Friday night's episode of WWE SmackDown
averaged 2.119 million viewers on Fox, down 5.9 percent from two weeks ago when the show last aired on that network. SmackDown was moved to FS1 on October 27 due to Fox's coverage of the MLB World Series.
Friday's episode, which was SmackDown's Crown Jewel go-home show, was taped a week in advance. It's SmackDown's lowest audience total on Fox since September 8.
SmackDown topped all of network television with a 0.53 rating in the 18-49 demo. The show did finish behind an NBA game on cable station ESPN, which drew a 0.60 (although the game started after SmackDown ended).
The 18-49 demo rating is down 14.5 percent from two weeks ago and ties the lowest rating the show has done on Fox since May 26.
As compared to the same week in 2022, SmackDown's overall audience was down 0.9 percent while its 18-49 rating was up 10.5 percent.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for Fox airings of SmackDown, as well as the 10-week averages in both categories. This week's show was down 9.3 percent in overall viewers and down 15.9% in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.
