Wednesday, August 17, 2022

The Breakdown: Fox Friday in 2021-22 (WWE SmackDown!)




It's time for a journey through the Fox Friday schedule in 2021-22...


fall

Year8:008:309:009:30Avg
2020-21WWE SmackDown!92
9292
2021-22WWE SmackDown!92 (0%)
92 (0%)92 (0%)

VsAvg+52%+79%+64%
Rank4/213/214/21

The fall was the only SmackDown! segment that wasn't up in Plus, but the average includes a few of episodes that were shifted to FS1 due to baseball, so it was probably actually up in this period as well if you just compare Fox episodes.

winter

Year8:008:309:009:30Avg
2020-21WWE SmackDown!93
9393
2021-22WWE SmackDown!111 (+20%)
111 (+20%)111 (+20%)

VsAvg+75%+89%+82%
Rank1/211/211/21

SmackDown! looked solid in the winter with a bunch of 0.6's.

spring

Year8:008:309:009:30Avg
2020-21WWE SmackDown!85
8585
2021-22WWE SmackDown!96 (+13%)
96 (+13%)96 (+13%)

VsAvg+83%+92%+87%
Rank1/211/211/21

It slowed down somewhat at the end of the regular season, still posting some 0.6's immediately after DST but falling to 0.4 on a few occasions late in the spring.

Rating the Ratings

NameLoAvgHiy2yPlusPlusy2yResults
WWE SmackDown!0.10.500.6-14%99+9%

WWE SmackDown!: Not sure whether to grade this like a sports program or an entertainment one. Probably somewhere in the middle. Grade: B+.

The names in this last table link to the shows' War of 18-49 pages. Links with an asterisk(*) have been updated with the new info. Updates to younger shows will come later in the summer.

Previous Breakdowns for Fox Friday: 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21

Here's the now updated Schedules Plus for Fox Friday.

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