The CW will need to start finding new Friday night programming
02-08-08, 10:12 AM
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The CW will need to start finding new Friday night programming
WWE has issued the following statement:
Predictions on where the show will land?
After a successful decade of "SmackDown" on both UPN and The CW, World Wrestling Entertainment and The CW have agreed to conclude our partnership. Since The CW's exclusive negotiation period ran out as of last Thursday, January 31, we have been contacted and have been in negotiations with other networks. "WWE SmackDown" will continue to air on The CW until the conclusion of the 2007-08 broadcast season. We are grateful to Les Moonves, Dawn Ostroff, and their entire organization for bringing "WWE SmackDown" to millions of viewers for so many years.
Predictions on where the show will land?
02-08-08, 10:36 AM
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Somewhere on cable, I doubt any other network would have wrestling on their schedule.
02-08-08, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Double_Oh_7
Not even NBC? They seem desperate enough.
02-08-08, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Double_Oh_7
Not even NBC? They seem desperate enough.
02-08-08, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Big Boy Laroux
man, wouldn't Friday Night Lights fit in on the CW?
02-08-08, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Bluelitespecial
Yeah whats poor ratings to NBC would be huge ratings for the CW.
I'm really happy with this decision because I hope CW can provide us with some more good shows. I'm just a little butthurt that it lasted this late, when EVERWOOD could have survived with another 2-hour block of time.
02-08-08, 11:19 AM
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If they throw the show back to NBC Universal (home of Raw & ECW), here's the list of stations
Bravo
Chiller
CNBC
MSNBC
NBC Weather Plus
Oxygen
Sci-Fi Channel
ShopNBC
Sleuth
Telemundo
Universal HD
USA Network
Bravo
Chiller
CNBC
MSNBC
NBC Weather Plus
Oxygen
Sci-Fi Channel
ShopNBC
Sleuth
Telemundo
Universal HD
USA Network
02-08-08, 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by abrg923
It's definitely going to end up on NBC Weather Plus. It's a perfect fit!
I'd think, if ECW was doing well enough, getting rid of or combining ECW and Smackdown and airing on an expanded Sci-Fi slot would be the way to go. They've already pretty much made the rosters interchangeable, perhaps with this change in mind.
I know, I know, it doesn't fit on sci-fi, but if it'll stop even one bad "sci-fi original" from being produced, I'm all for it.
02-08-08, 04:56 PM
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I never watch Smackdown but seeing as I don't get USAHD I wanted to check it out last week to see some HD wrestling action. I was bored to tears but it looked great. Where else are they going to get a prime Friday night slot on an HD station?
02-09-08, 08:24 AM
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from cnn.com
Although no details were disclosed for a possible new home for the show, candidates might include NBC Universal, whose USA cable channel already carries "WWE Raw," and MyNetworkTV, where some affiliates aired "Smackdown" when they were UPN stations.
Although no details were disclosed for a possible new home for the show, candidates might include NBC Universal, whose USA cable channel already carries "WWE Raw," and MyNetworkTV, where some affiliates aired "Smackdown" when they were UPN stations.
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02-09-08, 09:41 AM
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Why doesn't the WWE create the wrestling network? I'd think they could make it work, particularly if they could get DirecTV (or in the worst case Dish) to carry it on their most popular package.
02-09-08, 10:20 AM
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from cnn.com
Although no details were disclosed for a possible new home for the show, candidates might include NBC Universal, whose USA cable channel already carries "WWE Raw," and MyNetworkTV, where some affiliates aired "Smackdown" when they were UPN stations.
Although no details were disclosed for a possible new home for the show, candidates might include NBC Universal, whose USA cable channel already carries "WWE Raw," and MyNetworkTV, where some affiliates aired "Smackdown" when they were UPN stations.
02-10-08, 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by GuessWho
If they throw the show back to NBC Universal (home of Raw & ECW), here's the list of stations
Bravo
Chiller
CNBC
MSNBC
NBC Weather Plus
Oxygen
Sci-Fi Channel
ShopNBC
Sleuth
Telemundo
Universal HD
USA Network
Bravo
Chiller
CNBC
MSNBC
NBC Weather Plus
Oxygen
Sci-Fi Channel
ShopNBC
Sleuth
Telemundo
Universal HD
USA Network
Sadly, I'm only half joking.
02-10-08, 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by MickeyMousePal
WWE Smackdown will probably end up being on MyNetworkTV or Spike TV or USA Network
02-11-08, 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Jimmy James
Why doesn't the WWE create the wrestling network? I'd think they could make it work, particularly if they could get DirecTV (or in the worst case Dish) to carry it on their most popular package.