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WWE’s NXT Scores Heavyweight Audience With CW Debut As SmackDown Drives Success On USA Network
WWE is also seeing success with SmackDown's move to USA Network
NXT secured 895,000 total viewers, up 44% compared to last week’s episode, which was the last on USA Network. Last week, SmackDown went head-to-head with its old network’s telecast of the Washington-Rutgers game, prevailing in the 18-49 demo with 602,000 viewers (compared to 512,000 for Fox’s Big 10 football coverage). This is a fairly significant feat for SmackDown, as it moved to a network with a lot less reach than Fox.
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