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While it didn’t take the plunge its Monday night counterpart did, WWE’s Tuesday night offering on USA Network did lose viewers on Sept. 25 compared to the week prior. SmackDown’s audience was 88K people smaller last night than it was seven days ago, registering at 2,193,000.
That took the show back down to the range it was in in late June/early July. At least it didn’t beat Raw? That would have been a weird look for the company...
The blue brand was the ninth most watched cable original on the night, trailing an assortment of MSNBC and Fox News political talk shows.
Demographic share was also down, but contained a bit of a silver lining. WWE regained the top spot in the ratings among 18 - 49 year olds after a couple weeks of being bested by FX’s Mayans M.C. The bikers finished a distance second to sports entertainment this week, thanks to a .72 for SmackDown.
Will the last show before Super Show-Down provide a boost? While you consider that, here’s a list of Tuesday numbers from the past six months:
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
Mar. 27 - 2.57 million / .78
Mar. 20 - 2.89 million / .99
Mar. 13 - 2.77 million / .91
Mar. 6 - 2.59 million / .75
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