SmackDown Live Live SmackDown Discussion thread, September 10th, 2021: Brock Lesnar Returns to SmackDown

[Necro]

The September 10th episode of WWE SmackDown, which took place at Madison Square Garden, drew an average of 2,217,000 viewers and a .60 rating in the 18-49 demographic, up from last week’s show which drew 2,147,000 viewers, with the demographic rating equal to last week’s show.

In terms of the hour-by-hour breakdown, the first hour of the show drew 2,206,000 viewers, rising to 2,227,000 viewers in the second hour.

Pretty good.

 

[Dale]

Should have been in the low 1's for cutting Liv & Toni

Shotzi still continuing to bring in the numbers though.

 

[Hidden Blaze]

Give me Toni dammit

 

[Jimmy King]

It’s too bad that Zelina couldn’t get on the show in her hometown to honor her dad, who was a victim of the 9/11 attacks.

 

[Chris]

 

[Dale]

Big Time Bex

(and Brock & Roman)

 

[Mox Girl]

Big Time Bex

(and Brock & Roman)

And Seth! (and Edge too I guess lol)

 

[Necro]

BOOM!

 

[Chris]

Source: f4wonline.com

The September 10 episode of SmackDown averaged 2.383 million viewers on Fox, up 7.3 percent from the previous week. The show took place at Madison Square Garden and featured Brock Lesnar's first appearance since returning at SummerSlam.

This matches the January 22 episode of SmackDown for the show's highest audience in 2021. Except for last December's Christmas night SmackDown that had the benefit of a huge NFL lead-in, it's actually the most viewers for the show since April 3, 2020.

SmackDown finished fourth among network programming in terms of total viewers.

In the 18-49 demo, SmackDown drew a 0.65 rating, up 4.8 percent from the previous week. It's SmackDown's best number in that category since July 16, which was the start of WWE's return to touring.

SmackDown led all of television in both the 18-49 and 18-34 demos on Friday night.

Year-over-year, SmackDown was up 2.3 percent in total viewers and up 8.3 percent in 18-49, so the show is skewing younger this year.

As compared to the 10-week average prior to this week, as shown in the chart below, SmackDown was up 12.6 percent in overall viewers and up 14 percent in the 18-49 demo.

 

[Necro]

Wow, solid number!