The latest edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown saw the ratings be mixed. The show averaged 2.248 million viewers on FOX, which is down from 2.323 million viewers last week, according to Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics.
In the all-important 18-49 demographic, the show did a 0.62 rating, up from the 0.61 rating a week ago.
Sheamus vs. LA Knight, Jey Uso vs. Solo Sikoa, IYO SKY vs. Zelina Vega, and The OC (Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows) vs. The Brawling Brutes (Butch & Ridge Holland), were featured on the show.
The show on the same week last year did 2.093 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
7/14/23: 2,309,000 viewers – 0.62 key demo rating
7/21/23: 1,230,000 viewers – 0.36 key demo rating – FS1 Episode
7/28/23: 2,232,000 viewers – 0.61 key demo rating
8/4/23: 2,248,000 viewers – 0.62 key demo rating – SummerSlam go-home show
