Television By Numbers reports that this week’s The Ultimate Fighter received an average of 1.259 million viewers. It received a 0.7 rating in the 18-49 demo. The ratings reflect a nice bump up for the season. TUF 17 Episode 1: 1.51 million TUF 17 Episode 2: 1.27 million TUF 17 Episode 3: 1.191 million TUF […]
The Wrestling Post – WWE Q4 Earnings
On Thursday, the WWE released its earnings report for the end of the year for 2012. While Q4 turned a profit, the bigger news was that it anticipates that the company could double or triple its 2012 earnings by 2015 with the aid of the WWE Network. One big asterisk with the earnings bonanza. The […]
Fox Sports 1 launches August 17th
Fox revealed its plans today for Fox Sports 1 which will launch August 17th. According to SI’s Richard Deitsch, the dedicated sports channel will have UFC Fight Nights on Wednesdays. However, it will have a UFC Fight Night the first night of the channel, August 17th. Deitsch also reports that the fights on Wednesdays will […]
UFC on Fuel TV 8: 485,000 viewer average
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports that UFC on Fuel TV 8 was the most watched UFC live event in the network’s history. Saturday night’s event from Japan scored twice the previous high of 485,000 viewers. Also impressive was that the rerun received another 219,000 viewers. Wanderlei Silva versus Brian Stann was the main event […]
Another extension request in the Bellator-Alvarez lawsuit
Attorneys for both Bellator and Eddie Alvarez have requested another extension in the ongoing lawsuit. The parties have agreed to another 2 week extension for Bellator’s attorneys to file an Answer to Alvarez’s Counterclaims. Presumably, the 2 week extension will allow for the sides to continue its settlement talks without further litigation in the matter. […]