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Shallow:

--- Quote from: Kal EL on April 05, 2005, 09:16:13 AM ---So what does this mean for Smackdown? Will it still be on thursdays? Will they tape live?

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Smackdown is still under contract with UPN until fall 2006. Nothing is set to change until then.

Perfection:

--- Quote from: Shallow on April 05, 2005, 10:22:05 AM ---
--- Quote from: Kal EL on April 05, 2005, 09:16:13 AM ---So what does this mean for Smackdown? Will it still be on thursdays? Will they tape live?

--- End quote ---

Smackdown is still under contract with UPN until fall 2006. Nothing is set to change until then.

--- End quote ---

Actually it's most likely that UPN will be dropping Smackdown! sooner than that because UPN wants to be taken seriously as a network and they feel that as long as they have Smackdown! that won't happen. Even though Smackdown is their highest rated show, and last week's show put UPN 4th in the ratings.

As soon as Smackdown leaves UPN it will most likely go to USA with it possilbe changing days & becoming a live show.

Shallow:

--- Quote from: Perfection on April 08, 2005, 01:13:16 PM ---
--- Quote from: Shallow on April 05, 2005, 10:22:05 AM ---
--- Quote from: Kal EL on April 05, 2005, 09:16:13 AM ---So what does this mean for Smackdown? Will it still be on thursdays? Will they tape live?

--- End quote ---

Smackdown is still under contract with UPN until fall 2006. Nothing is set to change until then.

--- End quote ---

Actually it's most likely that UPN will be dropping Smackdown! sooner than that because UPN wants to be taken seriously as a network and they feel that as long as they have Smackdown! that won't happen. Even though Smackdown is their highest rated show, and last week's show put UPN 4th in the ratings.

As soon as Smackdown leaves UPN it will most likely go to USA with it possilbe changing days & becoming a live show.

--- End quote ---


UPN won't drop Smackdown until it gets a bonafied hit show and style of programming. It would be stupid for them to pay out the rest of a contract and lose money both from the pay out and from ad companies unless they can make up for it. So until a decent show pops up on UPN, which hasn't happened since Buffy moved there, and before that, Voyager debuted, UPN is stuck and better be thankful they at least have SD to keep the ratings up a bit.

authentic:
i stopped watching wrestling a while ago

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