Showbuzz Daily reports that last Friday's episode of WWE SmackDown on FOX was able to draw a total of 2.473 million viewers, with a rating of 0.67 in the key 18-49 demographic. This is up 13.7% from last week’s final viewership of 2.175 million viewers.
Last Friday night's rating of 0.67 is up 24.07% from last week’s rating of 0.54. Last Friday's rating of 0.67 represents 874,000 viewers in the key 18-49 demo, which is up 24.15% from last week's 704,000 viewers with a 0.54 rating, Wrestlenomics reports. This past Friday's episode of WWE SmackDown on FOX drew the highest total audience since the Royal Rumble go-home episode on January 27th as well as the highest key demo rating since the post-WrestleMania 39 episode on April 7th. Last Friday's episode of SmackDown also drew the third-highest total audience of the year so far as well as the second-highest key demo rating of the year so far, tied with one other episode.
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WWE Smackdown, Friday on Fox (8-10pm):
2,473,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.67
#5 in P18-49 for the day
Expect preempted Rampage number soon from Showbuzz.
📊 https://t.co/qDSSxyAPtr pic.twitter.com/m0EWuxY0q3— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) May 1, 2023
Showbuzzdaily's listing of the first 30 minutes of Rampage is actually the correct data for the entire 60 minute duration.
298k total viewers, P18-49 rating of 0.09.— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) May 1, 2023
This was Smackdown's highest total viewership since January 27.
Smackdown finishes April +10% in total viewership YOY, and +22% in P18-49.
📋 Full report: https://t.co/t9uB5HCGoy pic.twitter.com/s1edKklgu9— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) May 1, 2023
TV ratings: WWE Smackdown and AEW Rampage, April 28 https://t.co/UYZRewZlL9 pic.twitter.com/RcrBt5Y9pD
— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) May 1, 2023
