WWE SmackDown Viewership Takes Ridiculous Hit With Supershow On FS1

WWE brought a supershow to FS1 this week and that also came with an additional half-hour of programming. The company tried many things as they built toward Crown Jewel, but did their viewership jump to FS1 from FOX?

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Mat Men Pro Wrestling Podcast’s Andrew Zarian reports that that WWE’s October 15th SmackDown supershow on FS1 brought in a fast national number of 793,000 viewers. No demographic rating was noted, but this was a tremendous fall from last week’s episode which garnered over 2 million viewers on FOX.

The October 8th edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown drew an overnight average of 2.034 million viewers. They also captured a .45 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

October 1st’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown brought in an overnight average of 2.12 million for the first night of the 2021 WWE Draft. They also garnered a .55 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic.

The September 24th episode of Friday Night SmackDown brought an overnight viewership of 2.09 million viewers. They also garnered a .50 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

SmackDown’s September 17th episode drew an overnight viewership average of 2.190 million. They also garnered a .50 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

September 10th’s episode of the blue brand’s show in Madison Square Garden brought in an overnight average of 2.217 million viewers. They also garnered a .60 rating, a big improvement from the previous week.

The September 3rd episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown drew an overnight average of 2.147 million viewers. They also drew a .60 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic, down from the previous week.

The August 27th edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown drew an overnight average of 2.874 million viewers and a .7 in the 18 to 49 demographic. They scored 2.993 million in the first hour and 2.815 million in the second. That is quite a jump from last week, almost hitting the 3 million mark, but the number was inflated due to the NFL pre-empting several markets.