SmackDown Live Live SmackDown Discussion thread, December 22nd 2023: US Title Tournament continues

[Chris]

I said a week or so ago we are in a golden age of babyface authority figures between him, Pearce and Scott D'Amore

 

[Y2Jayne]

Lotharios with Santos

 

[Unbesiegbar]

I said a week or so ago we are in a golden age of babyface authority figures between him, Pearce and Scott D'Amore

Pearce is a face?

 

[Chris]

Friday night's episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 2.108 million viewers on Fox, down 5.9 percent from the previous week. It's the second-lowest audience total the show has done on Fox since September 8.

SmackDown drew a 0.55 rating in the 18-49 demo. That almost doubled everything else on network television and is the same rating the show did last week. It ties the lowest rating for a Fox airing of SmackDown since November 3.

As compared to the same week in 2022, SmackDown was down 11.3 percent in overall viewers but steady in 18-49, so the audience is skewing a lot younger this year.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, as well as the 10-week averages in both categories. This week's show was down 6.2 percent in overall viewers and down 6.8 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/wwe-smackdown-viewership-down-18-49-demo-rating-steady-december-22