Thursday night’s episode of SmackDown took a very minor hit from last week. The episode scored 2.395 million viewers and a 0.76 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic, down 3% each from last week’s 2.458 million and 0.78. The viewership was the lowest since the January 14th episode brought in 2.332 million viewers, while the rating was still a tick higher than the 0.75 two weeks previous.
SmackDown was #4 among cable originals tonight behind the Republican debate on CNN (13.101 million viewers and a 2.7 demo rating), the pre-debate show and the post-debate special.