Friday night's episode of WWE SmackDown
averaged 2.253 million viewers on Fox. That's down 6.8 percent from the previous week's season premiere episode and is the second-lowest audience total for the show since September 8.
SmackDown finished first on network television with a 0.59 rating in the 18-49 demo, but it was fourth on all of TV behind two MLB League Championship Series playoff games as well as an MLB post-game show.
SmackDown's demo rating was down 4.8 percent from last week and is the second-lowest for the show since August 18.
As compared to the same week in 2022, SmackDown's overall audience was up one percent while the 18-49 rating was up 13.5 percent.
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 2.9 percent in overall viewers and down 6.3 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.
