WrestleNomics reports that last Friday night's episode of SmackDown, which aired on the USA Network, attracted an average of 1.430 million viewers and achieved a rating of 0.35 in the key 18-49 demographic.
This marks an 8.16% decrease from the previous week's viewership of 1.557 million and a 27.08% drop from the prior week’s rating of 0.48 in the same demographic. The show’s rating in the key 18-49 demographic was the lowest since the July 4th episode, which had a rating of 0.32, while the viewership was the worst since July 11th, when it had 1.399 million viewers. Last Friday's episode ranked #1 for the night among cable and broadcast shows, with an NFL preseason game coming in at #2, featuring a rating of 0.29 in the key 18-49 demographic and 1.222 million viewers.
So far in 2025, SmackDown has an average rating of 0.433 in the key 18-49 demographic, with an average viewership of 1.496 million. In comparison, during the same period in 2024 on FOX, the show had a rating of 0.648, averaging 2.306 million viewers.
The episode was headlined by "The Samoan Werewolf" Jacob Fatu, Jimmy Uso, and Sami Zayn facing MFT (WWE United States Champion Solo Sikoa, JC Mateo, and Tonga Loa) in a 6-Man Tag Team Match.
TV RATINGS AND MORE: WWE Smackdown on USA Network, Fri Aug 15 #Smackdown https://t.co/W5Y7sL8ifJ
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