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

brandon@wrestlenomics.com

TV RATINGS

2,499,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.76

Reported earlier by Programming Insider.

Competition note: Smackdown was #1 on broadcast primetime in P18-49 for Friday.

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (2,603,000): -4%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (2,345,000): +7%

• Current 2024-Q2 P2+ average (2,551,000) vs. 2023-Q2 (2,309,000): +9%

• Current Apr 2024 P2+ average (2,551,000) vs. Apr 2023 (2,345,000): +9%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.77): -1%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.67): +14%

• Current 2024-Q2 P18-49 average (0.77) vs. 2023-Q2 (0.61): +23%

• Current Apr 2024 P18-49 average (0.77) vs. Apr 2023 (0.62): +23%

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

• P2+: 2499k (+9%)

• P18-49: 1003k (+18%)

• Non-P18-49: 1496k (+4%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

WWE Smackdown
Friday, April 12, 2024
Detroit, MI at Little Caesars Arena
Estimated tickets distributed:14,659

Market-to-market comparisons (Detroit, MI):

• 2021-08-01 (Sun) – WWE Supershow: 10,197 (+44% vs. 14,659)

• 2021-12-27 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 9,028 (+62%)

• 2022-04-11 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 9,314 (+57%)

• 2022-06-29 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 11,301 (+30%)

• 2022-08-26 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 10,102 (+45%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2023-01-20 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 12,480 (+17%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2023-05-10 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 7,234 (+103%)

• 2023-08-05 (Sat) – WWE SummerSlam: 51,477 (-72%)

• 2023-12-27 (Wed) – WWE Live Holiday Tour: 8,477 (+73%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q2 WWE Smackdown average: (16,404) vs. 2023-Q2 (10,204): +61%

DIGITAL

As of 4:06 pm, Apr 15

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

• 1.) Solo Sikoa and Tama Tonga unite to kick Jimmy Uso out – FULL SEGMENT: SmackDown, April 12, 2024: 1,695,460

• 2.) 1,348,398 – Cody Rhodes announces his next challenger

• 3.) 562,568 – Solo Sikoa and Tama Tonga make changes to The Bloodline

• 4.) 376,433 – LA Knight beats Bobby Lashley and Santos Escobar to advance

• 5.) 372,274 – AJ Styles moves closer to the WWE Title

• 6.) 284,833 – Bron Breakker obliterates Cameron Grimes

• 7.) 252,106 – Jade Cargill & Bianca Belair beat Chelsea Green & Piper Niven

• 8.) 248,794 – Tiffany Stratton tries to challenge Bayley

RECEPTION

As of 4:46 pm, Apr 15

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 7.26 (103 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (4.77): +52%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.00): +21%

• Current 2024-Q2 average (6.01) vs. 2023-Q2 (6.96): -14%

Match ratings:

• 7.72 (148 votes) – Kevin Owens and Rey Mysterio vs. AJ Styles

• 6.12 (112 votes) – LA Knight vs. Bobby Lashley and Santos Escobar

• 5.59 (100 votes) – Tiffany Stratton vs. Naomi

• Ineligible (<5 mins) – Bron Breakker vs. Cameron Grimes

• Ineligible (<5 mins) – Chelsea Green & Piper Niven vs. Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill

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