The latest edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown saw the ratings be down. The show averaged 902,000 viewers on FS1, which is down from 2.166 million viewers a week ago on FOX, according to Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics.
In the all-important 18-49 demographic, the show did a 0.25 rating, down from the 0.54 rating a week ago. This was the post-Survivor Series show for the SmackDown brand. Ratings were expected to be down due to the move to a different station that is in far fewer homes on cable instead of broadcast like FOX.
The previous SmackDown episode on FS1 drew 835,000 viewers and a 0.23 key demo rating.
The show had to go up against the PAC 12 Championship Game on FOX, which was why the show moved to FS1 this week. The game did over 6 million viewers and a 1.57 key demo rating. SmackDown ranked #5 on cable for the night.
Here’s the breakdown in each demo for the show compared to last week:
Viewers 18-34 – 0.20 – a week ago: 0.38
Viewers 18-49 – 0.25 – a week ago: 0.54
Viewers 25-54 – 0.30 – a week ago: 0.68
Female viewers 18-49 – 0.16 – a week ago: 3.3
Male viewers 18-49 – 0.34 – a week ago: 6.1
Viewers 50+ – 0.44 – a week ago: 2.9
Here is a list of total viewership and the key demo rating that SmackDown has done over the last year:
1/1/21: 2,013,000 viewers – 0.53 key demo rating
1/8/21: 2,120,000 viewers – 0.56 key demo rating
1/15/21: 2,262,000 viewers – 0.67 key demo rating
1/22/21: 2,383,000 viewers – 0.63 key demo rating
1/29/21: 2,304,000 viewers – 0.62 key demo rating
2/5/21: 2,257,000 viewers – 0.65 key demo rating
2/12/21: 1,990,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating
2/19/21: 2,217,000 viewers – 0.59 key demo rating
2/26/21: 2,145,000 viewers – 0.54 key demo rating
3/5/21: 2,252,000 viewers – 0.60 key demo rating
3/12/21: 2,171,000 viewers – 0.61 key demo rating
3/19/21: 2,093,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating
3/26/21: 2,191,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating
4/2/21: 2,137,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating
4/9/21: 2,250,000 viewers – 0.61 key demo rating
4/16/21: 2,119,000 viewers – 0.56 key demo rating
4/23/21: 2,121,000 viewers – 0.54 key demo rating
4/30/21: 2,018,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating
5/7/21: 2,282,000 viewers – 0.65 key demo rating
5/14/21: 1,917,000 viewers – 0.44 key demo rating
5/21/21: 1,933,000 viewers – 0.50 key demo rating
5/28/21: 1,928,000 viewers – 0.50 key demo rating
6/4/21: 1,833,000 viewers – 0.51 key demo rating
6/11/21: 1,944,000 viewers – 0.48 key demo rating
6/18/21: 2,045,000 viewers – 0.50 key demo rating
6/25/21: 1,971,000 viewers – 0.50 key demo rating
7/2/21: 1,861,000 viewers – 0.51 key demo rating
7/9/21: 1,986,000 viewers – 0.48 key demo rating
7/16/21: 2,310,000 viewers – 0.66 key demo rating – first show back with fans and MITB go-home show
7/23/21: 2,137,000 viewers – 0.55 key demo rating – post-MITB show
7/30/21: 2,043,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating
8/6/21: 2,169,000 viewers – 0.61 key demo rating
8/13/21: 2,084,000 viewers – 0.58 key demo rating
8/20/21: 2,102,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating – go-home SummerSlam show
8/27/21: 2,250,000 viewers – 0.59 key demo rating- post-SummerSlam show
9/3/21: 2,220,000 viewers – 0.62 key demo rating – Universal Title Main Event
9/10/21: 2,383,000 viewers – 0.65 key demo rating – Brock Lesnar SmackDown return
9/17/21: 2,243,000 viewers – 0.58 key demo rating
9/24/21: 2,135,000 viewers – 0.55 key demo rating – Extreme Rules go-home show
10/1/21: 2,252,000 viewers – 0.62 key demo rating – Draft episode
10/8/21: 2,147,000 viewers – 0.52 key demo rating
10/15/21: 866,000 viewers – 0.24 key demo rating – FS1 edition
10/22/21: 2,249,000 viewers – 0.58 key demo rating – FOX episode/Crown Jewel fallout
10/29/21: 1,032,000 viewers – 0.29 key demo rating – FS1 edition
11/5/21: 2,093,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating – FOX return episode
11/12/21: 2,104 viewers – 0.56 key demo rating
11/19/21: 2,064,000 viewers – 0.52 key demo rating- Survivor Series go-home show
11/26/21: 2,149,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating
12/3/21: 2,030,000 viewers – 0.51 key demo rating
12/10/21: 2,142,000 viewers – 0.50 key demo rating
12/17/21: 2,303,000 viewers – 0.52 key demo rating
12/24/21: 1,972,000 viewers – 0.48 key demo rating – Christmas Eve episode
1/7/22: 2,271,000 viewers – 0.58 key demo rating
1/14/22: 2,174,000 viewers – 0.56 key demo rating
1/21/22: 2,255,000 viewers – 0.64 key demo rating
1/28/22: 2,217,000 viewers – 0.56 key demo rating – Royal Rumble go-home show
2/4/22: 2,151,000 viewers – 0.51 key demo rating – post-Royal Rumble show
2/11/22: 2,231,000 viewers – 0.56 key demo rating
2/19/22: 2,173,000 viewers – 0.54 key demo rating – Elimination Chamber go-home show
2/25/22: 2,114,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating – Elimination Chamber fallout
3/4/22: 2,261,000 viewers – 0.59 key demo rating
3/11/22: 2,226,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating
3/18/22: 2,147,000 viewers – 0.58 key demo rating
3/25/22: 2,180,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating
4/1/22: 2,359,000 viewers – 0.61 key demo rating – WrestleMania go-home show
4/8/22: 2,230,000 viewers – 0.60 key demo rating – post-WrestleMania edition
4/15/22: 2,142,000 viewers – 0.48 key demo rating
4/22/22: 1,852,000 viewers – 0.47 key demo rating
4/29/22: 1,953,000 viewers – 0.38 key demo rating – lowest key demo on FOX
5/6/22: 1,998,000 viewers – 0.46 key demo rating – WrestleMania Backlash go-home show
5/13/22: 1,893,000 viewers – 0.40 key demo rating
5/20/22: 2,031 ,000 viewers – 0.45 key demo rating
5/27/22: 1,878,000 viewers – 0.43 key demo rating
6/3/22: 1,939,000 viewers – 0.47 key demo rating – Hell in a Cell go-home show
6/10/22: 1,914,000 viewers – 0.44 key demo rating – Hell in a Cell fallout
6/17/22: 2,290,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating – Universal Title Headliner
6/24/22: 2,231,000 viewers – 0.53 key demo rating
7/1/22: 2,141,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating – Money in the Bank go-home show
7/8/22: 2,129,000 viewers – 0.47 key demo rating – Money in the Bank fallout
7/15/22: 2,077,000 viewers – 0.47 key demo rating
7/22/22: 2,256,000 viewers – 0.62 key demo rating
7/29/22: 2,193,000 viewers – 0.52 key demo rating – SummerSlam go-home show
8/5/22: 2,093,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating – SummerSlam fallout
8/12/22: 1,927,000 viewers – 0.44 key demo rating
8/19/22: 2,084, 000 viewers – 0.47 key demo rating
8/26/22: 1,990,000 viewers – 0.48 key demo rating
9/2/22: 2,077,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating – Clash at the Castle go-home show
9/9/22: 2,367,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating – Clash at the Castle fallout
9/16/22: 2,212,000 viewers – 0.50 key demo rating
9/23/22: 2,535,000 viewers – 0.63 key demo rating
9/30/22: 2,207,000 viewers – 0.54 key demo rating
10/7/22: 2,243,000 viewers – 0.54 key demo rating – Season Premiere/Extreme Rules go-home show
10/14/22: 2,274,000 viewers – 0.54 key demo rating – Extreme Rules fallout
10/21/22: 2,231,000 viewers – 0.52 key demo rating
10/28/22: 835,000 viewers – 0.23 key demo rating – FS1 edition
11/4/22: 2,138,000 viewers – 0.48 key demo rating – Crown Jewel go-home show
11/11/22: 2,264,000 viewers – 0.58 key demo rating – Crown Jewel fallout
11/18/22: 2,232,000 viewers – 0.56 key demo rating
11/25/22: 2,166,000 viewers – 0.54 key demo rating – Survivor Series go-home show
12/2/22: 902,000 viewers – 0.25 key demo rating – FS1 episode
