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WWE Friday Night Smackdown shows increase in viewers

August 29, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

WWE Friday Night Smackdown on Fox increased in viewership over last week drawing an average of 2.18 million viewers. The first hour drew 2.210 while hour two dropped off to 2.151 million viewers.  The demos remained steady with 0.6 in the A18-49 demo, the largest of all networks on Friday and the M18-49 demo was […]

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Smackdown improves with over 2M viewers in hour 2

August 17, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

WWE Friday Night Smackdown drew 1.932 million viewers in the first hour and 2.025 million viewers in hour 2. The viewership was up over the previous week and improved from hour to hour.  Smackdown did draw the highest viewership in the A18-49 demo in the 8-9pm time slot and tied for the highest in the […]

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WWE Friday Night Smackdown draws 1.98M viewer high

August 8, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

WWE Friday Night Smackdown on Fox drew 1.924 million viewers in the first hour and increased slightly to 1.988 million viewers in the second hour according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The ratings reflect that Smackdown did win the viewership for adults 18-49 for its two hours with a 0.5 rating in both hours.  It […]

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

The Rock clears another hurdle in sale of XFL

August 7, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The Unsecured Creditors’ Committee has agreed to allow the pending sale of the XFL to the group led by The Rock, Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia.  Alpha Entertainment had filed a response to the objection lodged by the committee but it appears from Court filings that objection has been withdrawn.  Alpha Entertainment filed a pair […]

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WWE Network earnings Q2

August 6, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The WWE Network announced its second quarter earnings for the year and while its earnings showed a decrease from 2019, it showed a year-to-date revenue record.  Revenues were $223.4 million as compared to $268.9 million in 2019.  According to the WWE, the lack of a large-scale event in Saudi Arabia and live events contributed to […]

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