WWE SmackDown Viewership Falls With History-Making Washington, DC Show

WWE brought another episode of SmackDown for fans this week. Washington, DC was a packed house, and a lively one at that. Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes’ showdown was quite an interesting segment, but they had two hours to fill. They also made history in the Washington, DC market this week. How did the viewership turn out?

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According to Spoiler TV, the March 3rd episode of WWE SmackDown drew an overnight viewership of 2.299 million, with a .5 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

The February 24th episode of WWE SmackDown brought an overnight viewership average of 2.303 million, with a .6 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

The February 17th episode of SmackDown brought an overnight average viewership of 2.250 million viewers, with a .5 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic.

February 10th’s episode of WWE SmackDown brought 2.390 million viewers, with a .6 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

February 3rd’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown drew an overnight average of 2.2635 million viewers, with a .55 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

The January 27th episode of SmackDown brought in 2.4325 million viewers, with a .65 in the 18 to 49 demographic. This was obviously hyped for the Royal Rumble.

The January 20th episode of WWE SmackDown brought an overnight average of 2.113 million viewers, with a .5 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

WWE SmackDown drew a fast national average of 2.182 million viewers for their January 13th episode. 643,000 of those viewers were in the 18 to 49 demographic.

January 6th’s episode of WWE SmackDown brought an overnight average of 2.168 million viewers, with a .5 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

The December 30th episode of WWE SmackDown brought an average overnight viewership of 2.44 million, with a .5 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

WWE SmackDown drew a fast national number of 2.213 million viewers. That was quite a number as WWE heads into the end of 2022.

The December 16th’s episode of WWE SmackDown brought in an overnight viewership of 2.056 million, with a .5 in the 18 to 49 demographic. Interestingly enough, they averaged 2.056 million viewers for both hours of the show.

The December 9th episode of WWE SmackDown on FOX brought an overnight average of 2.115 million viewers, with a .5 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

The December 2nd episode of WWE SmackDown brought in an overnight average of 902,000 viewers, with a .25 in the 18 to 49 demographic. They were on FS1 this week due to other sports knocking them off Fox.

The November 25th Black Friday episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown drew 2.064 million viewers, with a . 45 in the 18 to 49 demographic. They had several issues with the broadcast getting preempted by College Football and the FIFA World Cup.

The November 18th episode of WWE SmackDown brought in an overnight average of 2,130,000 viewers, with a .50 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

November 11th’s episode of WWE SmackDown drew 2.114 million viewers, with a .5 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

The November 4th episode of WWE SmackDown drew 1.970 million viewers, with a .40 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

We will have to see if they can pull the ratings up. Keep checking back with Ringside News for more.

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