{"id":58428,"date":"2019-07-03T15:38:30","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T20:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=58428"},"modified":"2019-07-03T15:38:30","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T20:38:30","slug":"wwe-smackdown-live-viewership-declines-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2019\/07\/03\/wwe-smackdown-live-viewership-declines-5\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown Live viewership declines"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-805742461\" 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 noreferrer\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday&#8217;s WWE Smackdown Live averaged 1.890 million viewers for USA Network, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.showbuzzdaily.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Showbuzzdaily.com<\/a>. The number was down from the 1.921 million count from last Tuesday&#8217;s edition.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> Raw shot up this week, but Smackdown declined, perhaps because we were another day closer to the Independence Day holiday in the United States and people are traveling. That said, it might actually help the cause if WWE featured some match hype in their ads and previews. The ad for Smackdown said Kofi Kingston and Samoa Joe would appear live, and the website preview asked a bunch of questions rather than actually advertise anything in particular. Despite the low number, Smackdown finished first in the cable ratings in the 18-49 demographic. The July 3, 2018 edition of Smackdown delivered 2.013 million viewers.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>NEW:<\/b> Help support Prowrestling.net when you shop Amazon by starting your online Amazon shopping at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/prowrestling.net\/amazon\">Prowrestling.net\/amazon<\/a>. You are not charged extra, but we receive a small and very helpful commission on everything you purchase. Thanks for thinking of us every time you shop at Amazon.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-1152957113\" 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":10722,"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-58428","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 v27.4 - 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