Friday Night Smackdown Ratings For 1/1 Down On New Year’s Day

Smackdown this week took a big hit from last week’s Christmas edition.

According to ShowBuzzDaily, this week’s Friday Night Smackdown drew 1,915,000 viewers. This is down 47% from last week’s show that drew 3,336,000 viewers. This week’s show saw a 1,421,000 viewer decrease. The thing to look at with last week’s ratings is for most markets, the show had an incredible lead in airing after the NFL Game. The night on broadcast television was won by Blue Bloods on CBS at over 3 million viewers.

As far as the demographics, in the 18-49 demo, Smackdown drew a .5. In the 18-34 demo, Smackdown drew a .3 and drew a 2 in the 50+ demo. In the all-important 18-49 demo, Smackdown was ranked number one for the night on broadcast television.

Friday Night Smackdown Hourly Breakdown

• Hour 1: 1,996,000 (18-49: .5  18-34: .3  50+: 2)
• Hour 2: 1,834,000 (18-49: .5  18-34: .3  50+: 2)

Top 5 Friday Night Smackdown YouTube Highlights

• Kevin Owens vs Jey Uso (Over 696,000 views)
• Kevin Owens Intturupts Roman Reigns and sets his sights on Jey Uso (over 272,000 views)
• Sasha Banks & Bianca Belair vs Bayley & Carmella (over 271,000 views)
• Big E & Apollo Crews vs Sami Zayn & King Corbin (over 204,000 views)
• The Riott Squad vs Tamina & Nattalya (over 182,000 views)

For more on this week’s Smackdown, check out our Friday Night Smackdown Review.