SmackDown Live Live SmackDown Discussion thread, August 13th, 2021: John Cena returns to confront Roman Reigns

[DammitC]

oh yea, Balor berried after tappin last week; no showed tonite

 

[DammitC]

where is Zayn at?

 

[Chris]

Budget cuts looming probs

 

[Mox Girl]

good show tonight, seth and roman both ruled on the mic, sasha looked amazing and some fun other stuff too

 

[Pat]

Here was the dark match. Cena and Mysterios vs Reigns and Usos

 

[Marty McFourth]

"I may even blow you a kiss goodbye."

 

[Marty McFourth]

So how many times was my username broken in that Roman/Cena promo battle?

 

[Necro]

Dave Meltzer : For those who saw Smackdown overnight as 2.499 million, that includes viewers of NFL games on FOX stations in a number of markets. It's of no significance and won't be for all Fridays with preseason games. Real number won't be out for several days taking those viewers out.

 

[Jimmy King]

Kevin Owens is the best.

 

[Chris]

Source: f4wonline.com

Friday Night SmackDown on Fox averaged 2.084 million viewers for the August 13 episode, down 3.9 percent from the previous week.

The show finished fifth for the night on the networks in terms of total viewers and was third among original programming.

In the 18-49 demo, SmackDown drew a 0.58 rating, down 4.9 percent from the previous week. That topped all of television by a large margin, with the next highest program being ABC's Shark Tank at a 0.43.

SmackDown also led all of TV with a 0.33 rating in the 18-34 demo. That was down 18 percent from the previous week.

Year-over-year, SmackDown was up 4.1 percent in overall viewers but down 3.3 percent in 18-49.

In some markets, preseason NFL football aired in SmackDown's time slot last Friday.

As compared to the 10 week average of 2,034,400 viewers prior to this week, SmackDown was up 2.4 percent. In the 18-49 demo, the show was up 7.4 percent from the 10-week average of 0.54.