MMA Fighting reports that UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture has signed on with Spike TV to star in the Bellator reality show. Spike TV sent out a media alert this morning announcing a press conference set for next week to make the official announcement. SI.com’s Loretta Hunt reported that Couture has signed a multi-year […]
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UFC on Fox 6 wins key demo and scores with 3.77M viewer average
Television By Numbers reports that Saturday night’s UFC on Fox 6 won key demos Saturday night on Fox. The fights featuring a Flyweight title match earned a viewer average of 3.766 million viewers. UFC on Fox 6: Dodson v. Johnson earned a 1.8 rating in the 18-49 demo which was up 13% from December 9th’s […]
TUF 17 debut hits 1.5 million viewer average
MMA Fighting reports that the debut of The Ultimate Fighter 17 scored an average of 1.51 million viewers. Its the highest rating for the TUF franchise since moving to FX. The two hour Tuesday debut on FX featured coaches Chael Sonnen and Jon Jones. Payout Perspective: This season featured a different production look and it […]
UFC on FX 7: 1,857,000 viewer average
MMA Fighting reports that UFC on FX 7 earned a record 1,857,000 million viewer average on Saturday night. Additionally, the prelims on Fuel TV received a record 255,000 viewer average. The 1.857 million average on FX was the highest average for a live MMA broadcast on the FX network. Via MMA Fighting: In the key […]
Fuel TV to become Fox Sports 2
The Sports Business Journal* reports that Fox is restructuring its channels as it plans to unveil two new sports networks later in 2013. In addition, FX will no longer carry sports programming. The news of a Fox Sports 1 was known for a while but it was not until Fox filed a trademark application for […]