Smackdown Viewership Numbers For This Week: Brock Lesnar, American Alpha, Randy Orton, More

Smackdown Live's numbers trended downward for the second straight week.

Last night's live show drew only 2.681 million viewers, which is down from last week's show that managed 2.743 million in the first post-draft edition.

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Smackdown was number four for the evening in viewership, trailing The O'Reilly Factor, The Haves & Have Nots, and the Kelly File. However, Smackdown Live did rank number one in the 18-49 demographic at a 0.93. Other demographic numbers include a 0.98 for Males over 50, and a 0.56 for females between 12-34, according to Showbuzz Daily.

This week's show featured a special appearance from Raw superstar Brock Lesnar, the debut of former NXT Tag Team Champions American Alpha, Randy Orton in action, and a top-contender's match between Bray Wyatt and Dolph Ziggler.

You can also check out last week's Smackdown Youtube segment rankings, which we'll be bringing you every week at Fightful.com.

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