Last night’s WWE SmackDown Live brought in 2,072,000 viewers, way down from last week’s 2,349,000 viewers. That is easily the lowest SmackDown viewer number of the year and the second lowest since SmackDown went live on July 19, 2016, with the lowest being the November 8 episode, which was on election night and had 1,921,000 viewers.
There were no “big” sports games or much competition last night and this was the “go-home” show before Money in the Bank on Sunday.
SmackDown has been a lot worse since the “superstar shake-up” imo, and it seems to be showing in the ratings…
More Tuesday ratings: Showbuzz Daily
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