{"id":96187,"date":"2021-08-16T15:18:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T20:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=96187"},"modified":"2021-08-16T15:18:51","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T20:18:51","slug":"wwe-smackdown-on-fox-viewership-minus-tokyo-olympics-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2021\/08\/16\/wwe-smackdown-on-fox-viewership-minus-tokyo-olympics-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown on Fox viewership minus Tokyo Olympics competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-3922527408\" 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>WWE Friday Night Smackdown finished with 2.084 million viewers for Fox, according to Brandon Thurston of <a href=\"https:\/\/wrestlenomics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wrestlenomics.com<\/a>. The number is down from the previous episode&#8217;s 2.169 million final viewership count (and way down from the 2.499 million overnight number that was released on Saturday morning).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> Friday&#8217;s Smackdown delivered a 0.58 rating in the 18-49 demographic. Smackdown joined Raw and AEW Dynamite in having their overall viewership numbers drop last week despite not having competition from the Tokyo Olympics. 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