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Television viewership is a fickle thing.
After weeks of small but steady declines SmackDown saw its numbers climb on Feb. 20. In terms of viewership, the latest edition of the blue show delivered the second biggest Tuesday night audience of the year for WWE and USA. The 2,613,000 who tuned in for a show promoted with a six-woman tag was 164K more than seven days prior. That was the fourth biggest audience among cable originals on the night, behind History’s Curse of Oak Island, Tucker Carlson on Fox News shows and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow.
Demographic share among 18 - 49 year olds was also up, winning the night with a .8.
While you try to figure out what drew folks in when the stories largely remained Charlotte Flair vs. Riott Squad and AJ Styles vs. the world, here’s data from the past six months (including overall 18 - 49 year old ratings for 2018 episodes), if that helps you make sense of anything:
Feb. 13 - 2.45 million / .76
Feb. 6 - 2.51 million / .75
Jan. 30 - 2.51 million / .76
Jan. 23 - 2.58 million / .8
Jan. 16 - 2.6 million / .78
Jan. 9 - 2.6 million / .76
Jan. 2 - 2.72 million / .82
Dec. 26 - 2.66 million
Dec. 19 - 2.58 million
Dec. 12 - 2.48 million
Dec. 5 - 2.49 million
Nov. 28 - 2.68 million
Nov. 21 - 2.66 million
Nov. 14 - 2.61 million
Nov. 7 - 2.6 million
Oct. 31 - 2.12 million
Oct. 24 - 2.7 million
Oct. 17 - 2.32 million
Oct. 10 - 2.47 million
Oct. 3 - 2.32 million
Sept. 26 - 2.54 million
Sept. 19 - 2.51 million
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
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