The debut of Friday Night SmackDown on Fox drew 3.87 million viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. It also drew a 1.4 rating and an 8 share in the A18-49 demo. Although the threshold for the debut may have been 4.5 million viewers (see below), the telecast was the highest rated in the A18-49 […]
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‘Dynamite’ ratings for AEW’s debut on TNT
The debut of All Elite Wrestling’s “Dynamite” drew 1.4 million viewers and was second in overall cable ratings for Wednesday night according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. NXT on the USA Network drew 890,000 viewers in its first head-to-head with the upstart rival. The series premier of All Elite Wrestling drew a 0.68 rating in […]
AEW finds television home at Turner
The upstart wrestling promotion, All-Elite Wrestling, has found a television home with Time Warner. The announcement was made official when AEW appeared at the Turner upfronts on Wednesday. AEW signed a deal with WarnerMedia that will give the promotion which has its first show Memorial Day weekend, a weekly television show on TNT primetime beginning […]
WWE posts 3rd Quarter results, will hold event in Saudi Arabia
The WWE announced its third quarter results for the year on Thursday morning. It also confirmed that it will go forward with an event in Saudi Arabia despite the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The WWE addressed the controversial in today’s earnings release which called the killing “heinous” but stated that as with other US […]
Cabana sues Punk over unpaid legal fees
Scott Colton (aka Colt Cabana) is suing C.M. Punk over unpaid legal fees the two shared as a result of a defamation lawsuit brought by a WWE physician. Cabana and Punk prevailed in the lawsuit although the issue of the bill is in dispute. The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday, August 7th in the Circuit […]