Tuesday’s SmackDown Live drew 2,888,000 viewers, up from last week’s 2,771,000 viewers. The show featured Daniel Bryan’s announcement that he was cleared to return to the ring.
That’s the highest number since the April 11, 2017 episode (3,105,000), which was the Superstar Shake-up.
SmackDown was #1 on cable for the night in the 18-49 demographic.
This time last year, the March 21, 2017 episode of SmackDown Live drew 2,647,000 viewers.
Monday’s Raw drew an average of 3,327,000 viewers.
More Tuesday ratings: Showbuzz Daily