Friday Night Smackdown Audience Rises Again For Undertaker Tribute

[John]

Last night's Preliminary Broadcast National ratings saw Smackdown do 2,173,000 overnight viewers, up from last week's 2,089,000 overnight viewers. This was the third week in a row the viewership rose.
Hour one did 2,271,000 viewers while hour two did 2,076,000.
Date Audience Number
06/26/20 - PC, Boneyard Match 2,173,000
6/19/20 - Performance Center 2,089,000
6/12/20 - Performance Center 2,016,000
6/5/20 - Performance Center 1,935,000
5/29/20 - Performance Center 2,150,000
5/22/20 - Performance Center 2,040,000
5/15/20 - Performance Center 2,048,000
5/8/20 - Performance Center 2,040,000
5/1/20 - Performance Center 1,919,000
4/24/20 - Performance Center 2,014,000
4/17/20 - Performance Center 2,192,000
4/10/20 - Performance Center 2,304,000
4/3/20 - Performance Center 2,375,000
3/27/20 - Performance Center 2,374,000
3/20/20 - Performance Center 2,563,000
3/13/20 - Performance Center 2,588,000
3/6/20 2,453,000
2/28/20 2,716,000
2/21/20 2,490,000
02/14/20 2,483,000
02/07/2020 2,547,000
01/31/2020 2,423,500
01/24/2020 2,470,000
01/17/2020 2,580,000
01/10/2020 2,503,000
01/03/2020 2,418,000
12/27/2019 2,429,000
12/20/2019 2,414,000
12/13/2019 2,339,000
12/06/2019 2,446,000
11/29/19 2,336,000
11/22/19 2,601,000
11/15/19 2,350,000
11/8/19 2,618,000
11/1/19 2,543,000
10/25/19* 888,000
10/18/19 2,418,000
10/11/19 2,899,000
10/4/19 3,888,000
*Friday Night Smackdown aired on FS1 as FOX was airing World Series coverage.


Interesting. This rise could either be the result of more people being interested in SD or it could be a result of a less interesting news cycle? What do you reckon?