Smackdown Ratings For 8/28 Hold Steady Coming Out Of SummerSlam

This week’s Smackdown did almost the same number.

According to ShowBuzz Daily, this week’s Friday Night Smackdown drew 2,181,000 viewers. this is up less than 1% from last week’s show that drew 2,167,000 viewers. This week saw a 14,000 viewer increase. The night overall was won by McGyver and Blue Bloods on CBS.

As far as the demographics, in the 18-49 demo, Smackdown did a .6. In the 18-34 demo, Smackdown did a .3 and in the 50+ demo, Smackdown did a 3. In the all-important 18-49 demo, Smackdown was ranked number one. It also won the 18-34 demo as well.

Friday Night Smackdown Hourly Breakdown

• Hour 1: 2,210,000 (18-49: .6  18-34: .3  50+: 3)
• Hour 2: 2,151,000 (18-49: .6  18-34: .3  50+: 3)

Top 5 Friday Night Smackdown YouTube Highlights

• Roman Reigns turns to Paul Heyman ahead of WWE Payback (over 1.1 million views)
• Alexa Bliss smashes friendship with Nikki Cross (over 523,000 views)
• Sami Zayn returns to shake up the Intercontinental Title picture (over 443,000 views)
• Drew Gulak vs Braun Strowman (over 412,000 views)
• Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler call out Bayley and Sasha Banks (over 349,000 views)

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