WWE Ratings Roundup: SmackDown Surges, Raw Rises

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Last Friday’s SmackDown (Jan. 13th) saw a ratings surge for WWE as it scored a 2.18 rating and notched 3.13 million viewers, both up 21 percent compared to the prior week’s show. SmackDown ranked #3 in overall viewers and males 18-49, and #5 in males 18-34.

Meanwhile, this past Monday’s episode of Raw (Jan. 16th) rose to a 3.01 rating (up five percent from last week) and notched 4.29 million viewers (up seven percent from last week).

However, despite the ratings increase, Raw lost viewers from hour one (4.32 million viewers) to hour two (4.26 million viewers) for the twelfth time in thirteen weeks.

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