WWE SmackDown Viewership Sees Slight Drop With Black Friday Episode

WWE brought the fallout after Survivor Series for the blue brand this week. The whole episode built toward a Black Friday battle royal to determined Roman Reigns’ next challenger. How did the viewership turn out?

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According to Spoiler TV, the November 26th episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown brought in an overnight average of 1.9675 million viewers with a .5 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

WWE Friday Night SmackDown’s November 19th episode drew an overnight average of 1.988 million viewers with a .5 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

The November 12th episode of SmackDown brought an overnight average of 1.9985 million viewers with a .5 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

WWE Friday Night SmackDown pulled in 1.978 million viewers on October 5th. They also garnered a .5 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

SmackDown’s October 29th episode on FS1 drew 1.032 million viewers. That was down from their Fox numbers, but still respectable considering the network change.

WWE SmackDown’s October 22nd episode drew 2.101 million viewers with their return to Fox. They also scored a .5 in the 18 to 49 demographic. For the record, AEW Saturday Night Dynamite on October 23rd drew 515,000 fans. Meanwhile, Fox’s replay of Friday Night SmackDown received 578,000 viewers.

WWE’s October 15th SmackDown supershow on FS1 brought in a fast national number of 793,000 viewers. No demographic rating was noted, but this was a tremendous fall from last week’s episode which garnered over 2 million viewers on FOX.