WWE SMACKDOWN VIEWERSHIP UP FOR THE FINAL EPISODE BEFORE FASTLANE

This week’s WWE SmackDown episode, featuring the final hype for WWE Fastlane, drew 2.155 million viewers. This is barely up from last week’s 2.150 million viewers.

SmackDown was #9 for the night in viewership on cable, for the third week in a row, behind Curse of Oak Island, Rachel Maddow Show, Hannity, Tucker Carlson Tonight, The Ingraham Angle, Last Word, The Five and Special Report. SmackDown was #3 in the 18-49 demographic this week, behind the NBA and Curse of Oak Island. The NBA game between the Celtics and the Warriors topped the night in the 18-49 demographic with 2.053 million viewers while Curse of Oak Island drew 3.511 million viewers.

The big draw on network TV at 8pm was The Voice on NBC, which drew 10.215 million viewers.

In comparison, Monday’s WWE RAW drew 2.783 million viewers, down from last week’s 2.992 million viewers for Roman Reigns’ return, which was the best viewership of 2019 and the best RAW viewership since the post-SummerSlam 2018 episode on August 20, which drew 3.095 million viewers.

Below is our 2019 SmackDown Viewership Tracker:

January 1 Episode: 2.091 million viewers (New Year’s episode, taped)

January 8 Episode: 2.032 million viewers

January 15 Episode: 2.143 million viewers

January 22 Episode: 2.142 million viewers

January 29 Episode: 2.137 million viewers (post-Royal Rumble episode)

February 5 Episode: 1.841 million viewers (State of the Union competition)

February 12 Episode: 2.034 million viewers

February 19 Episode: 2.269 million viewers (post-Elimination Chamber episode)

February 26 Episode: 2.150 million viewers

March 5 Episode: 2.155 million viewers

March 12 Episode:

2018 Total: 122.304 million viewers

2018 Average: 2.352 million viewers per episode

2017 Total: 132.401 million viewers

2017 Average: 2.546 million viewers per episode

WWE RAW VIEWERSHIP FOR THE FINAL EPISODE BEFORE THE FASTLANE PAY-PER-VIEW

Monday’s WWE RAW episode, featuring the final build for Sunday’s WWE Fastlane pay-per-view, drew 2.783 million viewers.

This is down from last week’s 2.992 million viewers for Roman Reigns’ return, which was the best viewership of 2019 and the best RAW viewership since the post-SummerSlam 2018 episode on August 20, which drew 3.095 million viewers.

For this week’s show, the first hour drew 3.065 million viewers (last week’s hour 1 – 3.167 million), the second hour drew 2.798 million viewers (last week’s hour 2 – 2.952 million) and the final hour drew 2.485 million viewers (last week’s hour 3 – 2.648 million).

RAW was #3 for the night in viewership on cable, behind Rachel Maddow Show and Tucker Carlson Tonight. Maddow topped the night in viewership with 3.231 million viewers. RAW was #1 in the 18-49 demographic on the Cable Top 150, for the fifth week in a row.

The Bachelor on ABC drew 7.278 million viewers on broadcast TV in the 8pm hour while The Neighborhood drew 5.085 million viewers on CBS, The Voice drew 10.965 million viewers on NBC, The Resident drew 5.118 million viewers on Fox and CW’s Arrow drew 887,000 viewers, all in the 8pm hour on broadcast TV.

Below is our 2019 RAW Viewership Tracker:

January 7 Episode: 2.324 million viewers

January 14 Episode: 2.722 million viewers

January 21 Episode: 2.462 million viewers

January 28 Episode: 2.703 million viewers (post-Royal Rumble episode) 

February 4 Episode: 2.510 million viewers

February 11 Episode: 2.462 million viewers

February 18 Episode: 2.771 million viewers (post-Elimination Chamber episode) 

February 25 Episode: 2.922 million viewers

March 4 Episode: 2.783 million viewers

March 11 Episode:

2018 Total: 149.628 million viewers over 53 episodes

2018 Average: 2.823 million viewers per episode

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