Tuesday’s SmackDown Live drew 2,298,000 viewers, just slightly up from last week’s year-low of 2,293,000 viewers.
That’s still the second lowest number of 2018 and the lowest since October 31, 2017 (2,119,000).
SmackDown was #4 on cable for the night in the 18-49 demographic, behind the Cavs/Celtics game on ESPN (8,229,000), SportsCenter (2,907,000) and the NBA Draft Lottery on ESPN (2,420,000).
This time last year, the May 17, 2017 episode of SmackDown Live drew 2,175,000 viewers.
Monday’s Raw drew an average of 2,741,000 viewers.
More Tuesday ratings: Showbuzz Daily
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