Smackdown Viewership Doesn’t Benefit From James Ellsworth

Raw's viewership saw a huge jump for Goldberg's return, but it doesn't appear James Ellsworth is as much of a draw.

Tuesday night's episode of Smackdown Live drew 2.405 million viewers, which was under a 2 percent decrease from last week's 2.448 million viewers. 

According to Showbuzz Daily, Smackdown was #6 for the night in viewership behind the MLB Playoffs, Hannity, The Kelly File and The O'Reilly Factor. All of these programs are beneficiaries of the season, as it's an election year. Smackdown landed at #2 in the 18-49 demographic behind MLB.

Monday Night's episode of raw drew 3.130 million viewers. You can check out Fightul.com's post-Smackdown Podcast above.