The viewership figure and demo rating for Friday’s (April 28) WWE Draft 2023 edition of WWE SmackDown has been revealed.
Per Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics, SmackDown drew 2.473 million viewers. This is up from the April 21 edition that drew 2.175 viewers.
This is the highest total viewership for the program since the January 27 episode.
In the 18-49 demographic, Friday’s show scored 0.67 rating. This is also up from the week prior that scored 0.54 rating.
WWE ranked #5 in the demo for the night.
The show featured the first night of the WWE Draft 2023 as well as Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn defeating The Usos to retain the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships in the main event.
For more information about SmackDown ratings, check out WrestleTalk’s SmackDown ratings tracker.
WWE Smackdown, Friday on Fox (8-10pm):
2,473,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.67
#5 in P18-49 for the dayExpect preempted Rampage number soon from Showbuzz.
📊 https://t.co/qDSSxyAPtr pic.twitter.com/m0EWuxY0q3— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) May 1, 2023
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