-- Friday's episode of WWE Smackdown tanked in viewership and ratings figures released on Monday, drawing an average of 1.378 million viewers - the lowest audience for the show of the six weeks it has been airing on the USA Network.
-- Smackdown averaged a 0.42 rating in the key 18-49 demo, also the lowest it has done on USA and the lowest rating since late 2023 for shows that were a "Best of 2023" special and an airing on FS1. One of the big reasons for the low numbers is that competition was tough on the night with MLB's Division Championship on TBS and FS1 as well as Game 4 of the WNBA finals on ESPN and FOX's usual airing of college football.
