-- Friday's WWE Smackdown averaged 1.655 million viewers and a 0.49 rating in the 18-49 demo. Both figures are up from last week's 1.518 million and 0.47 rating. The episode was the second most watched Smackdown since the show moved to the USA Network, trailing only the first week on September 13.
-- Smackdown faced strong competition from a Major League Baseball NLDS game on FOX that led the night but the WWE show topped the charts on cable TV, beating out college football on both ESPN and FS1.
