Friday's WWE SmackDown Draws Second-Lowest Viewership On FOX

Friday's WWE SmackDown episode, featuring Sasha Banks and SmackDown Women's Champion Bayley capturing the WWE Women's Tag Team Titles from Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross in the main event, drew an average of 1.984 million viewers on FOX, according to Showbuzz Daily.

This final number is up from the overnight viewership that was released on Saturday morning, which was an average of 1.935 million viewers. This number is down from last week's final SmackDown viewership of 2.170 million viewers.

This is also the second-lowest viewership on FOX since the show moved to the network last October. The lowest came back on the May 1 episode, which drew 1.885 million viewers with a 0.5 rating in the key 18-49 demographic.

Friday's SmackDown drew a 0.5 rating in the key 18-49 demographic, a 0.7 rating in the 25-54 demo, and a 0.3 rating in the 18-34 demographic. Last week's episode drew a 0.6 rating in the 18-49 demo, a 0.7 rating in the 25-54 demo, and a 0.4 rating in the 18-34 demographic.

SmackDown ranked #2 in ratings for the key 18-49 demographic on network TV this week, behind Shark Tank and 20/20 at #1. SmackDown also ranked #1 in the 18-34 demo this week, for the third week in a row, with a 0.3 rating, and tied for #2 in the 25-54 demo with MacGyver, Magnum PI and Dateline Classic, with a 0.7 rating. SmackDown came in at #9 for the night in viewership on network TV, for the second week in a row, behind Blue Bloods, Magnum PI, MacGyver, 20/20, Shark Tank, Dateline Classic, World of Dance, and Wall. Blue Bloods topped the night on network TV in viewership this week with 4.225 million viewers.

Tucker Carlson Tonight on FOX News topped the night on the Cable Top 150 with a 0.39 rating in the 18-49 demographic, bringing in 4.068 million viewers. Hannity and Tucker Carlson, both on FOX News, tied for the night in viewership at #1 with 4.068 million viewers. Hannity ranked #3 on the Cable Top 150 with a 0.37 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Below is our 2020 SmackDown Viewership Tracker:

January 3 Episode: 2.413 million viewers with a 0.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 10 Episode: 2.497 million viewers with a 0.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 17 Episode: 2.562 million viewers with a 0.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 24 Episode: 2.448 million viewers with a 0.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 31 Episode: 2.422 million viewers with a 0.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic (post-Royal Rumble episode)
February 7 Episode: 2.538 million viewers with a 0.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 14 Episode: 2.464 million viewers with a 0.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 21 Episode: 2.484 million viewers with a 0.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 28 Episode: 2.687 million viewers with a 0.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic (post-Super ShowDown episode)
March 6 Episode: 2.456 million viewers with a 0.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 13 Episode: 2.470 million viewers with a 0.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic (post-Elimination Chamber WWE Performance Center episode)
March 20 Episode: 2.569 million viewers with a 0.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 27 Episode: 2.367 million viewers with a 0.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 3 Episode: 2.398 million viewers with a 0.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 10 Episode: 2.317 million viewers with a 0.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic (post-WrestleMania 36 episode)
April 17 Episode: 2.187 million viewers with a 0.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 24 Episode: 2.005 million viewers with a 0.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Triple H 25th Anniversary Celebration)
May 1 Episode: 1.885 million viewers with a 0.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 8 Episode: 2.025 million viewers with a 0.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 15 Episode: 2.042 million viewers with a 0.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic (post-Money In the Bank episode)
May 22 Episode: 2.044 million viewers with a 0.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 29 Episode: 2.170 million viewers with a 0.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic
June 5 Episode: 1.984 million viewers with a 0.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic
June 12 Episode:

2019 Total: 112.530 million viewers
2019 Average: 2.164 million viewers per 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