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Old 02-09-2008, 09:21 AM   #1
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Making Smackdown live won't change anything.

Nor will moving it off Friday. Its ratings weren't significantly affected by the move to Fridays and it's completely irrational to believe that more people would watch or care simply because it was no longer on Fridays.
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Old 02-09-2008, 09:25 AM   #2
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Making Smackdown live won't change anything.

Nor will moving it off Friday. Its ratings weren't significantly affected by the move to Fridays and it's completely irrational to believe that more people would watch or care simply because it was no longer on Fridays.
I dunno about that, man. I'm in the demographic which they are targeting, and so are you, and I don't know about you, but at 10pm on a Friday night I'm out getting drunk or doing shit, not watching TV. If it was on a Thursday, when I'm in doing nothing, I'd be more likely to watch.
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Old 02-09-2008, 09:34 AM   #3
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I dunno about that, man. I'm in the demographic which they are targeting, and so are you, and I don't know about you, but at 10pm on a Friday night I'm out getting drunk or doing shit, not watching TV. If it was on a Thursday, when I'm in doing nothing, I'd be more likely to watch.
But the ratings didn't change. I think that speaks more specifically than what you or I might do on a Friday night.

Note also that the shows leads in the 18-35 demographic. I know Friday's kind of a dead night, but the ratings didn't change with the change of night, so that really is saying something.
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Old 02-09-2008, 09:51 AM   #4
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But the ratings didn't change. I think that speaks more specifically than what you or I might do on a Friday night.

Note also that the shows leads in the 18-35 demographic. I know Friday's kind of a dead night, but the ratings didn't change with the change of night, so that really is saying something.
To me, that worryingly suggests that there are only hardcores left watching. You would think that with a change from Thursdays, a more traditional high-ratings TV night, to a Friday you would be in danger of losing all your casual viewers, with only the die-hards sticking with it. The casual fans in the targeted demographic would be out doing their Friday night thang. That the ratings weren't affected could mean there were no casuals left to begin with.

It's speculation, but it's a possibility. A change back to a Thursday would at least leave the door open for a greater increase of new/casual viewership more than a Friday slot does.
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Old 02-09-2008, 02:52 PM   #5
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Making Smackdown live won't change anything.

Nor will moving it off Friday. Its ratings weren't significantly affected by the move to Fridays and it's completely irrational to believe that more people would watch or care simply because it was no longer on Fridays.
I dunno about that, aye.

Making SmackDown! live would be an added expenditure for the WWE, but it adds a sense of "urgency" to the show, I believe. With Smackers going on the air live, and Michael Hayes continuing to write the show, I think you'd have the most exciting televised wrestling show going.

Being live would just generally move SmackDown!'s stock up slightly as being less of a "B show," which could make it more of a desired place to work for guys like Shawn Michaels and Triple H.

As far as the ratings go, figures don't like, but I will say this: Just because ratings didn't go down when SmackDown! became "Friday Night SmackDown!," that doesn't necessarily mean that there won't be a change if the show changes timeslots again.

Let's say SmackDown! airs live every Tuesday: This might change ratings because everyone might still be in a "wrestling mood" from Monday. When there's a PPV on, that's 6-7 good solid hours of wrestling, which for a fan might make it a lot easier to digest (assuming the programming is good).

The WWE could also promote the hell out of it, and make moving back to even Thursdays a big deal. "Now you can watch SmackDown! and go out on Friday night," "Really? Wow, that sounds a little better than what it was, I might view now because I can do so consistently because my Thursdays are boring."

You are also moving to a new network, with perhaps a new marketing campaign. There is no reason to assume that there is no way anything about the way the show is perceived will change.

I don't know if I'm making a clear point, because I'm fairly intoxicated, but basically I don't believe that SmackDown! moving to Fridays is necessarily equal to SmackDown! moving to Thursdays.
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