>Fox entertainment boss Charlie Collier said the WWE’s Smackdown Live, which Fox landed last year as part of an overall push into live programming, “represents really well what Fox is doing, which is a great combination of entertainment and sports. The WWE in its very nature is just that.”
>Collier was asked whether the Friday night broadcasts of Smackdown would be an “island” on Friday nights, drawing dedicated wrestling fans who wouldn’t sample other Fox shows.
>“If it’s an island, it’s an island I would want to go to and spend some time,” the executive quipped. Turning more serious, he added, “I don’t think it’s an island. I think it’s another great promotional vehicle for us, for our other nights. It’s a unique asset.”
>Shanks noted that the timing of the WWE’s fall debut is no accident, with Fox’s multi-year deal last year for the NFL’s Thursday Night Football adding to the network’s existing slate of Saturday and Sunday college and NFL games. Fox also recently renewed its rights deal with Major League baseball, locking up the World Series (aka the Fall Classic) through 2028.
>“The WWE joins our schedule at clearly our strongest part of the year, when Fox has the highest circulation of any network on television,” Shanks said. “Being able to have that Thursday through Sunday circulation, it has to have a positive impact on the rest of the week. There’s just no question about it.”
based
Fox is asham-
Watch the ratings dip below 2 million and Fox end their deal prematurely.
>WWE’s Smackdown Live * represents really well what Fox is doing
going down the shitter?
Nice try aewtist. 52 WEEKS A YEAR FOR NEXT 5 YEARS
TH-THIS CAN'T BE!
OH NO NO NO NO
Fox has said they'll move it to FS1 if it underperforms, I give it 6 months.
>Meltzer has said
Cody Collier's dad runs Fox?
lmao it all makes sense now
>11: 15 AM: The stars of Total Bellas introduce a WWE Raw package while also taking a slight dig at Fox, whose announcement this morning called its new acquisition WWE SmackDown Live the No.1 WWE series. The duo reminded ad buyers that Raw is No.1.
oh no no no bros why do they keep undermining us smackchads
>Fox begrudgingly advertises WWE, which its now saddled with for 5 years.
>Fox mistakenly signed these TV deals when WWE's ratings were much higher and the ratings have fallen over 30% since then, WWE managing to lose 1/3rd of their audience in the span of a single year.
>While FOX has WWE for the next 5 years, FOX's advertising department thinks "Fuck it, then. Since we're stuck with them for 5 years, we might as well advertise this fucking garbage and hope the ratings only drop 20% year-over-year before we sign with AEW, where the REAL Chads come to play."
>E-drones: "S-see? W-we did it, E-cha-chads! FOX d-doesn't have b-buyer's remorse! AEW B-BTFO! WWE al-always wins, b-baby!"
OH NO NO NO NO NO. I give it 3 (THREE) months before they're kicked off FOX and placed in FS1 purgatory while FOX executives furiously scramble and search the contracts for any sort of early opt-out clause or some legal loopholes to drop their fucking dead weight.
SEETHING
>Fox has said
no they didn't
Friday Night SmackChads are back
Where exactly did they say that at?
Call us when you can draw even a quarter of the E's record lows without Meltzer adding on a few zeroes
How long before AEW is kicked out of it's network? I give it 1 (ONE) month.
>Call us when you can draw even a quarter of the E's record lows without Meltzer adding on a few zeroes
IT-IT'S ALL F-FAKE NEWS! AEW'S S-SUCCESS IS A-ALL MANUFACTURED! TH-THEY DIDN'T REALLY SELL OUT IN 4 M-MINUTES B-BECAUSE WWE C-CAN'T EVEN DO TH-THAT! THEY DIDN'T R-REALLY SECURE A TV D-DEAL! OKAY, SO WHAT, LET'S SEE TH-THEM SECURE 2 TV DEALS. OKAY!?!?! SO WHAT?? LET'S SEE THEM SECURE 3 TV D-DEALS! THEY'RE N-NOT SUCCESSFUL, O-OKAY!?!?!
Of course publicly they're going to claim they're happy with their choice, why would they say otherwise?
Reminder that ratings for the latest Total Bellas season were down over 30% compared to last year.
I'm surprised it's not more. Bryan and Cena were unironically the draws of that show.
>However, on the flip side of the coin, Miz & Mrs on the USA Network pulled very strong numbers and was instantly renewed for a new season. It is by far the best performing of the promotion’s reality shows this year, more than tripling the current Total Bellas ratings with numbers all over 1.1 million
OH NO NO NO NO NO BASED MIZ ABSOLUTELY DEMOLISHING BELLETTIES
no shit Cena was the draw
Fox upfronts starting. Triple H, Stephanie, Cena, Rousey and Big Show are there.
Did you really type all that out?
>Cena, Rousey and Big Show
so that's the star power of the current WWE?
He's there to intimidate the faggy NY ad buyers
>John Cena and Ronda Rousey onstage at #FOXUpfront to talk WWE -- along with six FOX Football hosts.
>w-well, it's on every week...
the full-time roster is in europe
FOX ding-dong diddly fucked up, should've used that money to buy the LFL instead