Friday's WWE SmackDown, which was taped a week in advance,
averaged 2.376 million viewers on Fox. That's up 10.5 percent from the previous week and is SmackDown's best audience total since September 23.
On a night with mostly repeats, SmackDown was the third-most watched show on network TV in terms of total viewers.
SmackDown led all of network TV with a 0.55 rating in the 18-49 demo but was third overall on television, trailing two college football bowl games on ESPN. The rating was up 5.8 percent from last week and is also the show's third-highest in that category since September 23. SmackDown also led the broadcast networks with a 0.40 rating in the 18-34 demo.
As compared to the same week in 2021, SmackDown was up 20.5 percent in total viewers and up 14.6 percent in 18-49 from a show that aired on Christmas Eve.
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 up seven percent in overall viewers and up 1.9 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.
SmackDown topped all of network TV in the 18-49 demo.
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