Speaking at an industry conference this week, Fox and the WWE are pleased with the ratings. The feeling from the parties is that “Friday Night SmackDown” “reaches a much broader audience than many people realize. Despite the fact that the overall ratings have trended down and usually third in networks ratings behind CBS, ABC and […]
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CM Punk returns to WWE programming
CM Punk is back in a WWE ring…sort of. He made an appearance on WWE’s Backstage show on the FS1 Network Tuesday night. THAT. JUST. HAPPENED. #WWEBackstage pic.twitter.com/TDd5n0qk25 — WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) November 13, 2019 Punk’s departure from the WWE resulted in a legal matter in which he settled with the company on […]
Friday Night Smackdown on Fox draws 2.62M viewer average
Friday Night Smackdown on Fox drew an average of 2.62 million viewers over the two hour telecast according to Nielsen. The ratings per hour showed a slight increase over last week. WWE’s show drew 0.8 in the A18-49 demo and a 5 share which led the networks for the night. Overall, Hawaii Five-O on CBS […]
Friday Night Smackdown draws 2.52M in its return to Fox
Friday Night Smackdown returned to Fox on Friday night and drew 2.52 million viewers according to Television By Numbers. The WWE was on FS1 last Friday due to the World Series. It returned to the network although most of the talent scheduled to appear on Friday night were still in Saudi Arabia due to an […]
WWE reports Q3 earnings
The WWE announced its 3rd quarter earnings for 2019 on Thursday. The company beat analyst estimates on its projected earnings, but they are still down compared to last year. The company announced revenues of $186.3 million in comparison to $188.4 million in 2018. The operating income was $6.4 million with the adjusted OIBDA (Operating Income […]