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TV RATINGS

WWE Smackdown on Fox
Fri, May. 17, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm

2,186,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.59

Reported earlier by Programming Insider.

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (2,128,000): +3%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (2,188,000): -0%

• Current 2024-Q2 P2+ average (2,291,000) vs. 2023-Q2 (2,309,000): -1%

• Current May 2024 P2+ average (2,154,000) vs. May 2023 (2,124,000): +1%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.62): -5%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.61): -3%

• Current 2024-Q2 P18-49 average (0.65) vs. 2023-Q2 (0.61): +7%

• Current May 2024 P18-49 average (0.60) vs. May 2023 (0.53): +13%

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

• P2+: 2186k (+2%)

• P18-49: 773k (-4%)

• Non-P18-49: 1413k (+3%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

WWE Smackdown
Friday, May 17, 2024
Jacksonville, FL at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
Estimated tickets distributed: 10,197

Market-to-market comparisons (Jacksonville, FL):

• 2019-07-13 (Sat) – AEW Fight For The Fallen: 4,332 (+135% vs. 10,197)

• 2020-01-01 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 3,800 (+168%)

• 2021-05-30 (Sun) – AEW Double or Nothing: 4,151 (+146%)

• 2021-06-26 (Sat) – AEW Saturday Night Dynamite: 1,152 (N/M)

• 2021-06-30 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 1,120 (N/M)

• 2021-08-04 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 2,568 (+297%)

• 2021-09-03 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 6,724 (+52%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2021-12-29 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 3,542 (+188%)

• 2022-03-02 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 1,725 (N/M)

• 2022-03-14 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 5,908 (+73%)

• 2022-10-21 (Fri) – AEW Rampage: 2,431 (N/M)

• 2023-05-08 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 8,504 (+20%)

• 2024-01-10 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 3,183 (+220%)

• 2024-04-24 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 2,177 (N/M)

• 2024-04-27 (Sat) – AEW Collision: 2,421 (N/M)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q2 WWE Smackdown average: (12,563) vs. 2023-Q2 (10,204): +23%

DIGITAL

As of 4:05 pm, May 20

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

• 1.) Cody Rhodes and Logan Paul’s tense contract signing – FULL SEGMENT: SmackDown, May 17, 2024: 985,788

• 2.) 465,327 – Jade Cargill gets disqualified against Nia Jax

• 3.) 463,172 – Randy Orton plans to destroy The Bloodline

• 4.) 372,165 – Randy Orton strikes out Carmelo Hayes

• 5.) 319,662 – Tama Tonga eclipses LA Knight in King of the Ring Quarterfinal

• 6.) 205,159 – Belair vs. Stratton – Queen of the Ring Quarterfinal

• 7.) 156,511 – Carmelo Hayes introduces LA Knight to HIM

• 8.) 149,243 – #DIY get one up over Legado del Fantasma

RECEPTION

As of 4:33 pm, May 20

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 5.88 (84 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (6.34): -7%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.39): -8%

• Current 2024-Q2 average (6.21) vs. 2023-Q2 (6.89): -10%

Match ratings:

• 7.17 (115 votes) – Tiffany Stratton vs. Bianca Belair

• 6.57 (98 votes) – Carmelo Hayes vs. Randy Orton

• 5.66 (79 votes) – Legado del Fantasma (Angel & Berto) vs. #DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa)

• 5.10 (87 votes) – LA Knight vs. Tama Tonga

• Ineligible (<5 mins) – Nia Jax vs. Jade Cargill

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