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Last night’s WWE Smackdown on USA Network drew a 1.52 rating, down from last week’s 1.63 rating and above the 1.51 from two weeks ago, among live and same-night-DVR viewers. The rolling ten-week average is 1.57. Viewership was 2.150 million, down from 2.312 million last week.
The rating this week is down from the year-ago rating of 1.86 and the two-years-ago rating was 1.72.
The 2018 average is 1.67, down from 1.75 one year ago this week.
Smackdown took a hit from ESPN’s Duke vs. Auburn college basketball game, which topped the cable ratings among 18-49 year old viewers with a 0.8 rating according to TVByTheNumbers. In total viewers, it edged Smackdown by 17,000 viewers. Smackdown did finish no. 2 overall among the 18-49 demographic.
“Curse of Oak Island” on History Channel was the most viewed show with 2.914 million viewers followed by “The Rachel Maddow Show” on MSNBC with 2.851 million viewers.
Duke vs. Auburn! A main event…ok not really….bad ratings are mostly cause the product stinks.