— UPDATE: Last Friday night’s WWE SmackDown broadcast
drew a 1.86 (1.9) cable rating, down 5% from last week’s
1.95.
— ORIGINAL: Friday’s episode of WWE SmackDown dropped a
bit in the ratings, but held onto the 18 – 49 demographic. The show drew
2.63 million viewers and a 0.8 in the 18 – 49 demo, down 7%
and even from 2.82 million and a 0.8 last week. While the viewership is the
lowest since the August 22nd episode, the demo rating has been staying steady at
its current rating for the last four weeks.
The show was the highest original programming on cable in that demographic
for the night. The household rating will be available later.
— Here are some backstage videos from Night of Champions, along with a John
Cena promo video to promote the WWE Malaysian tour on October 10th and 11th:
