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TV RATINGS

WWE Smackdown on USA Network
Fri, Nov. 8, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm
1,536,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.47

Reported earlier by Programming Insider.

Competition note: Smackdown ranked #1 overall in primetime for Friday. Suns vs. Mavericks on ESPN averaged a 0.39 P18-49 rating. The Iowa vs. UCLA college football game on Fox averaged 0.35, as well as Fire Country on CBS.

P2+ comparisons:

This episode vs. last week (1,428,000): +8%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (1,469,000): +5%
Current 2024-Q4 P2+ average (1,488,000) vs. 2023-Q4 (2,149,000): -31%
Current Nov 2024 P2+ average (1,482,000) vs. Nov 2023 (2,173,000): -32%

P18-49 comparisons:

This episode vs. last week (0.42): +12%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.44): +7%
Current 2024-Q4 P18-49 average (0.45) vs. 2023-Q4 (0.56): -20%
Current Nov 2024 P18-49 average (0.44) vs. Nov 2023 (0.57): -23%

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

P2+: 1536k (+8%)
P18-49: 630k (+10%)
F18-49: 207k (+3%)
M18-49: 431k (-4%)
Non-P18-49: 906k (+7%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

WWE Smackdown
Friday, November 8, 2024
Buffalo, NY at Keybank Center
Estimated tickets distributed: 11,768

Market-to-market comparisons (Buffalo, NY):

2021-12-30 (Thu) – WWE Supershow: 3,731 (+215% vs. 11,768)
2022-04-18 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 7,380 (+59%)
2022-09-07 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 5,544 (+112%)
2022-12-02 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 6,570 (+79%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE
2023-07-10 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 9,905 (+19%)
2024-06-26 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 4,117 (+186%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q4 WWE Smackdown average: (10,262) vs. 2023-Q4 (10,370): -1%

DIGITAL

As of 5:04 pm, Nov 11

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

1.) 932,734 – Kevin Owens piledrives Randy Orton
2.) 874,823 – Roman Reigns is left all alone
3.) 533,547 – Roman Reigns refuses to apologize
4.) 334,656 – Naomi helps Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill in tag team match
5.) 323,064 – Nick Aldis reveals the Women’s U.S. Championship
6.) 283,998 – Sami Zayn rebukes Solo Sikoa
7.) 186,805 – Tommaso Ciampa goes unhinged against Pretty Deadly

RECEPTION

As of 5:54 pm, Nov 11

Event rating:

Cagematch.net voter rating: 7.33 (54 votes)
This episode vs. last week (5.39): +36%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.43): +14%
Current 2024-Q4 average (6.72) vs. 2023-Q4 (6.89): -2%

Match ratings:

6.09 (57 votes) – Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill vs. Nia Jax & Tiffany Stratton
5.73 (59 votes) – A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory & Grayson Waller) vs. The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin)
5.00 (52 votes) – Bayley vs. Candice LeRae
Ineligible (<5 mins) – Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson) vs. #DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa)