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Stunnered 09-11-2006 07:20 AM

Why did they move smackdown to friday?
 
People do more on friday nights than on a thursday. What was the whole point? That was also a stupid move. Anyone else agree?

Destor 09-11-2006 07:21 AM

Ratings were slipping so UPN moved them. And it sucks. I miss Fit Finley constantly because of the move.

Destor 09-11-2006 07:23 AM

http://www.canoe.ca/WrestlingImagesF/finley_bash.jpg

:(

Xero 09-11-2006 08:20 AM

http://www.canoe.ca/WrestlingImagesF/finley_bash.jpg
Finlay: DESTOR! GET ME OUTTA HERE! THEY'RE MAKIN' ME JOB TO A MIDGET NOW!

El Fangel 09-11-2006 12:17 PM

It sucks I haven't watched wrestling in so long, I have no idea whats going on, and yeah because its on friday I usually have other plans.

Kane Knight 09-11-2006 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stunnered
People do more on friday nights than on a thursday. What was the whole point? That was also a stupid move. Anyone else agree?

They wanted an excuse to tank Smackdown, so they moved it to a night where nobody is prone to watch. However, it didn't work (As you can plainly see), and CW had agreed to run SD for another 2 years almost immediately after they merged.

OverTaker 09-11-2006 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kane Knight
They wanted an excuse to tank Smackdown, so they moved it to a night where nobody is prone to watch. However, it didn't work (As you can plainly see), and CW had agreed to run SD for another 2 years almost immediately after they merged.

DAMN, Should've moved it to Saturday or Sunday Morning when everybodys hungover.

Y2Jeremy 09-11-2006 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Tanked
DAMN, Should've moved it to Saturday or Sunday Morning when everybodys hungover.

Hungover, hell yes. but it should be on at like 5 pm when people are about to go out at about 8 or 9, and have a couple of hours to waste....nevermind.

Steve The Pirate 09-11-2006 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fallen Angel
It sucks I haven't watched wrestling in so long, I have no idea whats going on, and yeah because its on friday I usually have other plans.

You're not fooling anyone.

jindrak 09-11-2006 05:42 PM

It shouldve been moved to the old WCW Saturday Night timeslot. =/

parkmania 09-11-2006 09:06 PM

Neither UPN nor (from what I understand) CW had/will have any weekend programming (Ok, CW will have Kids' WB on Sat Morning) , so saying they should air it on Saturday or Sunday just is dumb. It ain't happening unless WWE sinks to the point of having to go back into syndication like it was before Monday Night Raw started.

Xero 09-11-2006 09:07 PM

They'd go all-internet before that happened.

ClockShot 09-11-2006 09:11 PM

It depends on where you live. I've been missing out lately because UPN does baseball on friday nights. I try to watch it on saturday.

Xero 09-11-2006 09:13 PM

I TiVo SmackDown! and I STILL don't watch it. It just gets overwritten with the next week's.

So yeah, SmackDown! is the first wrestling show I've actually stopped following since becoming a fan.

If it starts to get better (and they drop the King Booker shit and Rey/Chavo/Eddie shit) maybe I'll watch it in a few months.

parkmania 09-11-2006 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ClockShot
It depends on where you live. I've been missing out lately because UPN does baseball on friday nights. I try to watch it on saturday.


I understand, but that's a local thing. The agreements signed by the local channels that air UPN/CW programming vary, and probably some in the more major markets allow for more pre-empting of the network shows. Also many local stations re-air the more popular shows on Saturday/Sunday afternoons.

Schoenauer 09-11-2006 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tanked
DAMN, Should've moved it to Saturday or Sunday Morning when everybodys hungover.

Watching SmackDown! when you're wasted or high is fun.

RGWhat316 09-12-2006 01:54 AM

I'd just rather have it go back to Thursdays. Like most everyone else, I got more to do on Fridays than Thursdays.

Fignuts 09-12-2006 02:04 AM

In other news, Val Venis made his shocking and contraversial debut on Raw, Monday night. This superstar is sure to become a future hall of famer.

Kane Knight 09-12-2006 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RGWhat316
I'd just rather have it go back to Thursdays. Like most everyone else, I got more to do on Fridays than Thursdays.

It's incredibly unlikely. A move to Friday hasn't adversely affected ratings enough, indicating that wrestling fans have no lives and would watch it whenever.

Shadow 09-12-2006 01:21 PM

Allow me to dust off an old chestnut.

Because you touch yourself at night.

Kane Knight 09-12-2006 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shadow
Allow me to dust off an old chestnut.

Because you touch yourself at night.

He says the day after they run the Simpsons episode where BArt does the same...Coincidence?

darkpower 09-12-2006 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xero Limit 126
I TiVo SmackDown! and I STILL don't watch it. It just gets overwritten with the next week's.

So yeah, SmackDown! is the first wrestling show I've actually stopped following since becoming a fan.

If it starts to get better (and they drop the King Booker shit and Rey/Chavo/Eddie shit) maybe I'll watch it in a few months.

So wait, you don't ike SmackDown because of the two best storylines they have now? Ok, maybe the King Booker thing is overdone (and as much as I love JBL as commentator, I want to mute him every fucking time they have him constantly sing Book's praises all throughout a promo or match of his), but the Rey/Chavo stuff is gold right now.

You must be a tough one to please.:love:

Crippla 09-12-2006 05:14 PM

SmackDown! sucks. Finlay and the tag division is the only reason I'd watch it which I haven't in 3 weeks because of it's ridiculus timeslot.

Extreme Angle 09-12-2006 05:19 PM

it shudn't of moved

Kane Knight 09-12-2006 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkpower
So wait, you don't ike SmackDown because of the two best storylines they have now? Ok, maybe the King Booker thing is overdone (and as much as I love JBL as commentator, I want to mute him every fucking time they have him constantly sing Book's praises all throughout a promo or match of his), but the Rey/Chavo stuff is gold right now.

You must be a tough one to please.:love:

Booker T's getting "turn off the TV" Heat from me.

Rey vs Chavo's getting "Check my e-mail" heat from me.

I'd rather be watching Hardy job. Just because you think they're the best things on Smackdown, doesn't mean everyone else would label them so. And the fact that 90% of TPWW hates Smackdown should indicate something to you on how beloeved these "gold" storylines are.

Stickman 09-12-2006 06:20 PM

Remember the Macho King?


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