WWE SmackDown Viewership Rises Again
This week's WWE SmackDown, featuring a show-closing segment with The Miz, Maryse & Daniel Bryan, drew 2.340 million viewers. This is up 2% from last week's 2.293 million viewers for the post-Extreme Rules edition.
SmackDown was #6 in viewership for the night on cable, for the second week in a row, behind Hannity, The Rachel Maddow Show, Tucker Carlson Tonight, Last Word and The Ingraham Angle. SmackDown was #4 in the 18-49 demographic, behind Laws of Jaws, Air Jaws and Guy Fieri's Feeding Frenzy.
Hannity topped the night on cable in viewership with 3.097 million viewers. The big draw on network TV last night was America's Got Talent on NBC at 8pm, which drew 11.682 million viewers.
In comparison, Monday's RAW drew 2.779 million viewers, down from last week's 2.866 million viewers for the post-Extreme Rules episode.
Below is our 2018 SmackDown Viewership Tracker:
January 2nd Episode: 2.720 million viewers
January 9th Episode: 2.603 million viewers
January 16th Episode: 2.602 million viewers
January 23rd Episode: 2.580 million viewers
January 30th Episode: 2.509 million viewers (Post-Royal Rumble Episode)
February 6th Episode: 2.505 million viewers
February 13th Episode: 2.449 million viewers
February 20th Episode: 2.613 million viewers
February 27th Episode: 2.692 million viewers
March 6th Episode: 2.590 million viewers
March 13th Episode: 2.771 million viewers (post-Fastlane episode)
March 20th Episode: 2.888 million viewers
March 27th Episode: 2.576 million viewers
April 3rd Episode: 2.467 million viewers
April 10th Episode: 2.952 million viewers (post-WrestleMania 34 episode)
April 17th Episode: 2.796 million viewers (Superstar Shakeup episode)
April 24th Episode: 2.549 million viewers
May 1st Episode: 2.436 million viewers
May 8th Episode: 2.293 million viewers (post-Backlash episode)
May 15th Episode: 2.298 million viewers (taped show from London)
May 22nd Episode: 2.195 million viewers
May 29th Episode: 2.195 million viewers
June 5th Episode: 2.138 million viewers
June 12th Episode: 2.183 million viewers
June 19th Episode: 2.315 million viewers (post-Money In the Bank episode)
June 26th Episode: 2.135 million viewers
July 3rd Episode: 2.013 million viewers
July 10th Episode: 2.183 million viewers
July 17th Episode: 2.293 million viewers (post-Extreme Rules episode)
July 24th Episode: 2.340 million viewers
July 31st Episode:
2017 Total: 132.401 million viewers
2017 Average: 2.546 million viewers per episode