Smackdown last Friday on USA drew 1,568,000 viewers, up 73,000 viewers from the previous week. The show had the same 0.45 rating in the 18-49 demo that it did last week and was #2 on cable television and #2 overall, even beating FOX’s coverage of college football which aired in Smackdown’s place on the network. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)