WWE Smackdown Audience & Rating Decline For Second Episode On USA Network


-- Last Friday's WWE Smackdown audience slipped to 1.495 million viewers in its second week on the USA Network. It's a drop of almost 15% from the prior week and the lowest audience of the year, but a difficult comparison given that the show aired on FOX all year until the first week of September.

-- The show drew a 0.45 rating in the 18-49 demo, which put it first place on the nightly cable charts and third overall when considering both cable and broadcast. The rating was down 18% from last week and tied the lowest score Smackdown has gotten all year.