Friday night’s WWE SmackDown, the go-home show for Backlash, averaged 2.148 million viewers. That’s up 0.2 percent from the previous week but is still SmackDown’s second-lowest audience total of the year.
The episode was taped earlier in the day in Lyon, France before airing on Fox. It drew a 0.60 rating in the 18-49 demo, up 3.4 percent from last week. It ties SmackDown’s second-lowest rating of 2024 in that category.
The show went up against NBA and NHL playoff games head-to-head.
As compared to the same week in 2023, SmackDown’s overall viewership was up 4.3 percent while its 18-49 rating was up 15.4 percent.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 8.2 percent in overall viewers and up 9.1 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.
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- WWE SmackDown ratings up slightly for Backlash go-home show
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