Friday’s live post-Crown Jewel edition of WWE SmackDown drew an average of 2.249 million viewers on FOX, according to Nielsen, which is up 159.7% from last week’s final viewership of 866,000 viewers, but that was for the Supersized FS1 episode on cable.
Friday’s SmackDown drew a 0.58 rating in the key 18-49 demographic. This is up 141.6% from last week’s 0.24 rating.
SmackDown had competition from the MLB and the NBA but held its own and stayed at around what the show has been doing since SummerSlam. Friday’s viewership was up 4.75% from the last FOX episode, while the key demo rating was up 11.53% from the last FOX episode.
Friday’s AEW Rampage drew an average of 533,000 viewers on TNT, down 7.78% from last week’s live Rampage, which drew 578,000 viewers.
Rampage drew a 0.22 rating in the 18-49 key demographic. This is down 8.33% from last week’s episode, which drew a 0.24 rating in the key demo.
Friday’s Rampage drew the second-lowest audience and the second-lowest key demo rating for the show so far.
