According to Showbuzz Daily, last night’s WWE SmackDown drew an average of 2.58 million viewers overnight, a 3% rise from last week’s episode. The scored a 0.8 rating in the always important 18-49 demographic, which was number one for the evening. There was a slight drop from 2.61 to 2.54 from the first hour to the second hour.
Overall the program finished 8th overall in total viewership behind Friday’s normal lineup: American Housewife, Magnum P.I., 20/20, Dateline NBC, Hawaii Five-O, Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector, and Blue Bloods, which topped the night at just under 6 million despite the episode being a rerun.
Full ratings come out on Monday. If the numbers remain the same, this would be SmackDown’s fourth best show in terms of viewership since they moved to FOX in October.