WWE SmackDown ratings up for Crown Jewel fallout
Friday night’s WWE SmackDown averaged 2.195 million viewers on Fox, up 3.6 percent from the previous week. It’s still the second-lowest audience total for a Fox airing of the show since September 8.
SmackDown topped all of network television with a 0.57 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 7.5 percent from last week but is also the second-lowest demo rating SmackDown has done since the September 8 episode.
As compared to the same week in 2022, SmackDown’s overall audience was down three percent while its 18-49 rating was down 1.7 percent. It’s just the second time since January that the show was down year-over-year in both categories.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for Fox airings of SmackDown, as well as the 10-week averages in both categories. This week’s show was down 6.2 percent in overall viewers and down 9.5 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.
