WWE Smackdown Live Ratings: Viewers down for May 8, Lowest audience since October 2017

WWE Smackdown Live ratings are in for May 8, 2018.

This week’s episode from Baltimore drew an average of 2.29 million viewers on Tuesday night according to a report by Showbuzzdaily.com.

This is down from last week’s show that drew 2.44 million viewers. WWE came in at No. 4 for the night on cable for the second week in a row. The NBA Playoffs dominated the night on cable once again drawing 4.95 million and 4.08 million respectively.

Last week’s show was a new low for Smackdown Live in 2017, meaning this week set another new low for the show on the USA Network. It was also the lowest audience for an episode of Smackdown Live since October 31, 2017 per Gerweck.net.

Demographic ratings for Smackdown Live

Smackdown, headlined by Daniel Bryan vs. Rusev, averaged a 0.71 rating among adults 18-49. This is down from last week’s 0.77 rating last week.

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