The second episode of Friday Night SmackDown on FOX, which featured the WWE Draft, drew an average of 2,898,000 viewers, down almost 1 million from last week’s 3,869,000 viewers for the debut episode.
Though SmackDown was far behind other shows on CBS and NBC in overall viewers, it had a much higher rating in the key 18-49 demographic than any other network show for the night. SmackDown averaged a 0.95 rating in that demo, while the second highest rated network shows, Blue Bloods and Hawaii Five-O on CBS each had a 0.7 rating.
Hourly numbers for SmackDown:
– Hour 1: 2,925,000
– Hour 2: 2,872,000
More Friday ratings: Showbuzz Daily
| Date | Viewers |
|---|---|
| 2019/10/11 (Draft) | 2,898,000 |
| 2019/10/04 (FOX Premiere) | 3,869,000 |
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