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WWE Friday Night Smackdown draws huge ratings for Christmas night

December 26, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Friday Night Smackdown’s return to Fox on Christmas night drew its biggest number since the 2019 premiere on the network.  It drew 4.097M viewers in the first hour and 2.574M in the second hour for a two-hour broadcast average of 3.34M in fast nationals. After last week’s airing on FS1, the Christmas night edition was […]

Filed Under: ratings, WWE

The Legal Submission Episode 16 – Luck-McMahon fight over iphone

December 18, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

It’s another episode of The Legal Submission where I discuss the current state of litigation in the Oliver Luck-Vince McMahon case. You might recall that this lawsuit was put on hold while the XFL went through bankruptcy. After the sale of assets to The Rock and Dany Garcia’s group, the lawsuit was allowed to continue. […]

Filed Under: Featured, Luck-McMahon, The Legal Submission, WWE, XFL

WWE Friday Night Smackdown ratings impacted by Thanksgiving holiday

November 28, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

WWE Friday Night Smackdown drew 2.016 million viewers in the first hour and 1.957 million in the second hour according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily.  The ratings were likely impacted due to the Thanksgiving Holiday. The two hour telecast drew 0.6 in the A18-49 demo in the first hour and 0.7 in hour 2. It […]

Filed Under: FOX, ratings, WWE

Zelina Vega released from WWE causes uproar, support from SAG

November 16, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Thea Megan Trinidad, formerly known as Zelina Vega in World Wrestling Entertainment, was released from the company because she refused to give up her Twitch channel. Trinidad tweeted out support of unionization which is to infer that professional wrestlers should form a union so that they could negotiate as a collective unit.  I support unionization. […]

Filed Under: Featured, legal, WWE

Friday Night Smackdown down from last week

October 19, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

WWE Friday Night Smackdown drew 1.978 million viewers in the first hour and grew to 1.995 million viewers in the second hour.  The two-hour telecast on Fox drew higher than NBC in the time window as it aired replays of America Ninja Warrior. Friday Night Smackdown’s audience increased slightly and did well in the A18-49 […]

Filed Under: FOX, Friday Night SmackDown, ratings, WWE

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