In addition to all of the hype and promotion for Conor McGregor in lead-up to this Sunday’s UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Siver, McGregor will be hosting a Saturday afternoon fix of movies on FX featuring Irishmen. On Saturday afternoon, January 17th, FX will play Gangs of New York, The Fighter and Taken 2. McGregor […]
TV
Haymon time buy brings boxing to NBC prime time
Bellator MMA programming Friday draws 654K average
MMA Payout has learned from Nielsen sources that Friday night’s Bellator MMA programming drew an average viewership of approximately 654,000 viewers. Bellator MMA Presents: “Top 20 Knockouts” at 9pm on Friday night drew an average of 713,000 viewers. “15 Fantastic Finishes” at 10pm drew an average of 594,000 viewers. Both served as year in reviews […]
UFC 182 Prelims scores 1.03M average viewers
MMA Payout has learned that the UFC 182 Prelims on FS1 drew a viewer average of 1.02 million making it the best viewership of a prelim show since UFC 168 in December 2013. The Prelims Saturday peaked between 6:30-6:45pm PT with 1,346,000 viewers. The last fight on the UFC Prelims was Paul Felder taking on […]
The Wrestling Post 2014 year in review
2014 was supposed to be a big year for the WWE. With the launch of its network and its media rights fees up for grabs, the company stock skyrocketed on speculation that the company would become an instant revenue-generating machine. The stock went as high as $31.39 in March but fell to $10.85 just two […]