The rating for Thursday night’s WWE SmackDown broadcast is in and the show had an increase in numbers this week. Despite WWE SmackDown going head-to-head with the NBA Draft, Thursday night’s broadcast drew 2.145 million viewers, with a 0.67 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic. Those numbers are up 3% and 12% from the previous week’s 2.073 million viewers, with a 0.6 in the 18 – 49 demographic.
WWE SmackDown ranked #2 among cable originals for the night, trailing the NBA draft (1.24 demo rating, 2.994 million viewers) and the pre-draft show on ESPN (0.74, 1.824 million).
