Smackdown Live! to FOX in 1 billion dollar deal: Fridays on FOX: WWE TV Rights Hot Fucking Stove
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Additional details from The Wrap - SmackDown is expected to move to Fox in Oct. 2019, moving to Friday nights on the Fox network <a href="https://t.co/sRMBOBYQOM">https://t.co/sRMBOBYQOM</a></p>— John Pollock (@iamjohnpollock) <a href="https://twitter.com/iamjohnpollock/status/998602447923896321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2018</a></blockquote>
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The A-Show back on Network TV baybay!
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WWE should have had FOX move <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDLive?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SDLive</a> to Mondays so WWE could reignite the Monday Night Wars with themselves.</p>— The Ultimate Worrier (@WorrierMN) <a href="https://twitter.com/WorrierMN/status/998606124655022081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Is this gonna mean SmackDown Live is actually SmackDown Taped once again?
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Cancel Smackdown, bring back Lucifer
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WWE stock skyrocketing again, after news that Fox has agreed to pay to broadcast SmackDown Live. <a href="https://t.co/Bl6mcTNFS4">pic.twitter.com/Bl6mcTNFS4</a></p>— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) <a href="https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/998604299763625984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2018</a></blockquote>
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This is BIG. Good deal!
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As long as it's on Fox.
Don't bury it on Fox Sports 1. |
lol no way they do live on friday night
back to taped fuck that |
I wonder if this will positively impact the writing/direciton.
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It actually being on Fox and not a cable channel has to mean WWE is getting paid huge. Stock has already jumped $7 in the last hour.
Also, how pissed is Vince that he sold 3.34 million shares at $32 in December instead of today for $57. XFL could have got an extra $90 million to mess with. |
According to the Hollywood Reporter the deal to air SDLive is for $205 million per year for five years -- it's a billion dollar deal for WWE. SD literally just became the new A-show, for reals.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The price tag on that Fox-WWE deal for SmackDown - more than $1 billion. <a href="https://t.co/MH2ywEyARS">https://t.co/MH2ywEyARS</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/THR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@thr</a></p>— Marisa Guthrie (@MarisaGuthrie) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarisaGuthrie/status/998615079485607936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2018</a></blockquote>
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I get the feeling that this will also impact SmackDown over here in the UK.
Right now we also get SmackDown live early on Wednesday morning but if it moves to Fridays on FOX, then one of three things will happen: • It'll be live on Friday on FOX and the UK will also get it live early on Saturday morning. • It'll be taped and shown on Friday on FOX and also shown here taped, also on Friday. • It'll stay live and shown live over here like it is now, early on Wednesday mornings but be shown taped on FOX on Fridays. I think the first outcome will really not do SmackDown any favours over here due to it's time and day of broadcast. The second outcome will also be bad for SmackDown over here but not at much as the first outcome. I guess for people around my age it would kinda be a little nostalgia trip back to the days when Raw was shown on Friday nights but apart from that, it'll also be really unfair to UK fans that would now miss out on live SmackDown's because of the agreement between WWE and Fox. The third outcome could happen but is really the less likely to happen. Another country getting something live whereas the country of the show's origin doesn't, just doesn't make any sense and would probably see a big rise of illegal streaming of SmackDown in the states. So when you think about it, either way, this deal between WWE and Fox really screws over the UK if indeed SmackDown does move to Fridays. |
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Having to hear Joe Buck read SmackDown ad copy through gritted teeth is going to be the best.</p>— Voices of Wrestling (@voiceswrestling) <a href="https://twitter.com/voiceswrestling/status/998606647063973888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2018</a></blockquote>
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I thought they did but I wasn't entirely sure.
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I don't see Fox paying that much money for it not to be live.
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The current UK deal runs to October 2019 so there’s every chance they’ll be shopping around. That said, they’ve been exclusive with Sky for the last 16 years, and only broke that exclusivity for 2 years to air Heat and 4 PPVs a year, so there’s only a slim chance of that changing.
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FOX overpaid way too much for Smackdown considering before they were rumored to only be looking at $200+ million for both of WWE's shows. Then again same could be said for NBC and the rumored $300+ million per year deal for RAW.
Only real bright side is unlike last time, the wrestling tv market is now a lot more healthier which will help other companies when it comes to renewing or getting their own tv deals. |
No way it goes backto pretaped. Shit time slot though. Wont pull viewers
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Awful deal for fox
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Also just realized Fox needs to be careful about their future programming. You got Smackdown locked in Fridays.
Any new shows they're considering might have to get sent over to FX or pull the trigger on cancellations sooner than expected. Fridays (and Saturdays too) are usually reserved for TV purgatory on some networks. |
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Picture the latter singing like he does in a cutscene from some WWE video game (can't remember which one, not interested in Googling it) when you get traded to RAW. |
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NBC already did it before considering they used to show a bunch of WWE programming on the main network for a while like the Hall of Fame, Mania stuff, and Saturday Night's Main Event. |
Well, I guess this means that FOX is going to be blacked out in Canada during SmackDown, as Rogers Media will not allow those here in Canada to watch the U.S. ads for the show.
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That will tell you how U.S. TV shows are aired in Canada, whether live or on tape. That's how the TV world works here in Canada. =P |
Cool
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This is great. I think Tuesday was an okay day for Smackdown live but ultimately it was too much WWE too often. Putting the show on Friday is solid idea, I hope two things, that it stays live and it stays 2 hours.
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