WWE SmackDown Live ratings (Mar. 27, 2018): Bryan’s back, and the numbers are back to normal

Whether you expected bigger numbers last week or not, Daniel Bryan’s second appearance since getting cleared to return to the ring for WWE was, unsuprisingly, not as much of a draw as the first. Still a little jarring to see the Mar. 27 episode of SmackDown deliver the smallest audience WWE’s had on Tuesdays in more than a month, though.

SmackDown drew 2,576,000 viewers this week, a greater than 300K drop from seven days ago. That was the fourth biggest audience among cable originals on Tuesday night, behind Rachel Maddow on MSNBC, Sean Hannity on Fox News, and HGTV’s Fixer Upper.

Demographic share among 18 - 49 year olds saw a similar drop, although WWE did win the night with a .78.

Get ready for next week’s WrestleMania ‘go home’ with this rundown of SmackDown’s numbers over the past six months (including overall 18 - 49 year old ratings for 2018 episodes):

Mar. 20 - 2.89 million / .99
Mar. 13 - 2.77 million / .91
Mar. 6 - 2.59 million / .75
Feb. 28 - 2.69 million / .86
Feb. 20 - 2.61 million / .8
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

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