WWE SmackDown Records Slight Decrease In Final Viewership On 12/16/22

On December 19, Brandon Thurston reported that Friday's WWE SmackDown finished with a average viewership total of 2.191 million viewers. This is down from the previous Friday's SmackDown, which drew 2.306 million viewers. Friday's episode also featured with a final key demo rating of 0.52, which is down from the previous week's 0.57 rating.

As first reported by Spoiler TV on Saturday, December 17, 2022, Friday's WWE SmackDown on December 16 drew 2,056,000 viewers in preliminary viewership. This number was down from the 2,098,000 viewers that last week's episode drew.

Friday's show drew also preliminary 0.5 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic, which was the same as the previous week week.