WWE SmackDown 7/7/23 Draws Highest Key Demo Rating Since 2020 for Trial of the Tribal Chief

The latest edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown saw the ratings be up. The show averaged 2.561 million viewers on FOX, which is up from 2.510 million viewers, according to Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics.

In the all-important 18-49 demographic, the show did a 0.76 rating, up from the 0.69 rating a week ago. This is the highest key demo viewership since December 2020, when they had a lead-in with an NFL game on Christmas. Excluding that, it was the highest since March 2020. 

United States Champion Austin Theory vs. Sheamus, AJ Styles vs. Karrion Kross, and Grayson Waller vs. Edge was among the matches featured on the show. It also featured the Trial of the Tribal Chief segment with Roman Reigns. This was the fallout show for the Money in the Bank PLE.

The show on the same week last year did 2.129 million viewers with a 18-49 demo rating of 0.47.

Here is a list of total viewership and the key demo rating that SmackDown has done over the last year:

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

12/9/22: 2,306,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating

12/16/22: 2,191,000 viewers – 0.52 key demo rating

12/23/22: 2,376,000 viewers – 0.55 key demo rating

12/30/22: 2,629,000 viewers – 0.64 key demo rating – John Cena’s in-ring return

1/6/23: 2,257,000 viewers – 0.53 key demo rating

1/13/23: 2,326,000 viewers – 0.55 key demo rating

1/20/23: 2,257,000 viewers – 0.55 key demo rating

1/27/23: 2,544,000 viewers – 0.67 key demo rating – Royal Rumble go-home show

2/3/23: 2,384,000 viewers – 0.61 key demo rating – post-Royal Rumble show

2/10/23: 2,468,000 viewers – 0.64 key demo rating

2/17/23: 2,383,000 viewers – 0.58 key demo rating – Elimination Chamber go-home show

2/24/23: 2,408,000 viewers – 0.64 key demo rating – post-Elimination Chamber

3/3/23: 2,451,000 viewers – 0.59 key demo rating

3/10/23: 2,320,000 viewers – 0.63 key demo rating

3/17/23: 2,258,000 viewers – 0.59 key demo rating

3/24/23: 2,219,000 viewers – 0.58 key demo rating

3/31/23: 2,484,000 viewers – 0.69 key demo rating – WrestleMania 39 go-home show

4/7/23: 2,468,000 viewers – 0.69 key demo rating – post-WrestleMania 39 show

4/14/23: 2,265,000 viewers – 0.58 key demo rating

4/21/23: 2,175,000 viewers – 0.54 key demo rating

4/28/23: 2,473,000 viewers – 0.67 key demo rating – Draft episode

5/5/23: 2,059,000 viewers – 0.52 key demo rating – Backlash go-home show

5/12/23: 2,149,000 viewers – 0.56 key demo rating – post-Backlash show

5/19/23: 2,133,000 viewers – 0.53 key demo rating

5/26/23: 2,158,000 viewers – 0.52 key demo rating – Night of Champions go-home show

6/2/23: 2,563,000 viewers – 0.73 key demo rating – post-Night of Champions show/ Roman Reigns celebration

6/9/23: 2,278,000 viewers – 0.60 key demo rating

6/16/23: 2,430,000 viewers – 0.67 key demo rating

6/23/23: 2,354,000 viewers – 0.61 key demo rating

6/30/23: 2,510,000 viewers – 0.69 key demo rating – Money in the Bank go-home show

7/7/23: 2,561,000 viewers – 0.76 key demo rating – Money in the Bank-Night of Champions show

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