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Top Rank Boxing on ESPN draws 388,000 viewers Saturday night

January 15, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Top Rank Boxing on ESPN Saturday night drew 388,000 viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The event went up against the NFL Playoffs on Saturday night. The event from Atlantic City, New Jersey featured Joe Smith, Jr. as he faced Jesse Hart. Smith, Jr. won a split decision. During the fight, a massive brawl broke […]

SmackDown sees an increase in ratings on Fox

January 13, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

WWE’s Friday Night SmackDown on Fox saw an uptick in ratings with a 2.5 million viewers average helped by a big first hour of the two hour telecast. The show also increased its A18-49 demo to 0.8 and a 4 share. SmackDown shared its 0.8 rating with CBS’ Hawaii Five-O. The show drew 7.6 million […]

AEW delivers for second straight week

January 10, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

All Elite Wrestling on TNT drew 947,000 viewers on Wednesday night opposite a new telecast of WWE NXT on the USA Network which drew 721,000 viewers. On the bright side for the WWE, the A18-49 demo for NXT rose from last week’s “Best of” telecast from 0.04 to 0.19. AEW drew 0.36 in the Adult […]

WWE Smackdown holds steady with 2.42M viewers to start new year

January 4, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

WWE SmackDown on Friday night stayed steady drawing an average of 2.42 million viewers and a 0.7 in the A18-49 demo and an overall share of 4. Notably, Hawaii Five-O drew a 0.9 in the A18-49 demo and Ellen’s Game of Games had a 0.7 rating in the A18-49 demo. Normally, SmackDown’s 0.7 share is […]

A review of some of the top MMA business stories of 2019

December 31, 2019 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

2019 was a big year for the business of MMA as the industry changed in many ways. While I’ve given you an extended look at the year’s events, I’ve had other things going on. Thus, here is a truncated version of some of the top business stories in MMA. Brock Lesnar out after thoughts of […]