Last night’s SmackDown Live drew 2,493,000 viewers, down from last week’s 2,680,000 viewers.
SmackDown was #2 on cable for the night in the 18-49 demographic, behind “Curse of Oak Island” on the History Channel.
This time last year, the December 6, 2016 episode of SmackDown Live drew 2,479,000 viewers.
Monday’s Raw drew an average of 2,813,000 viewers.
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