WWE SmackDown, known as SmackDown Live or simply SmackDown, is a professional wrestlingtelevision program that debuted on August 26, 1999. The show’s name is also used to refer to the SmackDown brand, in which WWE employees are assigned to work and perform on that program; the other program and brand currently being Raw.

Prior to September 1, 2005, SmackDown! was broadcast on Thursday nights; from September 9, 2005 to January 9, 2015, it was broadcast on Friday nights. The show then returned to Thursday nights on January 15, 2015 before moving to a live Tuesday night broadcast in July 2016. SmackDown! originally debuted in the United States on the UPNtelevision network on April 29, 1999, but after the merger of UPN and the WB, SmackDown! began airing on The CW in September 2006.

The show remained on the CW network for two years until it was moved to MyNetworkTV in October 2008.

As of July 19, 2016, SmackDown is broadcast live on Tuesday nights