Television Viewership: SmackDown's Superstar Shakeup

Originally published at https://www.postwrestling.com/2019/04/17/television-viewership-smackdowns-superstar-shakeup/

Tuesday’s edition of SmackDown Live featuring the second night of the Superstar Shakeup averaged 2,219,000 viewers on the USA Network.

The viewership was the third-highest mark for the program in 2019, although it was down 20% from last year’s Superstar Shakeup. In 2018, SmackDown averaged 2,769,000 viewers for the special.

The key sports competition from Tuesday was the NBA playoff game between the Orlando Magic and Toronto Raptors that averaged 2,239,000 viewers on TNT. Last year’s Superstar Shakeup episode also had NBA playoff competition that did 2,880,000 viewers.

The episode of Miz and Mrs. did 1,102,000 viewers immediately after SmackDown. Of the three episodes this year, it was the highest figure after the previous two episodes averaged 997,000 viewers both weeks.

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