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From what I read, Fox is out of the WWE business. They were expecting minimum and consistent 4.0 viewership ratings and never got close to that. I think this is more the case of WWE retreating to USA rather than any kind of move out of strength.Interesting move for WWE as the FOX deal served SmackDown well (and vice versa).
On the occasional Friday when SD was moved from FOX to FS1, they lost about 2/3 of the typical viewing audience -- a combination of the difference between being on linear TV as opposed to cable/streaming and people pushed out of normal viewing habits/finding something else to watch.
The next shoe to drop is Monday Night Raw. My guess is it moves to either FOX or Disney -- the latter is already a broadcast partner of the WWE's new tag team partner UFC. Either way, I suspect RAW will replace SmackDown on linear broadcast TV.
Aav went up in this deal. Wouldn't a retreat mean another media property paying a less cost for product?From what I read, Fox is out of the WWE business. They were expecting minimum and consistent 4.0 viewership ratings and never got close to that. I think this is more the case of WWE retreating to USA rather than any kind of move out of strength.
Yes, I've read FOX is bowing out, which is fine. They were paying north of $200 million a year and I'm sure they expected ratings commensurate with that outlay even if they were beating programming on the other networks. On the other hand, they will likely generate far less viewership in that time slot unless it's with sports programming (which of course is expensive).From what I read, Fox is out of the WWE business. They were expecting minimum and consistent 4.0 viewership ratings and never got close to that. I think this is more the case of WWE retreating to USA rather than any kind of move out of strength.
And a dollar now is worth much less than a dollar five years ago. The point is that Fox is the one that walked away from this deal because it wasn't getting what it paid for, which is ratings that would justify the price point.Aav went up in this deal. Wouldn't a retreat mean another media property paying a less cost for product?
Looking at this a little deeper, if they were expecting a consistent 4.0 viewership rating, someone (or more likely several someones) should be fired.From what I read, Fox is out of the WWE business. They were expecting minimum and consistent 4.0 viewership ratings and never got close to that. I think this is more the case of WWE retreating to USA rather than any kind of move out of strength.