Originally published at https://www.postwrestling.com/2018/05/02/smackdown-drops-to-its-lowest-viewership-of-2018/
With heavy competition from the NBA playoffs, WWE SmackDown posted its lowest number of the year on the USA Network this week.
This week’s episode averaged 2,436,000 viewers and was the show’s lowest number since October 31st, 2017, which was Halloween Night and went against the World Series.
This week’s factor was Game 1 of the Cleveland Cavalier vs. Toronto Raptors series that averaged 5,587,000 viewers on TNT.