News Did WWE SmackDown’s Return To Thursday Nights Help In The Ratings? By Still Real To Us - Jan 17, 2015 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Photo: WWE Last night’s episode of WWE SmackDown on its new night averaged 2.675 million viewers. Viewership was up 10% from last week’s episode on Friday night, which averaged 2.432 million viewers. SmackDown was also the number one show on cable last night.