Smackdown Notes: women's group hates it, ratings, and preview
    Submitted by Mr. Tito on Thursday, October 31, 2002 at 11:47 AM EST


    WWE Smackdown received a grade of an "F" by the National Organization for Women or NOW recently. Their arguments that Network television present women as just being "young, thin, and white", and then went on to say, and I quote: "Network programming sends a distorted, often offensive image of women, girls and people of color brought to you through the point-of-view of white men and boys. Television remains very much a man's world, with women serving primarily as eye candy.". NOW argues that Network television caters to an "adolescent boy's fantasy world". To read the whole article, Click Here.

    WWE Smackdown, for last week, was UPN's top rated show, again. The show had approximately 5.6 million viewers. Keep in mind that Smackdown was going head to head with the World Series on FOX, game 5 I believe, which also contends for the same male demographic. Game 5 of the Giants vs. Angels had 15.8 million viewers.

    Last week's Smackdown was tied for 85th with WB's "Smallville" among networks rated for prime time shows. 130 shows were rated.

    Smackdown placed third in the 12-34 persons demographic (3.0 rating/9 share), but the big news is that Smackdown placed 1st among male teens with a 6.4 rating/20 share, which was its best score since February. Keep in mind, too, that FOX's World Series was competing heavily for this age group. This is good proof of which show is actually successful between RAW and Smackdown these days.

    [ Credit: Yahoo! News ]



    OFFICIAL SMACKDOWN PREVIEW

    You could spend your Halloween roaming the streets, begging for candy, but it's freakin' cold out there! Spend this evening in front of the comfortable glow of your TV and celebrate the spookiest day of the year with the SmackDown! Superstars. The Halloween party starts tonight at 8/7 CT on UPN!

    The main event of SmackDown! features a man that wears a mask all year round, Rey Mysterio, vs. WWE Champion, Brock Lesnar.

    Also, Torrie and Dawn Marie battle in a Trick or Treat Match.

    In addition, one-half of the WWE Tag Team Champions Kurt Angle will battle Eddie Guerrero.

    The Big Show made a noticeable impact on just his first SmackDown! appearance since being traded to Stephanie McMahon's roster. Having disposed of the Undertaker, the largest man in sports entertainment has his sights aimed on Brock Lesnar and the WWE Championship. When will these two behemoths meet face to face? Tune in to SmackDown!

    Catch all this action and more tonight on UPN at 8/7 CT!

    [ Credit: WWE.com ]

    Here is tonight's Smackdown match line up. Highlight the black space below to see the matches:

    -Edge vs. Chris Benoit
    -Big Show vs. Rikishi
    -Torrie Wilson vs. Dawn Marie
    -Kurt Angle vs. Eddie Guerrero
    -Brock Lesnar vs. Rey Mysterio

    For Spoilers of tonight's show, Click Here.



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