{"id":185487,"date":"2026-02-18T18:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T00:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=185487"},"modified":"2026-02-18T18:45:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T00:45:19","slug":"wwe-smackdown-rating-how-did-the-show-perform-on-syfy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2026\/02\/18\/wwe-smackdown-rating-how-did-the-show-perform-on-syfy\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown rating: How did the show perform on Syfy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-3996084902\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>WWE Friday Night Smackdown finished with an average of 1.042 million viewers for Syfy Network, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/programminginsider.com\/category\/ratings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ProgrammingInsider.com<\/a>. The number was down compared to the previous episode&#8217;s 1.459 million viewership average on USA Network.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> Friday&#8217;s Smackdown finished with a 0.26 rating in the 18-49 demographic, down compared to the previous week&#8217;s 0.35 rating. The drops were expected, and the fact that they stayed north of the one million viewer mark while on Syfy and against the Winter Olympics is impressive. One year earlier, the February 14, 2025, edition of Smackdown produced 1.422 million viewers and a 0.43 rating for USA Network.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-2862355517\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":172270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[101,31],"class_list":["post-185487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsticker","category-wwe_news","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-smackdown"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WWE Smackdown rating: How did the show perform on Syfy? 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