John Ourand of Puck reports that NBC Universal had the right of first refusal prior to ESPN’s successful bid for the media rights of WWE’s Premium Live Events. NBCU’s last bid was reported at $275M per year although the duration and content of the deal was not reported. ESPN’s bid was for $325M per year […]
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Saturday Night’s Main Event top A18-49 demo
WWE’s Saturday Night Main event drew 1.425M viewers on NBC Saturday night and topped the A18-49 demo for night across network and cable per Programming Insider. The event featured the advertised last match of Bill Goldberg in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. The telecast drew a household rating of 0.79 and a 4 share per […]
WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event draws 1.969M viewers
WWE’s Saturday Night Main Event drew 1.969M viewers per Programming Insider. The third installment of the WWE reboot was 4th overall in prime time viewership. WWE’s SNME was 2nd overall in the A18-49 demo drawing a 0.54 rating (~717,000 viewers). Only the NBA Playoff game between the Thunder and Timberwolves drew highter. WWE Saturday Night’s […]
Saturday’s Night Main Event scores 1.59M viewers in return to NBC
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 […]
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 […]