SmackDown Live Live SmackDown Discussion thread, January 14th 2022: Roman Reigns come face-to-face with his Royal Rumble opponent Seth Rollins

[Chris]

The January 14 edition of Friday Night SmackDown averaged 2.174 million viewers on Fox, down 4.3 percent from the previous week's Day 1 fallout episode. It's the third-best viewership for the show since October 22.

SmackDown drew a 0.56 rating in the 18-49 demo, down 3.4 percent from the previous week. The show finished second on all of television in that category, trailing only ABC's Shark Tank. Although down from last week, it's still SmackDown's second-best number in 18-49 since November.

SmackDown led network programming with a 0.35 rating in the 18-34 demo but finished third on television in that category behind two NBA games on ESPN. SmackDown was down 5.4 percent from the previous week in 18-34.

As compared to the same week in 2021, SmackDown was down 3.9 percent in total viewers and down 16.4 percent in 18-49.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo numbers for weeks when SmackDown aired on Fox. This week's show was up 1.7 percent in viewers and up 3.7 percent in 18-49 from the recent averages.

 

[Canadian Dragon]

Blue brand a draw every Friday

 

[Deezy]

The January 14 edition of Friday Night SmackDown averaged 2.174 million viewers on Fox, down 4.3 percent from the previous week's Day 1 fallout episode. It's the third-best viewership for the show since October 22.

SmackDown drew a 0.56 rating in the 18-49 demo, down 3.4 percent from the previous week. The show finished second on all of television in that category, trailing only ABC's Shark Tank. Although down from last week, it's still SmackDown's second-best number in 18-49 since November.

SmackDown led network programming with a 0.35 rating in the 18-34 demo but finished third on television in that category behind two NBA games on ESPN. SmackDown was down 5.4 percent from the previous week in 18-34.

As compared to the same week in 2021, SmackDown was down 3.9 percent in total viewers and down 16.4 percent in 18-49.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo numbers for weeks when SmackDown aired on Fox. This week's show was up 1.7 percent in viewers and up 3.7 percent in 18-49 from the recent averages.

The Legend Summer Rae is a draw.

 

[Deezy]

Whoops....wrong show.