How Was This Week's Taped WWE SmackDown Viewership With WWE Title Change?, Ric Flair "30 For 30"
This week's taped WWE SmackDown, featuring AJ Styles winning the WWE Title from Jinder Mahal in the main event, drew 2.603 million viewers. This is up 23% from last week's 2.119 million viewers on Halloween, which was the lowest number since mid-June. SmackDown was taped earlier in the day from Manchester, England this week.
SmackDown was #8 in viewership for this week on cable, behind Hannity, Curse of Oak Island, Rachel Maddow, Tucker Carlson, The Ingraham Angle, The Story and Special Report. SmackDown was #3 in the 18-49 demographic, behind American Horror Story and ESPN's "30 For 30" special on WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair, which was #1. The Flair special averaged 1.831 million viewers.
In comparison, Monday's RAW drew 2.841 million viewers, down from last week's 2.854 million viewers. It beat SmackDown's viewership by 9%.
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: 2.603 million viewers
November 14th Episode: