This week’s episode of SmackDown Live was able to generate an average of 2.183 million viewers. This is up 2.1% from last week’s 2.138 million viewers, which was the newest low for 2018 and the lowest SmackDown viewership since the 2017 Halloween Episode, which drew 2.119 million viewers. The last non-holiday SmackDown Episode to do as bad was the June 13th, 2017 episode, which drew 2.072 million viewers. This week’s episode of SmackDown Live was the Money in the Bank Go-Home Edition and it featured a 10-Woman Main Event Matchup.
SmackDown was #9 in viewership for the night on cable, behind Hannity, Tucker Carlson, The Ingraham Angle, Rachel Maddow, The Five, The Story, Special Report and Fox & Friends. SmackDown was #1 in the 18-49 demographic for the second week in a row. Hannity topped the night in viewership with 4.128 million viewers. There was no sports competition on Tuesday night. In comparison, Monday’s RAW drew 2.730 million viewers, up from last week’s 2.525 million viewers.
Below are SmackDown Live’s viewership numbers for the rest of 2018:
– 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 (Royal Rumble Go-Home Episode)
– January 30th Episode: 2.509 million viewers (Royal Rumble Fallout 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 (Fastlane Go-Home Episode)
– March 13th Episode: 2.771 million viewers (Fastlane Fallout Episode)
– March 20th Episode: 2.888 million viewers
– March 27th Episode: 2.576 million viewers
– April 3rd Episode: 2.467 million viewers (WrestleMania 34 Go-Home Episode)
– April 10th Episode: 2.952 million viewers (WrestleMania 34 Fallout 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 (Backlash Go-Home Episode)
– May 8th Episode: 2.293 million viewers (Backlash Fallout Episode)
– May 15th Episode: 2.298 million viewers (Taped Episode 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 (Money in the Bank Go-Home Episode)
2017 Total: 132.401 million viewers
2017 Average: 2.546 million viewers per episode
Source: ShowBuzz Daily