12/31 Smackdown Ratings – DVR Update
July 13, 2020 | News | No Comments
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The final Smackdown of 2015 and the final Smackdown on Syfy drew an audience at the level of Thanksgiving Smackdown one month earlier.
WWE Smackdown Ratings Tracking
– December 31: Smackdown finished its run on Syfy with a 1.15 rating on New Year’s Eve.
It was the same as a 1.15 rating on Thanksgiving, November 26.
Smackdown drew 1.658 million viewers, almost identical to 1.652 million viewers on Thanksgiving.
The NYE episode followed a Super Smackdown that aired live on USA Network, then replayed on Syfy as part of “WWE Week.”
– DVR Update: Smackdown added 252,000 viewers via DVR viewing, which is slightly above-average to help offset the weak initial viewing on New Year’s Eve.
The added viewership brought the total to 1.910 million viewers with live and DVR’ing.
