This coming Monday, USA is leaning on WWE to give them an extra hour of ratings in prime time as Raw will be three hours and the company will present the Slammy Awards. USA is not stopping there however as on the following week WWE programming will be featured in prime time three consecutive evenings on the network.
The buzz at WWE's home offices in Stamford, CT today was that the company's programming will dominate the USA prime time schedule in the week leading up to the Christmas holiday.
In its usual spot, Raw will anchor the evening on 12/20. No big deal there. However, the Christmas Eve edition of Smackdown is going to air live on USA on Tuesday 12/21 from 9 to 11 p.m. This is a brilliant move and will benefit both parties. USA will get an original show that will probably do a better rating in the key demos than their regular programming while WWE will get more eyeballs watching their show. Obviously, a lot fewer people will be watching Smackdown in its normal Friday slot since that is Christmas Eve.
On Wednesday 12/22, a two hour version of the NBC Tribute To The Troops show is slated to air from 8 to 10 p.m.
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12-11-2010, 02:44 AM #1TravicityGuest
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12-11-2010, 03:47 AM #2Main Eventer
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Smackdown live on Tuesday? That's crazy!!!
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12-12-2010, 02:36 AM #3Main Eventer
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I can't wait to see smackdown live!
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12-12-2010, 02:52 AM #4(< . . o . . PowerPill!
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I never understood why Smackdown aint live ever week really
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12-12-2010, 08:31 AM #5The Eating Machine!
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because ith's the B-Show and two live shows in a week takes its toll on everybody
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If Kenpachi used his Bankai, Armageddon, Ragnarok, and every other form of the apocalypse would march from the depths of hell with their demonic legions of death.... then take one look at him and turn tail and run.
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12-12-2010, 12:28 PM #6Rabid Wolverine
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Makes sense to not have it on Christmas Eve and being live might attract a few more viewers.
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12-12-2010, 01:09 PM #7S.H.I.E.L.D.
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wonder if it will be shown live in the UK & Ireland
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12-12-2010, 01:30 PM #8(< . . o . . PowerPill!
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According to Vince, Smackdown is their flagship now. They even won Bragging Rights two years in a row. Originally Posted by Ichigo Kurosaki
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12-12-2010, 02:13 PM #9Rabid Wolverine
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That's just Vince trynna sell the show on the new network. Originally Posted by Smartmark
I don't know of a single fan who considers Smackdown to be WWEs flagship. Also if Smackdown is the flagship show why do they give a minimum of five minutes every week for the "Raw Rebound"?__________________________________________________ ____
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12-12-2010, 07:40 PM #10The Eating Machine!
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^^ to add to that the BRagging Rights trophy means nothing lol it makes all of one appearance post PPV and is then locked away
If Kenpachi used his Bankai, Armageddon, Ragnarok, and every other form of the apocalypse would march from the depths of hell with their demonic legions of death.... then take one look at him and turn tail and run.
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