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05-21-2018, 12:33 PM | #1 | |
Inno Knows.
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Smackdown Live! to FOX in 1 billion dollar deal: Fridays on FOX: WWE TV Rights Hot Fucking Stove
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05-21-2018, 12:36 PM | #2 |
Inno Knows.
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05-21-2018, 12:42 PM | #3 |
Trickster Demon
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The A-Show back on Network TV baybay!
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05-21-2018, 12:45 PM | #4 |
Trickster Demon
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05-22-2018, 10:31 PM | #5 | |
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Okay, it seems pretty insane, but the fact that they are a cable channel and a network makes the idea more workable. You are going to have people that don't have USA watching SmackDown, but Raw comes with the larger WWE audience. In a weird sort of way, I can see it boosting the overall viewership, because I don't think the split would be that much. So instead of 3 million people watching Raw on Monday and then 2 million watching SmackDown on Tuesday, I think you could have 2.5 million people watching Raw and 2 million watching SmackDown. That's 4.5 million for WWE, which hopefully drives up interest in both shows over time. It'd be an "investment" for NBC, and would need to be pitched as such. But it's something you could always change if it just cuts into Raw's audience and SmackDown doesn't get a boost from being on a network and the idea of competition isn't driving up the ratings. Ideally, since Vince and Kevin Dunn can't be in two places at once, this would allow for two completely different styles of production and, hopefully, creative (Vince would no doubt still be involved, but he can't be as "hands on"). Weirdly enough, I think it would be worth a shot. In a "real world angle" sort of way, it might be a way to get people talking if you can get it past investors and NBC as anything other than "Why the fuck would you shoot yourself in the foot?" |
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05-21-2018, 12:52 PM | #6 |
President of Freedonia
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Is this gonna mean SmackDown Live is actually SmackDown Taped once again?
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05-21-2018, 12:56 PM | #7 |
Loque Ja
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Cancel Smackdown, bring back Lucifer
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05-21-2018, 01:03 PM | #8 |
Trickster Demon
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05-21-2018, 01:04 PM | #9 |
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This is BIG. Good deal!
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05-21-2018, 01:21 PM | #10 |
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As long as it's on Fox.
Don't bury it on Fox Sports 1. |
05-21-2018, 01:26 PM | #11 |
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lol no way they do live on friday night
back to taped fuck that |
05-21-2018, 01:27 PM | #12 |
boop/bop/beep
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I wonder if this will positively impact the writing/direciton.
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05-22-2018, 10:20 PM | #13 | |
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How much have certain stars been crucial in the negotiations? The rumors were that Ronda Rousey was being touted as a huge star for them, but if she is going to play a role on SmackDown, then she's obviously got to be on that show. It being on a Friday makes me think that they're going for kids, older crowds -- which is never good from the WWE, haha. What's this going to do the WWE schedule? Are they just going to do shows on Friday and Tuesday because a house show date, or are they going to try and do Monday, Tuesday and Friday with a third brand being added or something? I guess they're under no obligation to leave 205 Live on Tuesdays, and there's no guarantee it will even be going come 2019. This could mean the end to the brand split, or it could mean renewed focus on them as "unique" television presentations. It's got my interest piqued. Something about a FOX/WWE deal seems...right. Maybe it's because I associate FOX with low-brow entertainment, haha. But this is great for their visibility -- if people want to watch. I don't think it's all sunshine and roses for them, however, because it also creates added pressure on them to deliver. At the end of those five years, it will be interesting to see where both are. It's possible that they will also develop more content for Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, etc. It wouldn't surprise me to see Main Event, 205 Live and NXT end up shuffled somewhere in there, or FOX to get an occasional special in order to pad out their line-up, drive up interest, etc. |
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05-21-2018, 01:29 PM | #14 |
RoBOT Reigns
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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. |
05-21-2018, 01:36 PM | #15 |
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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.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...ckdown-1113701 |
05-21-2018, 01:44 PM | #16 | |
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05-21-2018, 03:22 PM | #17 |
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But guys!!!
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05-21-2018, 01:54 PM | #18 |
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05-21-2018, 02:45 PM | #19 |
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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. |
05-21-2018, 03:09 PM | #20 | |
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05-21-2018, 03:12 PM | #21 |
King K Cool
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I thought they did but I wasn't entirely sure.
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05-21-2018, 02:45 PM | #22 |
Inno Knows.
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05-21-2018, 03:19 PM | #23 |
Let me talk to ya
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I don't see Fox paying that much money for it not to be live.
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05-21-2018, 03:23 PM | #24 |
Feeling Oof-y
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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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05-21-2018, 03:34 PM | #25 |
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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. |
05-21-2018, 03:47 PM | #26 | |
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05-21-2018, 03:37 PM | #27 |
I am the cheese
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No way it goes backto pretaped. Shit time slot though. Wont pull viewers
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05-21-2018, 03:37 PM | #28 |
I am the cheese
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Awful deal for fox
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05-22-2018, 11:35 AM | #29 |
boop/bop/beep
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05-22-2018, 11:40 AM | #30 |
I am the cheese
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05-21-2018, 03:54 PM | #31 |
King of Suplexes/Oxy
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05-21-2018, 04:43 PM | #32 |
Rigged from the start
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05-21-2018, 04:05 PM | #33 |
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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. |
05-21-2018, 04:29 PM | #34 | |
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05-21-2018, 05:02 PM | #35 | |
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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. Last edited by Emperor Smeat; 05-22-2018 at 02:44 AM. |
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05-21-2018, 05:37 PM | #36 |
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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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05-21-2018, 08:42 PM | #37 |
Rigged from the start
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I'm not Canadian but seems crazy they wouldn't just air ads for the Canada markets as opposed to U.S. ones. Is that not what's done by whoever airs RAW up there?
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05-21-2018, 10:19 PM | #38 | |
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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 |
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05-21-2018, 05:39 PM | #39 |
I'm Something Else
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Welcome back
Friday Night Smackdown. |
05-22-2018, 06:14 AM | #40 |
Doin' It Right
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Cool
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