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Originally Posted by Slik
The most watched cable channels in 2018 per @TheWrap were:
1. FOX News
2. ESPN
3. MSNBC
4. USA
5. HGTV
6. TBS
7. TNT
8. History
9. Hallmark
10. Investigation Discovery
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That’s the list I saw. I remember reading somewhere that USA gets to top entertainment (unless you consider FOX News entertainment) because of WWE though, and that when they lose SmackDown they will drop. I haven’t fact-checked that myself though.
But if that happens coupled with AEW doing better in its time slot than The Big Bang Theory or whatever, then it could be quite beautiful that AEW ends up on the #1 entertainment channel on cable.
The foot traffic through those Turner channels seems to be about 900,000 people, on average. That is almost half the audience of SmackDown right there. With some promotion, some stars, some special-feeling shows behind them, AEW could perform surprisingly well.