Last Night's WWE Smackdown Overnight Ratings Increase Slightly


-- The overnight audience for last night's WWE Friday Night Smackdown broadcast is in and the figure is very marginally an improvement from the prior week. Off of a first hour of 2.105 million and a second hour of 1.980 million, Smackdown averaged 2.043 million viewers compared to last week's 2.03 million. On the night, Smackdown finished 2nd among broadcast stations in the 18-49 demographic with a 0.55 rating and 3rd overall in viewership. ABC sat atop the charts by featuring Game 2 of the NBA championship, which generated an audience of almost 4 million and a rating of 1.3 in the aforementioned key demo.