SmacDown rebounded from last week’s slip to hit the highest rating in a month and a half. Thursday night’s episode brought in a 0.68 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 2.241 million viewers. Those numbers are up 8% each from last week’s 0.63 demo rating and 2.08 million viewers. The numbers are the highest since the May 19th episode scored a 0.7 and 2.295 million viewers.
SmackDown ranked #4 for the night among cable originals, behind midnight and 1 AM CNN coverage and the European Championship Football game on ESPN between Germany and France.