The TV ratings and viewership data are in for the Nov. 21 episode of WWE SmackDown on the USA Network.
Per Programming Insider, SmackDown was watched by 1,210,000 total viewers and did a .29 rating in the 18-49 year old demographic. Both are increases: 4% in overall audience, and 7% in the demo.
SmackDown was second on cable behind the Florida State/North Carolina State college football game on ESPN, which did a .47 from 2.13 million viewers. WWE was third among all original programming Friday, with
ABC’s Celebrity Wheel of Fortune doing a best-on broadcast .31 rating from 2.76 million viewers
The Last Time is Now Tournament continues this week, plus the women’s WarGames advantage match and a traditional Survivor Series elimination tag on the eve of that PLE. But it’s pre-taped (SPOILERS here), and airing on Black Friday. We’ll see how it does, then update our running tracker of SmackDown results from the past year with its numbers:
- Nov. 22, 2024 – 1.58 million viewers / .46 demo rating
- Nov. 29 – 1.34 / .40
- Dec. 6 – 1.49 /.44
- Dec. 13 – 1.53 / .47
- Dec. 20 – 1.33 / .37
- Dec. 27 – 1.44 / .41
- Jan. 3, 2025* – 1.53 / .45
- Jan. 10 – 1.44 / .40
- Jan. 17 – 1.40 / . 42
- Jan. 24 – 1.44 / .44
- Jan. 31 – 1.58 / .51
- Feb. 7 – 1.51 / .48
- Feb. 14 – 1.38 / .42
- Feb. 21 – 1.74 / .51
- Feb. 28 – 1.73 / .52
- March 7 – 1.74 / .52
- March 14 – 1.57 / .52
- March 21 – 1.46 / .39
- March 28 – 1.35 / .40
- April 4 – 1.58 / .47
- April 11 – 1.55 / .45
- April 18 – 1.74 / .55
- April 25 – 1.60 / .51
- May 2 – 1.41 / .37
- May 9 – 1.46 / .41
- May 16 – 1.29 / .36
- May 23 – 1.38 / .33
- May 30 – 1.38 / .34
- June 6 – 1.42 / .42
- June 13 – 1.40 / .38
- June 20 – 1.52 / .38
- June 27 – 1.45 / .41
- July 4** – 1.17 / .32
- July 11 – 1.40 / .37
- July 18 – 1.55 / .45
- July 25 – 1.71 / .48
- Aug. 1 – 1.54 / .46
- Aug. 8 – 1.56 / .48
- Aug. 15 – 1.43 / .35
- Aug. 22 – 1.26 / .35
- Aug. 29 – 1.15 / .28
- Sept. 5 – 1.59 / .51
- Sept. 12 – 1.32 / .37
- Sept. 19 – 1.34 / .37
- Sept. 26 – 1.24 / .35
- Oct. 3º – 1.03 / .23
- Oct. 10 – 1.03 / .22
- Oct. 17 – 1.18 / .28
- Oct. 24 – 1.15 / .29
- Oct. 31 – 993K / .20
- Nov. 7 – 1.14 million / .26
- Nov. 14 – 1.16 / .27
- Nov. 21 – 1.21 / .29
* Added a third hour
** Returned to two hours
º Nielsen began using their Big Data + Panel calculation
For complete results from the latest SmackDown, our live blog is here. To read a recap & review of the night’s events click here.
