Friday’s WWE SmackDown episode, featuring a much-hyped advent by WWE Hall of Famer Nib Goldberg, drew an average of 2.538 one thousand thousand viewers on FOX, according to Showbuzz Daily.

This final number is downward from the overnight viewership that was released on Saturday morning, which was an average of ii.547 million viewers. This number is upwardly v.16% from concluding calendar week’due south final SmackDown viewership of 2.422 million viewers for the post-Majestic Rumble episode.

Besides the Goldberg advent, which ended up being live via satellite to ready his WWE Super ShowDown lucifer against WWE Universal Champion “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt, SmackDown also featured the render of The Dirt Sheet and a women’s Fatal 4 Way main event that saw Carmella defeat Dana Brooke, Naomi and Alexa Bliss to earn a futurity title shot from SmackDown Women’south Champion Bayley.

Fri’s SmackDown drew a 0.8 rating in the cardinal 18-49 demographic, a 0.9 rating in the 25-54 demo, and a 0.5 rating in the 18-34 demographic. Last week’s episode drew a 0.7 rating in the 18-49 demo, a 0.9 rating in the 25-54 demo, and a 0.five rating in the eighteen-34 demographic.

SmackDown ranked #ii in the 18-49 demographic on network Television receiver this calendar week, after a 7 calendar week run at #1, behind the Democrat Debate on ABC. That evidence drew a 1.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic. SmackDown likewise came in at #2 in the eighteen-34 demo this week, after a vii week run at the top. The contend drew an 0.8 rating in the demo. SmackDown tied for #iv in the 25-54 demo, with Dateline. The argue topped that demographic with a 1.vii rating while Hawaii Five-O came in second with a 1.1, and MacGyver came in tertiary with a 1.0 rating.

SmackDown came in at #vii for the night in viewership on network Telly, backside the contend, Hawaii Five-O, MacGyver, Blue Bloods, Dateline, and Lincoln Rhyme. The debate topped the night in viewership with vii.867 million viewers.

Alive PD topped the night on the Cable Top 150 with an 0.53 rating in the 18-49 demographic, and 1.701 million viewers. Hannity topped the dark on cable in viewership with 3.811 million viewers, ranking #12 on the Cable Top 150 with a 0.26 rating in the key demo.

Below is our 2020 SmackDown Viewership Tracker:

January iii Episode:
two.413 million viewers with a 0.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 10 Episode:
ii.497 million viewers with a 0.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 17 Episode:
2.562 million viewers with a 0.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 24 Episode:
2.448 million viewers with a 0.seven rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 31 Episode:
2.422 million viewers with a 0.seven rating in the xviii-49 demographic (mail-Royal Rumble episode)
Feb 7 Episode:
2.538 million viewers with a 0.eight rating in the xviii-49 demographic
February 14 Episode: