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PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a special Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast featuring a WrestleMania 36 Preview with ex-WWE Creative Team member and professional stand-up comedian Matt McCarthy.
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This week’s WWE Smackdown inched up in TV ratings and viewership, but remained below the First Quarter 2016 average.
WWE Smackdown TV Ratings Tracking
April 21: Thursday’s Smackdown scored a 1.71 TV rating on USA Network, up slightly from a 1.70 rating last week.
The show remained below the First Quarter average of a 1.77 rating, though.
Smackdown drew 2.431 million viewers, re-gaining three percent that was lost last week.
However, viewership was below the Q1 average of 2.481 million viewers.
– DEMOGRAPHICS: Smackdown improved slightly in adults 18-49, males 18-49, and males 18-34.
Males 18-34 increased to a five-week high. The increase is interesting because Raw’s m18-34 rating fell hard to the lowest point of the year on Monday.