Friday Night SmackDown Overnight Ratings Show Decrease In Viewership

According to Showbuzz Daily, yesterday's episode of Friday Night SmackDown from Buffalo drew an average of 2.453 million viewers, a drop of 234,000 from last week's show. They scored a rating of 0.7 in the 18-49 demographic, which was #2 on the evening behind Shark Tank and 20/20. There was also a significant drop from hour one to hour two following an appearance from the NWO hyping their Hall of Fame induction.

The program finished eighth overall in total viewership behind the normal Friday night lineup. Shows include: Lincoln Rhyme, Dateline, MacGyver, Hawaii Five-O, Shark Tank, 20/20, and Blue Bloods, which finished number one with 7.3 million viewers.

As a reminder these are overnight ratings. Full ratings will be out Monday.