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TV RATINGS

WWE Smackdown on USA Network
Fri, Nov. 15, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm
1,234,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.32

Confirmed by Wrestlenomics via a Nielsen source.

LOWEST P2+ AND P18-49 SINCE MOVE TO USA NETWORK.

Competition note: Smackdown was #2 for the night on cable in P18-49. The Lakers vs. Spurs game on ESPN was #1 with a 0.35 P18-49 rating and 1,280,000 viewers total. Smackdown also went head-to-head with the highly-viewed Netflix boxing card with the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul fight. The main event and the Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano fight before it took place after Smackdown was over. Netflix announced the main event was watched by 60 million households globally and the Taylor-Serrano fight was seen by 50 million households.

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (1,536,000): -20%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (1,440,000): -14%

• Current 2024-Q4 P2+ average (1,452,000) vs. 2023-Q4 (2,149,000): -32%

• Current Nov 2024 P2+ average (1,399,000) vs. Nov 2023 (2,173,000): -36%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.47): -32%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.44): -27%

• Current 2024-Q4 P18-49 average (0.43) vs. 2023-Q4 (0.56): -23%

• Current Nov 2024 P18-49 average (0.40) vs. Nov 2023 (0.57): -30%

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

• P2+: 1234k (-13%)

• P18-49: 432k (-25%)

• Non-P18-49: 802k (-6%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

WWE Smackdown
Friday, November 15, 2024
Milwaukee, WI at Fiserv Forum
Estimated tickets distributed: 10,690

Market-to-market comparisons (Milwaukee, WI):

• 2021-07-31 (Sat) – WWE Supershow: 6,433 (+66% vs. 10,690)

• 2021-08-25 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 5,531 (+93%)

• 2021-12-20 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 5,167 (+107%)

• 2022-04-08 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 8,115 (+32%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2022-06-22 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 4,336 (+147%)

• 2022-12-12 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 6,902 (+55%)

• 2023-03-18 (Sat) – WWE Road to WrestleMania: 6,457 (+66%)

• 2023-04-12 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 3,273 (+227%)

• 2023-10-27 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 11,476 (-7%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2024-03-22 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 11,253 (-5%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2024-09-04 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 2,313 (N/M)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q4 WWE Smackdown average: (10,528) vs. 2023-Q4 (10,370): +2%

DIGITAL

As of 4:04 pm, Nov 18

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

• 1.) 559,568 – Roman Reigns finds Paul Heyman’s phone number disconnected

• 2.) 400,070 – Shinsuke Nakamura makes a stunning return

• 3.) 371,076 – Cody Rhodes demands Kevin Owens get the beatdown he deserves

• 4.) 348,006 – FULL MATCH: Naomi vs. Nia Jax

• 5.) 200,763 – Bayley advances in the Women’s United States Title Tournament

• 6.) 190,956 – LA Knight issues a United States Title Open Challenge

• 7.) 152,959 – LA Knight puts down Berto in a United States Title Match

RECEPTION

As of 4:37 pm, Nov 18

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 7.35 (47 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (7.29): +1%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.55): +12%

• Current 2024-Q4 average (6.80) vs. 2023-Q4 (6.89): -1%

Match ratings:

• 7.21 (69 votes) – Naomi vs. Nia Jax (c)

• 5.93 (55 votes) – B-Fab and Candice LeRae vs. Bayley

• 5.82 (54 votes) – The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) vs. The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) (c)

• 5.66 (52 votes) – Berto vs. LA Knight (c)

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
Thu, Nov. 13, 2024: 8:00 to 10:09 pm
666,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.22

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

HIGHEST P2+ SINCE OCT. 2, 2024

HIGHEST P18-49 SINCE SEP. 25, 2024

Competition note: Dynamite was #5 on cable in primetime in P18-49. Pelicans vs. Thunder on ESPN was #1 (0.34) and Fox News’s primetime lineup was #2 through #4 (0.28, 0.27, 0.22).

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (523,000): +27%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (605,000): +10%

• Current 2024-Q4 P2+ average (628,000) vs. 2023-Q4 (828,000): -24%

• Current Nov 2024 P2+ average (594,000) vs. Nov 2023 (832,000): -29%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.16): +38%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.19): +16%

• 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+: 666k (+6%)

• P18-49: 295k (+15%)

• F18-49: 94k (+29%)

• M18-49: 195k (+12%)

• Non-P18-49: 371k (-0%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

AEW Dynamite
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Bridgeport, CT at Total Mortgage Arena
Estimated tickets distributed: 2,727

Market-to-market comparisons (Bridgeport, CT):

• 2022-02-23 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 5,993 (-54% vs. 2,727) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2022-07-23 (Sat) – WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event: 4,465 (-39%)

• 2022-11-16 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 3,141 (-13%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2023-12-09 (Sat) – WWE Deadline: 5,529 (-51%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q4 AEW Dynamite average: (3,069) vs. 2023-Q4 (4,481): -32%

DIGITAL

As of 4:04 pm, Nov 14

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

• 1.) 269,830 – Jon Moxley, AEW World Champion, & The Death Riders TAKE OVER!

• 2.) 143,823 – Swerve Strickland vs Lio Rush for the 1st Time in AEW!

• 3.) 139,675 – Will Ospreay calls out Kyle Fletcher!

• 4.) 86,308 – Which team is headed to AEW Full Gear? House of Black or FTR?

• 5.) 44,244 – GRUDGE MATCH! Jay White & Juice Robinson vs Christian Cage & Adam Page!

• 6.) 43,379 – Could Adam Cole get past the AEW International Champion, Konosuke Takeshita?

• 7.) 36,614 – Kris Statlander puts the TBS Champion, Mercedes Moné, THROUGH A WALL!

• 8.) 24,536 – Could Roderick Strong defeat the MurderHawk Monster Lance Archer?

RECEPTION

As of 4:59 pm, Nov 14

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 6.85 (40 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (7.03): -3%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.77): +1%

• Current 2024-Q4 average (6.86) vs. 2023-Q4 (7.46): -8%

Match ratings:

• 7.16 (36 votes) – FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) vs. Kings Of The Black Throne (Brody King & Malakai Black)

• 6.79 (37 votes) – Lio Rush vs. Swerve Strickland

• 6.46 (40 votes) – Bang Bang Gang (Jay White & Juice Robinson) vs. Adam Page & Christian Cage

• 5.95 (40 votes) – Konosuke Takeshita vs. Adam Cole

• 5.17 (39 votes) – Roderick Strong vs. Lance Archer

• 4.10 (29 votes) – Penelope Ford vs. Dr. Britt Baker DMD

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. 12, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm
631,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.16

Reported earlier by Programming Insider, and confirmed by Wrestlenomics via a Nielsen source.

Competition note: Dancing With the Stars on ABC and the Knicks vs. 76ers game on TNT led for the day in P18-49, with 0.71 and 0.58 P18-49 ratings, respectively. College basketball also aired in primetime on ESPN: Duke vs. Kentucky had a 9 pm start and averaged a 0.53 demo rating. Fox News’s primetime lineup also delivered P18-49 ratings between 0.21 to 0.25.

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (Preemption: 619,000): +2%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (643,000): -2%

• Current 2024-Q4 P2+ average (722,000) vs. 2023-Q4 (725,000): -1%

• Current Nov 2024 P2+ average (631,000) vs. Nov 2023 (694,000): -9%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (Preemption: 0.17): -6%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.16): +0%

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

• Current Nov 2024 P18-49 average (0.16) vs. Nov 2023 (0.21): -24%

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

• P2+: 631k (-6%)

• P18-49: 215k (-7%)

• F18-49: 73k (+10%)

• M18-49: 141k (-5%)

• Non-P18-49: 416k (-7%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

Taped at WWE Performance Center on Nov. 12, 2024. No live event data available.

DIGITAL

As of 5:03 pm, Nov 13

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

• 1.) 99,488 – Giulia & Stephanie Vaquer battle Lash Legend & Jakara Jackson

• 2.) 65,503 – Andre Chase and Ridge Holland step up to Trick Williams

• 3.) 63,042 – NXT ends with an all-out tag team melee

• 4.) 62,267 – Sol Ruca qualifies for the Women’s Iron Survivor Match

• 5.) 53,351 – Shawn Spears and Brooks Jensen confront Tony D’Angelo in restaurant

• 6.) 51,294 – Nikkita Lyons takes down Adriana Rizzo

• 7.) 40,411 – Cedric Alexander and Wes Lee vie for Men’s Iron Survivor Match

Note: The Wrestlenomics PC that tracks this data went down around 10 pm ET last night and was restarted this afternoon, which is why tracking for two videos below only started a few hours ago.

Cagematch.net data wasn’t available at the time of this report.

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

brandon@wrestlenomics.com