WWE SmackDown Tops Ratings For Friday Night With Increased Viewership

SpoilerTV has released the overnight preliminary numbers for this week’s episode of WWE SmackDown on FOX.

The April 28th episode featured Night 1 of the 2023 WWE Draft. Last night’s show averaged 2.298 million viewers, based on 2.249 million viewers for the first hour and 2.347 million viewers for the second hour.

The overnight viewership rose from last week, as WWE SmackDown averaged 2.088 million viewers for the April 21st preliminary numbers. The final audience for the previous episode was 2.175 million viewers, hence, this week’s overnight figures were even higher than last week’s final numbers.

The demo ratings also increased this week as the latest show drew an average 0.61 rating in the key demo, up from the 0.49 average overnight rating in the key demo for the previous week. The final rating for last week’s show was 0.54.

WWE SmackDown topped the ratings in the key demographic for network primetime programming on Friday night, surpassing the NFL Draft on ABC. Blue Bloods on CBS topped the viewership for the night with 3.371 million viewers.

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