Big Drop For This Week's WWE SmackDown Viewership, Lowest Number Since Mid-June
This week's WWE SmackDown, featuring Kevin Owens vs. Shinsuke Nakamura in the main event, drew 2.119 million viewers. This is down 21.5% from last week's 2.699 million viewers and the lowest number since mid-June. SmackDown also featured more build for the Survivor Series, AJ Styles vs. Samir Singh, Sin Cara vs. WWE United States Champion Baron Corbin and a 2 of 3 Falls Match between Bobby Roode & Dolph Ziggler advertised ahead of time.
SmackDown aired on Halloween. The last time SmackDown aired on Halloween in 2014, when it was a taped show without its own roster on Thursday nights, it dropped only 2.9% from the previous week and averaged 2.213 million viewers.
SmackDown was #9 in viewership for this week on cable, behind Rachel Maddow, The Story, Shephard Smith Reporting, Special Report with Bret Baier, Hannity, Tucker Carlson, The Ingraham Angle and Your World with Neil Cavuto. Coverage of the terror attack in New York City dominated the cable viewership chart for the night. SmackDown was #2 in the 18-49 demographic on cable for the night, behind American Horror Story. Game 6 of the MLB World Series drew 22.6 million viewers for FOX on network TV last night.
In comparison, Monday's RAW drew 2.854 million viewers, down from last week's 2.953 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: 2.627 million viewers
February 14th Episode: 2.626 million viewers
February 21st Episode: 2.792 million viewers
February 28th Episode: 2.566 million viewers
March 7th Episode: 2.738 million viewers
March 14th Episode: 2.628 million viewers
March 21st Episode: 2.647 million viewers
March 28th Episode: 2.698 million viewers
April 4th Episode: 2.885 million viewers
April 11th Episode: 3.105 million viewers
April 18th Episode: 2.544 million viewers
April 25th Episode: 2.493 million viewers
May 2nd Episode: 2.300 million viewers
May 9th Episode: 2.348 million viewers
May 16th Episode: 2.175 million viewers
May 23rd Episode: 2.328 million viewers
May 30th Episode: 2.350 million viewers
June 6th Episode: 2.349 million viewers
June 13th Episode: 2.072 million viewers
June 20th Episode: 2.597 million viewers
June 27th Episode: 2.603 million viewers
July 4th Episode: 2.329 million viewers
July 11th Episode: 2.465 million viewers
July 18th Episode: 2.548 million viewers
July 25th Episode: 2.535 million viewers
August 1st Episode: 2.569 million viewers
August 8th Episode: 2.584 million viewers
August 15th Episode: 2.530 million viewers
August 22nd Episode: 2.685 million viewers
August 29th Episode: 2.455 million viewers
September 5th Episode: 2.582 million viewers
September 12th Episode: 2.754 million viewers
September 19th Episode: 2.510 million viewers
September 26th Episode: 2.542 million viewers
October 3rd Episode: 2.323 million viewers
October 10th Episode: 2.467 million viewers
October 17th Episode: 2.320 million viewers
October 24th Episode: 2.699 million viewers
October 31st Episode: 2.119 million viewers
November 7th Episode: