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WWE announces Q4 financial results, hints at potential deal for digital platform

February 6, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

WWE announced its results for the fourth quarter of 2019 on Thursday. It also noted that it may sell the rights to its WWE Network as subscribers have decreased. WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon stated its close to selling its PPV event rights to a “major streaming service.” An announcement could happen as soon […]

WWE shakes up management ranks

January 30, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

On Thursday afternoon, the WWE announced a “management transition” as co-presidents George Barrios and Michelle Wilson are leaving the company and no longer serve on its Board of Directors. Frank A. Riddick III has been named an interim Chief Financial Officer and will report to WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon. There will be a […]

WWE SmackDown yields best ratings of 2020

January 19, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Friday Night Smackdown on Fox drew 2.616 million viewers in the first hour and another 2.544 million in the second hour on Friday night. The WWE show drew a steady 0.8 rating in the A18-49 demo. The telecast also drew a 6 share among men 18-49. It drew a 3 share among adults over 50 […]

SmackDown sees an increase in ratings on Fox

January 13, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

WWE’s Friday Night SmackDown on Fox saw an uptick in ratings with a 2.5 million viewers average helped by a big first hour of the two hour telecast. The show also increased its A18-49 demo to 0.8 and a 4 share. SmackDown shared its 0.8 rating with CBS’ Hawaii Five-O. The show drew 7.6 million […]

NXT Episode 2 draws 1.006M viewers

September 27, 2019 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The second episode of NXT on the USA Network scored 1.006 million viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The ratings reflect a decrease in viewership from last week’s rating of over 1.17 million viewers. It was the second week of WWE programming on the USA Network as it gets a head start on Turner’s debut […]