WWE Smackdown TV rating: How did Friday's show perform with UFC's The Ultimate Fighter Fridays as competition?

Friday's WWE Smackdown television show drew a 1.96 rating, up slightly from the 1.95 rating drawn by the previous episode. Smackdown averaged 2.691 million viewers.

Powell's POV: The Ultimate Fighter premiere bombed with average viewership of 947,000 viewers for FX on Friday night. Smackdown held steady despite the UFC competition.