Friday Ratings: Vince McMahon Appearance On ‘WWE Friday Night SmackDown’ Is A Winner

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WWE Chairman/CEO Vince McMahon was a winner and a loser this week.First, the bad news: He stepped down from his executive position with the WWE as an investigation into misconduct and secret agreements was surfaced by the Wall St.

Journal.Now, the good news: He appeared at the start of Fox’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown, boosting the ratings as the world tuned in to see whether he would address the controversy.He didn’t.

But the hint that he might drove the show’s ratings to a winning score of 0.6, marking a 26% week-over-week in total viewers and 46% rise in the coveted 18-49 demo.The semi-final of reality show Come Dance with Me on CBS came in with an 0.2, setting up a big finish.

That was followed by a CBS News special, Watergate: High Crimes, a 50th anniversary documentary on the controversial burglary that brought down a president.