Friday night's episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 2.094 million viewers on Fox. That's down 14.3 percent from the previous week and ties the lowest audience total for a Fox airing of SmackDown since May 5.
SmackDown drew a 0.53 rating in the 18-49 demo, down 18.5 percent from last week. It's the lowest rating the show has done on Fox since May 26 but still doubled everything else on network television.
As compared to the same week in 2022, SmackDown was down 11.5 percent in overall viewers and down 7.2 percent in 18-49. It's the first time the show has had a year-over-year decline in both categories since January 6 and the first time either category has dropped since January 20.
After returning the previous week, John Cena wasn't on this SmackDown episode due to being in India for WWE's Superstar Spectacle live event. Roman Reigns also did not appear.
Cena
will be back on SmackDown this Friday.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, along with the 10-week averages in both categories. This week's show was down 11.2 percent in overall viewers and down 17.2 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.
