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PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a special Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast featuring a WrestleMania 36 Preview with ex-WWE Creative Team member and professional stand-up comedian Matt McCarthy.
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This week’s Smackdown TV rating inched up from last week, but the show remains stuck at the bottom rung.
WWE Smackdown Ratings Tracking
May 19: Smackdown scored a 1.62 rating leading into Extreme Rules, slightly up from a 1.59 rating last week.
Through the first seven weeks of the second quarter, Smackdown has averaged a 1.65 rating, down one ladder rung from a 1.77 average rating in the first quarter.
– Smackdown drew 2.295 million viewers, slightly up from 2.262 million viewers last week.
– DEMOGRAPHICS: Smackdown fell one-tenth of a rating in males 18-34 to the lowest point of the year.
Males 18-49 also fell slightly, but adults 18-49 increased slightly.
Overall, the show has been stuck in below-average territory since WrestleMania Season.