WWE SmackDown Viewership Down For Hall Of Famers Returning And Champion Vs. Champion Main Event
This week's WWE SmackDown episode, featuring a big non-title Champion vs. Champion main event with WWE Champion Kofi Kingston defeating WWE United States Champion AJ Styles, drew 1.911 million viewers, according to Showbuzz Daily. This is down 11.6% from last week's 2.162 million viewers.
This week's SmackDown also featured a King's Court segment with WWE Hall of Famers Jerry Lawler and Trish Stratus returning, plus Dolph Ziggler vs. Finn Balor advertised ahead of time.
SmackDown was #12 for the night in viewership on CNN's various coverage of the Democratic Debate, Hannity, Tucker Carlson Tonight, The Ingraham Angle, The Five, The Story and Special Report. SmackDown was #5 in the Cable Top 150 18-49 demographic this week, after two weeks at #1. CNN's debate coverage took the top 4 slots in the Cable Top 150. The 5 programs on the debate drew 31.297 million viewers for CNN.
The big draw on network TV at 8pm was America's Got Talent on NBC, which drew 7.970 million viewers.
To compare, Monday's RAW episode drew an average of 2.321 million viewers, down from last week's 3.093 million viewers for the RAW Reunion episode.
Below is our 2019 SmackDown Viewership Tracker:
January 1 Episode: 2.091 million viewers (New Year's episode, taped)
January 8 Episode: 2.032 million viewers
January 15 Episode: 2.143 million viewers
January 22 Episode: 2.142 million viewers
January 29 Episode: 2.137 million viewers (post-Royal Rumble episode)
February 5 Episode: 1.841 million viewers (State of the Union competition)
February 12 Episode: 2.034 million viewers
February 19 Episode: 2.269 million viewers (post-Elimination Chamber episode)
February 26 Episode: 2.150 million viewers
March 5 Episode: 2.155 million viewers
March 12 Episode: 2.198 million viewers (post-Fastlane episode)
March 19 Episode: 2.208 million viewers
March 26 Episode: 2.393 million viewers
April 2 Episode: 2.141 million viewers
April 9 Episode: 2.199 million viewers (post-WrestleMania 35 episode)
April 16 Episode: 2.219 million viewers (Superstar Shakeup episode)
April 23 Episode: 2.072 million viewers
April 30 Episode: 1.833 million viewers
May 7 Episode: 1.931 million viewers
May 14 Episode: 1.827 million viewers (taped episode from London)
May 21 Episode: 1.983 million viewers (post-Money In the Bank episode)
May 28 Episode: 2.072 million viewers
June 4 Episode: 2.016 million viewers
June 11 Episode: 1.930 million viewers (post-Super ShowDown episode)
June 18 Episode: 1.859 million viewers
June 25 Episode: 1.921 million viewers (post-Stomping Grounds episode)
July 2 Episode: 1.890 million viewers
July 9 Episode: 1.853 million viewers
July 16 Episode: 2.122 million viewers (post-Extreme Rules episode)
July 23 Episode: 2.162 million viewers
July 30 Episode: 1.911 million viewers
August 6 Episode:
2018 Total: 122.304 million viewers
2018 Average: 2.352 million viewers per episode
2017 Total: 132.401 million viewers
2017 Average: 2.546 million viewers per episode