Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson brought a hefty audience to last week’s Friday Night SmackDown. The WWE veteran confronted Austin Theory, raking in 2.6M viewers on Fox.
That’s up 23% versus the audience for Friday Night SmackDown the week before. Compared to a year ago, the audience was up 16%.
Among viewers 18-49, The Rock managed to boost Friday Night SmackDown to a 0.7 rating — which translates to about 918,000 total viewers.
That marks a 33% increase week-over-week and is up 40% compared to a year ago. It was also No. 1 on broadcast primetime on Friday among audiences 18 to 49 and 18 to 34.
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