This week’s WWE SmackDown, the final show before Extreme Rules with Team Hell No andThe New Day vs. SAnitY and SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Bludgeon Brothers in a ten-man main event, drew 2.183 million viewers. This is up from last week’s 2.013 million viewers, which was a new low for 2018 and the second least-watched show since the blue brand moved to Tuesday nights.
SmackDown was #7 in viewership, for the third week in a row, for the night on cable, behind Hannity, Tucker Carlson Tonight, The Ingraham Angle, The Five, Special Report with Bret Baier and The Rachel Maddow Show. SmackDown was #1 in the 18-49 demographic this week.
Hannity topped the night on cable with 3.157 million viewers. The big draw on network TV last night was America’s Got Talent on NBC at 8pm, which drew 11.551 million viewers.
In comparison, Monday’s RAW drew 2.470 million viewers, down from last week’s 2.707 million viewers and the lowest RAW viewership in history.
Below is our 2018 SmackDown Viewership Tracker:
January 2nd Episode: 2.720 million viewers
January 9th Episode: 2.603 million viewers
January 16th Episode: 2.602 million viewers
January 23rd Episode: 2.580 million viewers
January 30th Episode: 2.509 million viewers (Post-Royal Rumble Episode)
February 6th Episode: 2.505 million viewers
February 13th Episode: 2.449 million viewers
February 20th Episode: 2.613 million viewers
February 27th Episode: 2.692 million viewers
March 6th Episode: 2.590 million viewers
March 13th Episode: 2.771 million viewers (post-Fastlane episode)
March 20th Episode: 2.888 million viewers
March 27th Episode: 2.576 million viewers
April 3rd Episode: 2.467 million viewers
April 10th Episode: 2.952 million viewers (post-WrestleMania 34 episode)
April 17th Episode: 2.796 million viewers (Superstar Shakeup episode)
April 24th Episode: 2.549 million viewers
May 1st Episode: 2.436 million viewers
May 8th Episode: 2.293 million viewers (post-Backlash episode)
May 15th Episode: 2.298 million viewers (taped show from London)
May 22nd Episode: 2.195 million viewers
May 29th Episode: 2.195 million viewers
June 5th Episode: 2.138 million viewers
June 12th Episode: 2.183 million viewers
June 19th Episode: 2.315 million viewers (post-Money In the Bank episode)
June 26th Episode: 2.135 million viewers
July 3rd Episode: 2.013 million viewers
July 10th Episode: 2.183 million viewers
July 17th Episode:
2017 Total: 132.401 million viewers
2017 Average: 2.546 million viewers per episode
