MyNetworkTV Sinking

While Friday Night SmackDown has performed quite well for MyNetworkTV, the station's overall ratings are worse off than last year when they didn't even have the show. This past week, the overall rating for MyNetworkTV was at 0.88, but if you subtract Smackdown's record rating, it's an anemic 0.60 for the rest of the week.

There was hope that WWE would not only boost the ratings of MyNetworkTV, but bring new viewers to the network to help other programming. Historically, pro wrestling's weakness has been its inability to get viewers to watch other shows on the station it's on. That's pretty much why The CW Television Network canceled SmackDown last year despite the program's solid ratings.

The lackluster ratings for the station is bad news for both MyNetworkTV and World Wrestling Entertainment because SmackDown probably won't be able to save the network on its own. Some television insiders have speculated that the network could go under in 2010 or 2011. They've already got one foot out the door as MyNetworkTV executives ceased production on all original programming last month for a rerun based format instead.

If worse comes to worst, the only avenue left for SmackDown would be the even-weaker WGN, which is at the end of the dial on most cable providers and generally features several year old reruns of America's Funniest Home Videos, Becker, Nash Bridges and I Dream of Jeannie. The main reason WWE went to WGN for the upcoming "Superstars" show is so they'd at least have something to fall back on in case MyNetworkTV went under.

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SD doesn't draw viewers to the networks other show because they all suck. They have Jail, Under One Rook, a Cops knock off, nothing would draw viewers to that shit.

It's also been said that SyFy (new name) is going to be buying out the contract to SD.

If they do its moving back to Thursday.

Then TNA gets ass raped. Badly.

stl311 wrote:

It's also been said that SyFy (new name) is going to be buying out the contract to SD.

If they do its moving back to Thursday.

Then TNA gets ass raped. Badly.

It is kill or be killed in the ratings business and TNA would be killed.

Depends on time. If its 8-10 and TNA 9-11, Ill watch entire smackdown and last hour of tna. All good tna stuff is last hour.

Ashley Rosalina wrote:

Depends on time. If its 8-10 and TNA 9-11, Ill watch entire smackdown and last hour of tna. All good tna stuff is last hour.

All good TNA stuff happened 10 years ago with a company called "WCW".

stl311 wrote:

Ashley Rosalina wrote:

Depends on time. If its 8-10 and TNA 9-11, Ill watch entire smackdown and last hour of tna. All good tna stuff is last hour.

All good TNA stuff happened 10 years ago with a company called "WCW".

What, you don't think that Danny Bonaduche will draw?

Hey, Im sorry to butt in, but can we please stay on the topic about MyNetworkTV and not about anything else?

I just don't like to start another flame war.

The only reason why I don't post too much about the current WWE stuff is simply b/c I don't watch much ECW or SD!, but I also don't like to start too much bashing about anything.

That's why I use the WWE Section to post about stuff about the past.

again, I'm sorry if I'm butting in.

tnalockdownfan wrote:

Hey, Im sorry to butt in, but can we please stay on the topic about MyNetworkTV and not about anything else?

I just don't like to start another flame war.

The only reason why I don't post too much about the current WWE stuff is simply b/c I don't watch much ECW or SD!, but I also don't like to start too much bashing about anything.

That's why I use the WWE Section to post about stuff about the past.

again, I'm sorry if I'm butting in.

Fine. MyNetwork programing simply sucks and that is not the WWE fault. SD is the only thing that network has and the networks failure is not because of SD...But seriously TNA guy, Danny Bonadueche?

I'm going to stay on topic and say this to you CJ:

I don't watch SD! and personally, I could careless about it which is why I don't like to critisise SD! unless if I watch, but as for MyNetworkTV, I have checked out their website and I do know is that they play reruns of In Living Color.

tnalockdownfan wrote:

I'm going to stay on topic and say this to you CJ:

I don't watch SD! and personally, I could careless about it which is why I don't like to critisise SD! unless if I watch, but as for MyNetworkTV, I have checked out their website and I do know is that they play reruns of In Living Color.

They have reruns and terrible original programing, thus why they are failing as a network.

Concrete Jesus wrote:

tnalockdownfan wrote:

I'm going to stay on topic and say this to you CJ:

I don't watch SD! and personally, I could careless about it which is why I don't like to critisise SD! unless if I watch, but as for MyNetworkTV, I have checked out their website and I do know is that they play reruns of In Living Color.

They have reruns and terrible original programing, thus why they are failing as a network.

Exactly, I only watch it for SmackDown.

Ashley Rosalina wrote:

Concrete Jesus wrote:

tnalockdownfan wrote:

I'm going to stay on topic and say this to you CJ:

I don't watch SD! and personally, I could careless about it which is why I don't like to critisise SD! unless if I watch, but as for MyNetworkTV, I have checked out their website and I do know is that they play reruns of In Living Color.

They have reruns and terrible original programing, thus why they are failing as a network.

Exactly, I only watch it for SmackDown.

You and everyone else that watches MyNetwork only watch it for SD. SD does nothing but bring viewers. If they want some better ratings, add WWE programing.