Film & TV WWE Headed Back To USA Network

[2pacnbiggie]

'Raw' wrestling to go back to USA in fall

April 5, 2005









STAMFORD, Conn. -- World Wrestling Entertainment has reached a three-year agreement that will return its ''WWE Raw'' cable program to USA Network in October, company officials said Monday.

The deal with NBC Universal resolves a major issue for the Stamford-based producer of televised wrestling matches. ''Raw,'' regularly among the most popular cable programs, needed to find a new home after Spike TV decided not to extend its contract with WWE that ends in September.

But WWE will lose about $13 million in net income, or $37 million in revenue, as a result of lost advertising under the new deal, the company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

WWE said USA will sell and retain all advertising in the programming. Under the existing agreement with Spike TV, WWE sells the majority of ads in its cable programs. But WWE said the new deal offers benefits by being on a larger, more established network.

USA will air a one-hour ''Raw'' program on weekends. AP

 

[GhettoStar]

cool still find myself chnaging it on USA on mondays forgetting its on spike

 

[Dark-Shady]

Good News, they should have never left.

 

[2PacThug4Life]

USA will air a one-hour ''Raw'' program on weekends.

i'm not getting this part, because RAW is on monday for a little over 2 hours.

 

[2PacThug4Life]

i'm glad RAW is going back to USA.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

The one hour special im guessing is a highlight show.

 

[Get In The Van I Have Candy]

The one hour special im guessing is a highlight show.

Yeah thats what I am thinking. Kind of like afterburn for raw. The 2 hour live format will still be there.

 

[2PacThug4Life]

good

 

[imported_MAKaveli_10]

Its come on tsn in canada. so no change for me.

 

[Hennessy]

tight, TNN is the reason i stopped watching.

USA is just so...........American.

 

[Get In The Van I Have Candy]

tight, TNN is the reason i stopped watching.

USA is just so...........American.

Well they were with TNN until they change the station to SpikeTV. Oh and don't forget about the live baseball draft in 2 hours. I'm going to resurrect the thread for the remider.