Friday night's SmackDown averaged 2.104 million viewers on Fox, up 0.5 percent from the previous week. It's the second-lowest viewership for the show since August 20.
In the 18-49 demo, SmackDown drew a 0.56 rating, down 1.8 percent from the previous week's show. SmackDown still finished first among the major networks on Friday night. It was second in all of television, trailing an NBA game on ESPN.
SmackDown finished last in total viewers among the eight shows on the major networks, but it did lead in the 18-34 demo with a 0.37 rating. That was up 12.1 percent from the previous week, so the 35-49 age group declined heavily for this show.
As compared to the same week in 2020, SmackDown was down 5.8 percent in total viewers and down 6.7 percent in the 18-49 demo.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of ratings for SmackDown on Fox (eliminating the two times the show aired on FS1), along with the 10-week averages in viewership and 18-49 prior to this week. This week's show was down 4.7 percent in viewers and down 5.1 percent in 18-49 from the recent averages.