How Was SmackDown Viewership With John Cena's Return As WWE Champion, Royal Rumble Fallout?

This week's WWE SmackDown, featuring fallout from the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, drew 2.817 million viewers. This is up 13% from last week's 2.556 million viewers for the go-home episode.

SmackDown was #9 in viewership on cable for the night, behind Fixer Upper, Curse of Oak Island, The O'Reilly Factor, Tucker Carlson, The First 100 Days, Hannity, Special Report and The Five. SmackDown was #1 in the 18-49 demographic.

In comparison, Monday's RAW averaged 3.615 million viewers, up from last week's 3.271 million viewers.

Below is our 2017 SmackDown Viewership Tracker:

January 3rd Episode: 2.596 million viewers
January 10th Episode: 2.533 million viewers
January 17th Episode: 2.652 million viewers
January 24th Episode: 2.556 million viewers
January 31st Episode: 2.817 million viewers
February 7th Episode: