Not knowing who attacked Jacob Fatu seems good for WWE SmackDown’s ratings

The TV ratings and viewership data are in for the Oct. 24 episode of WWE SmackDown on the USA Network.

Per Programming Insider, SmackDown netted 1,147,000 million viewers and drew a 0.29 rating in the 18-49 year old demographic. That’s a slightly smaller total audience than the Friday before, and a small uptick in the demo. It helped SmackDown finish first in the cable ratings, and third overall on all of television.

Game 1 of the World Series led everything on the night, bringing approximately 12.5 million viewers to FOX while drawing a 2.53 rating. But the mystery of who attacked Jacob Fatu, and Drew McIntyre’s latest take-no-prisoners campaign for a World title kept SmackDown in the fight, even against Shohei Ohtani and Vladimir Guerrero, Jr.

Here’s our running tracker of SmackDown results from the past year:

• Oct. 25, 2024 – 1.42 million viewers / .43 demo rating
• Nov. 1 – 1.43 / .42
• Nov. 8 – 1.53 / .47
• Nov. 15 – 1.23 / .32
• Nov. 22 – 1.58 / .46
• Nov. 29 – 1.34 / .40
• Dec. 6 – 1.49 /.44
• Dec. 13 – 1.53 / .47
• Dec. 20 – 1.33 / .37
• Dec. 27 – 1.44 / .41
• Jan. 3, 2025* – 1.53 / .45
• Jan. 10 – 1.44 / .40
• Jan. 17 – 1.40 / . 42
• Jan. 24 – 1.44 / .44
• Jan. 31 – 1.58 / .51
• Feb. 7 – 1.51 / .48
• Feb. 14 – 1.38 / .42
• Feb. 21 – 1.74 / .51
• Feb. 28 – 1.73 / .52
• March 7 – 1.74 / .52
• March 14 – 1.57 / .52
• March 21 – 1.46 / .39
• March 28 – 1.35 / .40
• April 4 – 1.58 / .47
• April 11 – 1.55 / .45
• April 18 – 1.74 / .55
• April 25 – 1.60 / .51
• May 2 – 1.41 / .37
• May 9 – 1.46 / .41
• May 16 – 1.29 / .36
• May 23 – 1.38 / .33
• May 30 – 1.38 / .34
• June 6 – 1.42 / .42
• June 13 – 1.40 / .38
• June 20 – 1.52 / .38
• June 27 – 1.45 / .41
• July 4** – 1.17 / .32
• July 11 – 1.40 / .37
• July 18 – 1.55 / .45
• July 25 – 1.71 / .48
• Aug. 1 – 1.54 / .46
• Aug. 8 – 1.56 / .48
• Aug. 15 – 1.43 / .35
• Aug. 22 – 1.26 / .35
• Aug. 29 – 1.15 / .28
• Sept. 5 – 1.59 / .51
• Sept. 12 – 1.32 / .37
• Sept. 19 – 1.34 / .37
• Sept. 26 – 1.24 / .35
• Oct. 3º – 1.03 / .23
• Oct. 10 – 1.03 / .22
• Oct. 17 – 1.18 / .28
• Oct. 24 – 1.15 / .29

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** Returned to two hours
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For complete results from the latest SmackDown, our live blog is here. To read a recap & review of the night’s events click here.