Source: f4wonline.com
Friday's episode of SmackDown averaged 2.25 million viewers on Fox, up seven percent from the previous week. It was the highest viewership for the show since the July 16 SmackDown that kicked off WWE's return to touring.
The show featured SmackDown's fallout from SummerSlam, which included the returns of both Becky Lynch and Brock Lesnar. New SmackDown Women's Champion Lynch was on the episode, but Lesnar didn't appear.
SmackDown drew a 0.59 rating in the 18-49 demo, up 3.5 percent from the previous week. It's SmackDown's best number in that category since August 6.
Like the last two weeks, SmackDown was preempted in several markets for NFL preseason football. Both the overall viewership and 18-49 demo number would've been even higher without that.
Year-over-year, SmackDown was up 4.9 percent in total viewers. The show dropped 1.7 percent in the 18-49 demo from the same week in 2020.
As compared to the 10-week average, as shown in the chart below, SmackDown was up 8.7 percent in total viewers and up 5.4 percent in 18-49.