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Although Raw numbers are down this week, Tuesday night's SmackDown has seen its audiences grow by 5.5%, reaching an average of 2.264 million viewers. This equates to a much higher retention than usual of 96% of Raw's audience, one of the highest in history.
The increase may be due in part to the fact that CBS aired rebroadcasts between 8 pm and 10 pm in front of SmackDown, resulting in a 50% drop in ratings for this network.
SmackDown finished ninth for the total cable television audience, but dominated the 18- to 49-year-old demo with a score of 0.81. There was no major sports competition outside of a college basketball game on ESPN that drew 1.59 million viewers.
Year-over-year, SmackDown was down more than 15% from the same week in 2017, continuing the recent double-digit downtrend.
Here is an overview of the last 10 weeks of SmackDown evaluation and comparison with the same week last year:
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