Ratings increased for Friday’s episode of SmackDown. According to Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics, the show averaged 2.243 million viewers on FOX, up from 2.207 million a week earlier.
The program received the same 0.54 rating among the crucial 18-49 age group as it did the week prior. This was both the season premiere episode of SmackDown and the go-home edition of Extreme Rules.
The comparison between this week’s show and last week’s is seen below in each demo:
The breakdown of the show’s demos this week vs previous week is as follows:
* Viewers 18-34 – 0.34 – a week ago: 0.30
* Viewers 18-49 – 0.54 – a week ago: 0.54
* Viewers 25-54 – 0.71 – a week ago: 0.71
* Female viewers 18-49 – 4.4 – a week ago: 4.7
* Male viewers 18-49 – 6.5 – a week ago: 6.7
* Viewers 50+ – 3.2 – a week ago: 3.1
