Showbuzz Daily reports that this past Friday's post-WrestleMania 39 episode of WWE SmackDown was able to draw a total of 2.468 million viewers, with a 0.69 rating in the key 18-49 demographic. This total is down 0.64% from the previous week’s final viewership of 2.484 million viewers for the WrestleMania 39 go-home episode.
Last Friday's 0.69 rating is even from last week’s rating of 0.69. Last Friday night's rating of 0.69 represents 900,000 viewers in the key 18-49 demo, which is even from last week's 900,000 viewers with a rating of 0.69, Wrestlenomics reports. Last Friday night's episode of WWE SmackDown drew the third-highest total audience of the year so far, tied with the February 10 episode and the highest key demo rating of the year so far, tied with last week’s WrestleMania 39 go-home episode. Last Friday night's episode of WWE SmackDown also drew the highest key demo rating since the episode with the NFL lead-in on December 25, 2020 and with the exception of the 2022 Christmas Day episode, this past Friday's WWE SmackDown episode drew the highest key demo rating since March 20, 2020, which was the first-ever WWE SmackDown episode during the COVID-19 pandemic without fans.
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WWE Smackdown, Friday on Fox (8-10pm):
2,468,000 viewers
P18-49: 0.69
AEW Rampage, Friday on TNT (10-11pm):
503,000
0.17
#6 cable original in P18-49
AEW Battle of the Belts, Friday on TNT (11pm-12am):
415,000
0.14
#12 cable original in P18-49
📊 https://t.co/qDSSxyAPtr pic.twitter.com/gi9BVDDwRU— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) April 10, 2023
Smackdown was #1 in P18-49 for Friday, ahead of The Masters on cable on ESPN.
Highest Smackdown P18-49 since Christmas 2020 w/ NFL lead-in.
Highest Rampage since Jan 13 and P18-49 since Dec 23.
Highest BOTB on Fri at 11 pm.
📋 Full report: https://t.co/yiXeuDfJPO pic.twitter.com/yEcYwReLXK— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) April 10, 2023
TV ratings: WWE Smackdown, AEW Rampage, AEW Battle of the Belts, April 7 https://t.co/imfHEkcevj
— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) April 10, 2023
