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It wasn’t a huge increase, but SmackDown’s television numbers were both trending in the right direction coming out of Evolution and heading toward Crown Jewel & Survivor Series.
2,110,000 people tuned in to USA Network on Tues., Oct. 30. That’s 23K more than the week prior. It also have WWE the 9th biggest audience among Tuesday’s cable originals, behind a bevy of Fox News and MSNBC programs.
SmackDown’s ratings were up as well. The .73 share of the overall 18 - 49 year old demographic was the best number of anything on cable last night.
It’s difficult to pinpoint any one thing which may have led to the increase; the only match announced in well in advance which ended up happening was the Trick ‘r’ Street fight. With such incremental rises in both metrics, this was likely just a normal swing within the range where the blue brand’s been operating lately (SmackDown 1000 not included).
Here’s a list of Tuesday numbers from the past six months:
Oct. 23 - 2.09 million / .69
Oct. 16 - 2.55 million / .92
Oct. 9 - 2.1 million / .67
Oct. 2 - 2.1 million / .68
Sept. 25 - 2.19 million / .72
Sept. 18 - 2.28 million / .78
Sept. 11 - 2.23 million / .72
Sept. 4 - 2.32 million / .77
Aug. 28 - 2.35 million / .75
Aug. 21 - 2.44 million / .77
Aug. 14 - 2.19 million / .7
Aug. 7 - 2.2 million / .73
July 31 - 2.4 million / .75
July 24 - 2.34 million / .75
July 17 - 2.29 million / .74
July 10 - 2.18 million / .68
July 3 - 2.01 million / .54
June 26 - 2.14 million / .64
June 19 - 2.32 million / .78
June 12 - 2.18 million / .66
June 5 - 2.14 million / .67
May 29 - 2.2 million / .66
May 22 - 2.2 million / .68
May 15 - 2.3 million / .7
May 8 - 2.29 million / .71
May 1 - 2.44 million / .77
April 24 - 2.55 million / .8
April 17 - 2.8 million / .98
April 10 - 2.95 million / .98
April 3 - 2.47 million / .79
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.
Source: Showbuzz Daily