SpoilerTV has released the preliminary overnight numbers for Friday night’s WWE Night Of Champions go-home episode of SmackDown.
Last night’s show was taped a week ago due to WWE’s trip to Saudi Arabia.
WWE SmackDown averaged 2.027 million viewers for the preliminary audience, based on 1.991 million viewers for the first hour and 2.063 million viewers for the second hour.
The viewership took a hit compared to last week’s show, which drew 2.049 million viewers. The final audience for last week’s SmackDown was 2.133 million viewers.
The ratings also plunged in the P18-49 key demo this week. SmackDown averaged a 0.46 rating in the P18-49 key demo compared to the 0.5 rating for last week’s show. The final rating for last week’s show was a 0.52.
WWE SmackDown still managed to top the ratings in the key demo for Friday primetime network broadcast programming.
