The return of WWE’s Saturday’s Night Main Event on NBC drew 1.590 million viewers this past Saturday. The telecast was met with stiff competition with the Heisman Trophy presentation and NBA Cup Semi-Finals on at the same time. Saturday Night’s Main Event drew 0.42 (557,000 viewers) in the A18-49 demo per Programming Insider. It was […]
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WWE brokers deal with NBCU to broadcast Raw on USA Network for rest of the year
The TKO Group announced its earnings for the first quarter of 2024 on Wednesday. Results were better than expected raising expectations for the rest of the year. WWE announced that it extended its media deal with NBC Universal to air Monday Right Raw on the USA Network for the rest of the year. The agreement […]
Will PBC turn strategy into media rights deal?
Sports Business Journal (subscription recommended) reports on the current status of Premier Boxing Champions and its strategy of time buys across a broad landscape of networks. The article looks at the ratings over the court of the innovative and risky experiment. The hope was to turn the time buys into a lucrative “rights fees” deal. […]
Rousey to guest star on NBC series
MMA Junkie reports that Ronda Rousey will be back on television guest starring on the NBC crime-drama series “Blindspot.” Rousey will play a female prison inmate. The backstory of her role here: Rousey will be playing DEVON PENBERTHY: a female prison inmate who grew up in a working-class family from the White Mountains of New […]
UPDATED: WSOF 34 draws 951,000 viewers, prelims draw 71,000 on NBCSN
World Series of Fighting drew 941,000 951,000 on NBC Saturday afternoon according to Nielsen. The rating makes it the highest-rated televised WSOF event ever. The preliminaries on NBC Sports Network drew 71,000 viewers per Sports TV Ratings. The prelims aired from 11:30-1pm PT. The main card aired on NBC from 1-3pm PT. Notably, the WSOF event […]