WWE Smackdown, Apr 5 on Fox: 2,603,000 viewers; 0.77 P18-49 rating | TV ratings, attendance analysis

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WWE Smackdown on Fox
Fri, Apr. 5, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm

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TV RATINGS

2,603,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.77

Reported earlier by Programming insider.

HIGHEST P2+ SINCE DEC. 30, 2022

HIGHEST P18-49 SINCE: DEC. 25, 2020 (which had NFL game lead-in)

Competition note: Smackdown was #1 on broadcast TV for Friday in P18-49 but was outranked by record audiences for the two women’s college basketball Final Four games on ESPN, each overlapping Smackdown’s time slot. Iowa vs. UConn averaged 13.9 million viewers and a 3.22 P18-49 rating. South Carolina vs. NC State averaged 6.9 million viewers and a 1.37 P18-49 rating.

P2+ comparisons:

  • This episode vs. last week (2,201,000): +18%

  • This episode vs. trailing four weeks (2,304,000): +13%

  • Current 2024-Q2 P2+ average (2,603,000) vs. 2023-Q2 (2,309,000): +11%

  • Current Apr 2024 P2+ average (2,603,000) vs. Apr 2023 (2,345,000): +11%

P18-49 comparisons:

  • This episode vs. last week (0.60): +28%

  • This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.65): +19%

  • Current 2024-Q2 P18-49 average (0.77) vs. 2023-Q2 (0.61): +24%

  • Current Apr 2024 P18-49 average (0.77) vs. Apr 2023 (0.62): +24%

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

  • P2+: 2603k (+14%)

  • P18-49: 1015k (+19%)

  • Non-P18-49: 1588k (+11%)

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LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

WWE Smackdown and Hall of Fame
Friday, April 5, 2024
Philadelphia, PA at Wells Fargo Center
Estimated tickets distributed: 18,150

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

  • 2021-08-20 (Fri) – ROH Glory by Honor: 390 (N/M vs. 18,150)

  • 2021-08-21 (Sat) – ROH Glory by Honor: 482 (N/M)

  • 2021-09-12 (Sun) – ROH Death before Dishonor: 372 (N/M)

  • 2021-09-24 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 11,506 (+58%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

  • 2021-10-06 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 7,043 (+158%)

  • 2022-01-10 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 5,699 (+218%)

  • 2022-04-27 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 6,047 (+200%)

  • 2022-09-28 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 5,124 (+254%)

  • 2022-10-08 (Sat) – WWE Extreme Rules: 13,599 (+33%)

  • 2023-01-23 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 14,451 (+26%)

  • 2023-10-25 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 5,673 (+220%)

  • 2024-04-05 (Fri) – ROH Supercard of Honor: 3,266 (N/M)

  • 2024-04-06 (Sat) – WWE WrestleMania Night 1: 69,652 (-74%)

  • 2024-04-07 (Sun) – WWE WrestleMania Night 2: 69,652 (-74%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q2 WWE Smackdown average: (18,150) vs. 2023-Q2 (10,204): +78%

DIGITAL

As of 9:06 pm, Apr 7

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

  • 1.) SmackDown, April 5, 2024 – FULL MATCH – Cody Rhodes, Seth Rollins and Jey Uso whip The Bloodline: 918,308

  • 2.) 524,124 – Kevin Owens and Randy Orton hit Logan Paul with a sneak attack

  • 3.) SmackDown, April 5, 2024 – Andrade spurns Santos Escobar and “Dirty” Dom to help Rey Mysterio: 504,051

  • 4.) 328,031 – Owens and Orton chase Paul to Lincoln Financial Field

  • 5.) 241,198 – Bronson Reed wins the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal

  • 6.) “Damage CTRL is in the eye of the storm” – Jade Cargill: 222,721

  • 7.) 214,737 – Judgment Day attack New Catch Republic and A-Town Down Under

  • 8.) 182,218 – Jey Uso vs. Solo Sikoa

RECEPTION

As of 10:02 pm, Apr 8

Event rating:

  • Cagematch.net voter rating: 4.77 (69 votes)

  • This episode vs. last week (6.64): -28%

  • This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.21): -23%

  • Current 2024-Q2 average (4.77) vs. 2023-Q2 (6.96): -31%

Match ratings:

  • 6.18 (64 votes) – New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate) vs. Austin Theory & Grayson Waller

  • 5.16 (61 votes) – Jey Uso vs. Solo Sikoa

  • 3.67 (86 votes) – Akira Tozawa and Angel and Apollo Crews and Ashante Adonis and Berto and Brutus Creed and Cameron Grimes and Cedric Alexander and Cruz Del Toro and Elton Prince and Ivar and JD McDonagh and Jinder Mahal and Joaquin Wilde and Julius Creed and Karl Anderson and Kit Wilson and Luke Gallows and Omos and Otis and Ricochet and Sanga and Veer vs. Bronson Reed

  • Ineligible (<5 mins) – Zelina Vega vs. Elektra Lopez

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

Brandon Thurston has written about wrestling business since 2015. He operates and owns Wrestlenomics.

Brandon Thurston has written about wrestling business since 2015. He operates and owns Wrestlenomics.

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