Showbuzz Daily reports that last Friday's episode of WWE SmackDown on FS1 was able to draw a total of 835,000 viewers, with a 0.23 rating in the key 18-49 demo. This total is down 62.57% from last week’s final viewership of 2.231 million viewers for the regular episode on FOX.
Last Friday night's rating of 0.23 is down 55.76% from last week’s rating of 0.52. Last Friday's 0.23 rating represents 305,000 total viewers in the key 18-49 demo, which is down 55.01% from the previous week's 678,000 viewers with a 0.52 rating, Wrestlenomics reports. Last Friday's WWE SmackDown episode drew the lowest total audience and the lowest key demo rating of the year so far, but it is important to note that this was the only FS1 episode of the year so far and cable numbers are always lower than the network TV numbers. It is also important to note that these viewership numbers are irrelevant due to the network-to-cable change as the previous week’s episode aired on FOX network TV, while Friday’s episode aired on FS1 cable.
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WWE Smackdown, Friday preempted on FS1 (8-10pm):
835,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.23
AEW Rampage, Friday on TNT (10-11pm):
378,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.12
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World Series on Fox had 11.5 million viewers
Smackdown was the #5 cable original in P18-49. Rampage was #27, according to Showbuzz Daily.
📋 Full report: https://t.co/SLg4ZhOo4I pic.twitter.com/H6ezrwDofQ— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) October 31, 2022