A loaded show doesn’t have much effect on SmackDown’s numbers

SmackDown stayed about two million viewers on Fri., May 22, although just barely in the second hour. It was because of the drop-off between 9 and 10 p.m. Eastern that the episode’s average audience was down from the week prior.

The ratings similarly held steady, and even saw an increase in the share of men below 50. In the most watched demo, WWE and Fox shared first place in the 18 - 34 ratings with a rerun of MacGyver on ABC.

Here’s last night’s network numbers:

Showbuzz Daily

And our running tracker of every show since last fall’s move to Fox Fridays (all data via Showbuzz Daily):

Will business perk up with AJ Styles permanently back in the house that he built? We’ll see next week.

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.