According to Showbuzz Daily, last night’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown drew an average of 1.905 million viewers overnight, an increase of 7.2% from the previous week’s show. They scored a 0.5 rating in the always important 18-49 demographic, which was #1 for the night. The show was built around a tag team title contest between The New Day and the duo of Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura. The bout ended in a no-contest.
Overall the program finished 8th in total viewership behind Shark Tank, Truth and Lies: The Jeffrey Epstein Story, MacGyver, Blue Bloods, The Wall, Dateline NBC, and Magnum P.I., which won the night with 3.7 million viewers.
Full ratings will be out on Monday.