422k (+3%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

Note: YouTube data isn’t available today because of a coding error

RECEPTION

As of 5:01 pm, Nov 20

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 6.17 (5 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (6.96): -11%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (7.18): -14%

• Current 2024-Q4 average (6.87) vs. 2023-Q4 (7.15): -4%

Match ratings:

• 6.87 (14 votes) – Nathan Frazer vs. Eddy Thorpe

• 6.77 (12 votes) – Stephanie Vaquer vs. Jaida Parker

• 5.40 (9 votes) – Ridge Holland vs. Andre Chase

• Ineligible (<5 mins) – Brooks Jensen vs. Tony D’Angelo

• Ineligible (<5 mins) – Ashante Adonis & Karmen Petrovic vs. Brinley Reece & Dion Lennox

• Ineligible (<5 mins) – Wren Sinclair vs. Zaria

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

brandon@wrestlenomics.com