Friday Night Smackdown Ratings Fort 12/25 Does Best Number Since FOX Debut

The NFL was very good to WWE this Christmas.

According to ShowBuzz Daily, this week’s Friday Night Smackdown drew 3,336,000 viewers. This week’s show was up 70% from last week’s show that aired on FS1 that drew 1,030,000 viewers. Compared to the last show on FOX this show was up 37% as that show two weeks ago drew 2,306,000 viewers. In primetime on broadcast TV the night was won by the Dallas Mavericks/LA Lakers game on ABC. There was an NFL game that air before Smackdown on the east coast, but we do not have a number for that game yet.

As far as the demographics go, in the 18-49 demo, Smackdown averaged a .95. In the 18-34 demo, Smackdown averaged a .65 and in the 50+ demo, Smackdown averaged 4. In the all-important 18-49 demo, Smackdown was ranked number one.

Friday Night Smackdown Hourly Breakdown

• Hour 1: 4,097,000 (18-49: .1.1  18-34: .8  50+: 5)
• Hour 2: 2,574,000 (18-49: .8  18-34: .5  50+: 3)

Top 5 Friday Night Smackdown YouTube Highlights

• Roman Reigns vs Kevin Owens – Universal Title Steel Cage (over 772,000 views)
• Sami Zayn vs Big E – Intercontinental Title Lumberjack Match (577,000 views)
• WWE Women’s Tag Team Title Triple Threat (over 453,000 views)
• Daniel Bryan vs Jey Uso (over 359,000)
• Asuka & Charlotte Flair get interrupted by their Smackdown challengers (279,000 views)