Overview
- Outlets reported the Nov. 7 episode at roughly 1.14–1.19 million viewers, with both citing a 0.26 rating among adults 18–49.
- Coverage frames the increase as a bounce from Oct. 31, when the show fell to about 993,000 viewers and a 0.20 demo opposite the World Series and Halloween.
- Analysts note advertised angles and appearances, including Cody Rhodes and a Drew McIntyre suspension storyline, but emphasize the lack of postseason sports as the bigger factor.
- Cageside Seats updated its year-long tracker with the new figures, underscoring recent volatility in linear SmackDown viewership.
- Both reports flag caveats that Nielsen’s Big Data + Panel methodology and occasional runtime changes complicate direct comparisons across weeks.