Blitzkrieg

WC Hall Of Famer

Story By: Ben Johnson

While the final number has not yet been made available, WWE's audience seems to have indeed carried over to Friday nights. Last night's edition of "Friday Night SmackDown!" scored a 2.9/5 Fast National rating, good enough for third place among the major networks. Although the number is slightly below the show's Thursday average, it easily exceeded all expectations.

Ratings for the "Shelter From The Storm" special were not released on a "per network" basis, but one would not be able to dismiss SmackDown's respectable performance on the basis that the benefit concert provided a solid lead-in. The number is reflective of interest on the part of WWE fans.

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I know this is only the first week and what they failed to mention is that the card was pretty stacked. I'll be more interested in next week's number to see if people are really watching this.

ICEMAN

I don't think the ratings will drop all that much. I think they'll be somewhere between 3.1-2.7 range each week, which isn't bad for UPN on a Friday. What's funny is that the Thursday rating for UPN was 1.5 and they finished in last place. Should be interesting to see how this Chris Rock show does. If it falters, I'd look for SD! to move back to its old timeslot.

Mr. Kennedy

UPN does bad almost every night and they are usually last or 2nd to last every night. Which is why I don't understand why they would move their highest rated show to a night that is usually considered a graveyard for TV shows, but I think that SD has a loyal enougth fanbase to continue geting decent ratings.

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