Smackdown Ratings For 8/21 Up For The ThunderDome Debut

The ThunderDome was a big interest to fans.

According to ShowBuzz Daily, this week’s Friday Night Smackdown averaged 2,168,000 viewers. This is up roughly 9% from last week’s show that averaged 1,979,000 viewers. This week saw a 189,000 viewer increase. Overall, the night was won by Blue Bloods on CBS.

As far as the demographics, in the 18-49 demo, Smackdown drew a .6. In the 18-34 demo, Smackdown drew a 3.5 and the 50+ demo did a 3. In the 18-49 demo, Smackdown did win the night. it also won the 18-34 demo as well.

Friday Night Smackdown Hourly Breakdown

• Hour 1: 2,189,000 (18-49: .6  18-34: .4  50+: 3)
• Hour 2: 2,146,000 (18-49: .6  18-34: .3  50+: 3)

Top 5 Friday Night Smackdown YouTube Highlights

• RETRIBUTION swarms Braun Strowman in the WWE ThunderDome (over 1.3 million views)
• Mr. McMahon comes face-to-face with “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt (over 783,000 views)
• Jeff Hardy vs AJ STyles (over 547,000 views)
• “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt shockingly emerges from ambulance after attack (over 520,000 views)
• Braun Strowman breaks down the FireFly Fun House (516,000 views)

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