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WWE Actually Gets Christmas Miracle, Smackdown Draws 4M Viewers

Published Sat, 26 Dec 2020 12:43:57 -0600

You know, The Chadster is an optimistic guy, but even I didn't really think Santa would come through and bring WWE the ratings Christmas miracle they so badly needed. Maybe the entire past ten years were like the part of the movie where George Bailey sees what it would be like if WWE got terrible ratings that just kept getting worse, and now everything is back to normal again and The Chadster gets his wings! Whatever happened, The Chadster is just happy to see WWE Smackdown get the ratings reward it deserves.

The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown.

Smackdown Drawa Over 4 Million People in First Hour

The average viewership for WWE Smackdown last night was 3.335 million, with an amazing 4.097 million people tuning in to the first hour. Smackdown had so many viewers during that first hour, a lot of them probably tuned into the NFL game that aired before it and helped boost those ratings as well. As the eggnog really kicked in the viewership dropped a bit for the second hour, which had just 2.574 million viewers, but that's still up from the average in recent months. In the 18-49 demographic, WWE Smackdown also did massive numbers. The first hour got a 1.1 while the second hour did a .8, for an average of .95.

The Bottom Line 'Cause Chad Said So

In retrospect, this should be all that surprising. The Chadster has been a really good boy all year and so of course Santa was going to bring me incredible WWE ratings for Christmas. And now, empowered by the biggest WWE rating since perhaps the Smackdown season premiere, The Chadster is finally ready to give my wife Keighleyanne the present in her Christmas stocking she's been waiting for all year. I'll see you on Monday, readers. Chadster out!

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