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No Mr. McMahon? Slight problem.
Even promising fallout from Kevin Owens’ assault of the Chairman, SmackDown’s viewership dropped back down to it’s usual range without him. On Sept. 19, an audience of 2,510,000 tuned in to see KO and Shane talk about what happened to Vince the Tuesday before, and a scheduled AJ Styles U.S. title bout that didn’t end up happening.
That was the seventh most viewers of any cable original on the night, behind the usual Fox News shows and Rachel Maddow on MSNBC. Ratings-wise, WWE again came in behind American Horror Story among 18 - 49 year olds. At a .74 share, that figure also trended down from last week (.88).
While we wonder about the the post-Vince future, here’s a rundown of the blue brand’s numbers this year:
Sept. 12 - 2.75 million
Sept. 5 - 2.58 million
Aug. 29 - 2.46 million
Aug. 22 - 2.69 million
Aug. 15 - 2.53 million
Aug. 8 - 2.58 million
Aug. 1 - 2.57 million
July 25 - 2.54 million
July 18 - 2.55 million
July 11 - 2.47 million
July 4 - 2.32 million
June 27 - 2.60 million
June 20 - 2.6 million
June 13 - 2.072 million
June 6 - 2.349 million
May 30 - 2.35 million
May 23 - 2.33 million
May 16 - 2.175 million
May 9 - 2.348 million
May 2 - 2.3 million
April 25 - 2.49 million
April 18 - 2.54 million
April 11 - 3.11 million
April 4 - 2.89 million
March 29 - 2.7 million
March 21 - 2.65 million
March 14 - 2.63 million
March 7 - 2.74 million
Feb. 28 - 2.57 million
Feb. 21 - 2.79 million
Feb. 14 - 2.63 million
Feb. 7 - 2.63 million
Jan. 31 - 2.82 million
Jan. 24 - 2.56 million
Jan. 17 - 2.65 million
Jan. 10 -2.53 million
Jan. 3 - 2.59 million
For complete results and the live blog for SmackDown this week click here. To read a complete recap & review of all the night’s events click here. For a full playlist of the show click here.