Friday’s Smackdown with the surprise return of The Rock drew a total of 2,569,000 viewers, up 475,000 viewers from the prior week. This was the second most-watched episode of Smackdown of 2023 so far. In the 18-49 demo, the show did a 0.70 rating, up 0.17 from last week. Smackdown destroyed everything else on television that night both on cable and network with the closest competition being a 0.26 rating. (Ratings credit: SpoilerTV)