WWE SmackDown Loses A Ton Of Viewers After Pre-Empted NFL Pre-Season Game Numbers Were Subtracted

WWE might not act like they care about viewership or ratings, but those numbers still matter. It turns out that the NFL is still stiff competition for SmackDown.

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According to Spoiler TV, August 26th’s edition of WWE SmackDown scored 2.392 million viewers, with a .50 in the 18 to 49 demographic. SmackDown was pre-empted in Charlotte, Portland, New Orleans, and Las Vegas for pre-season NFL games. They saw a big boost because of that.

When the final viewership came in from Showbuzz Daily, after the NFL pre-empting was taken out of the equation, SmackDown’s viewership was 1.990 million viewers. That is quite a drop from the 2.292 they previously charted.

We’ll have to see what SmackDown looks like this week. They will air a taped episode prior to Clash at the Castle. You may check out the spoilers for that episode here. Keep visiting us here at Ringside News for more info!

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