The ratings for Thursday night’s WWE SmackDown broadcast are in and both the viewership and rating numbers saw an increase from last week’s broadcast. Thursday night’s broadcast drew 2.491 million viewers and a 0.77 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic. That is up 4% and 1% from last week’s 2.395 million and 0.76. It should also be noted that the viewership for SmackDown was the best since the February 4th episode which brought in 2.664 million watchers.
WWE SmackDown ranked at #5 for the night among cable originals, only trailing the the Republican presidential debate on FOX News (3.62 demo rating, 16.834 million viewers), the Golden State vs. Oklahoma City NBA game on TNT (1.61 demo rating, 3.614 million viewers), The O’Reilly Factor which followed the debate (1.5 rating, 7.116 million viewers) and Inside the NBA after the basketball game (0.79 demo rating, 1.628 million viewers).
