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POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE 6/27 – Analyzing SmackDown’s move to Fox in 2019

June 27, 2018 John Pollock

A look at the WWE’s two domestic television announcements, analyzing SmackDown’s move to Fox in 2019, a look at the careers of Rashad Evans & Johny Hendricks after they announced their retirements, Kevin Owens brought on stage by Shania Twain, Bellator sign distribution deal with DAZN, Shinsuke Nakamura update & more.

The WWE confirms domestic rights deals with USA & Fox Sports, SmackDown moving to Fridays in 2019

June 26, 2018 John Pollock

On Tuesday, World Wrestling Entertainment confirmed the previously reported domestic television rights deals with the USA Network and Fox Sports.

Television Viewership Report – Total Bellas continues to rise, Lucha Underground’s season premiere figure

June 14, 2018 John Pollock

John Pollock looks at the television viewership figures from the past week in the WWE, the return of Lucha Underground on the El Rey Network, Total Bellas continues to rise in viewership, and the totals from this past Saturday’s UFC 225 preliminary fights on FS 1.

Television Viewership Report – Raw and SmackDown fail to rebound, Total Bellas jumps 30%

June 6, 2018 John Pollock

This week’s episode of SmackDown Live posted the show’s lowest viewership of 2018, Raw failed to rebound without NBA competition, while Total Bellas saw a major jump with an increase of 30% in viewers, and a look at the UFC Fight Night numbers from Utica, New York.

Television Viewership Report – Raw hurt by NBA & NHL competition, SmackDown stays flat

June 1, 2018 John Pollock

We look at this week’s television viewership figures for Raw and SmackDown Live on the USA Network with heavy sports competition on Monday. Plus, the UFC and Bellator presented cards from England last weekend with Bellator 200 on tape delay and Darren Till meeting Stephen Thompson in Liverpool.

Report: SmackDown to remain live when it moves to Friday nights on Fox

May 30, 2018 John Pollock

With the pending announcement that the WWE’s SmackDown program will be moving to Fox in 2019, a new report states that the program will remain live when it moves to Friday nights on the new network.

Details emerge on Fox’s pitch to the WWE for SmackDown

May 30, 2018 John Pollock

On Wednesday, The Hollywood Reporter had an in-depth story on the WWE’s pending deal with Fox that is expected to see SmackDown move from the USA Network to a Friday night slot on the network in October 2019.

POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE 5/23 – ESPN and UFC confirm domestic rights deal

May 23, 2018 John Pollock

ESPN has confirmed that they have obtained the UFC’s domestic television rights, schedule of events for 2019, UFC to maintain control of the production, anniversary of Owen Hart’s passing, the premiere date for WWE’s next reality show, opening round matches for the WWE’s U.K. tournament, Mauro Ranallo promotes documentary & more.

POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE 5/21 – Fox expected to land SmackDown for $205 million per year

May 21, 2018 John Pollock

The WWE is expected to land a massive increase on their television rights for SmackDown following reports the show is headed to big Fox, WWE stock soars following the news, a preview of tonight’s Raw, update on the Best of the Super Juniors tournament, Bellator 200 loses Mirko Cro Cop & more.

Report: WWE SmackDown expected to move to Fox in October 2019

May 21, 2018 John Pollock

A deal between the WWE and Fox is expected to be announced following Monday’s reports that big Fox will become the new home of SmackDown.

Report: NBC Universal expected to retain “Raw”, “SmackDown Live” being shopped to other networks

May 16, 2018 John Pollock

The WWE’s domestic television rights package could be in line for a massive increase, following a report from The Hollywood Reporter.

Raw rises 2% in viewership, but still the second lowest number of 2018

May 15, 2018 John Pollock

Monday’s episode of Raw saw an increase, despite the show airing on several hour tape delay from London, England and going against the Houston Rockets vs. Golden State Warriors playoff game.

WWE’s television viewership hit hard by sports competition

May 9, 2018 John Pollock

SmackDown Live and Raw’s viewership were hit significantly this week through a combination of NBA & NHL playoff competition as the WWE came off a poorly received Backlash event on Sunday night.

SmackDown drops to its lowest viewership of 2018

May 2, 2018 John Pollock

With heavy competition from the NBA playoffs, WWE SmackDown posted its lowest number of the year on the USA Network this week.

WWE Raw has a minor drop in viewership against NBA competition

May 1, 2018 John Pollock

Monday’s episode of Raw from Montreal saw a modest drop from the week prior with 3,060,000 viewers on average watching the three-hour show on the USA Network.

SmackDown Live does highest viewership since April 2017

April 11, 2018 John Pollock

Tuesday night’s episode of SmackDown following WrestleMania led to the show’s highest viewership over the past year.

Raw after WrestleMania leads to second highest viewership of 2018

April 10, 2018 John Pollock

The Raw following WrestleMania led to the program’s second-highest viewership of 2018 and topped last year’s number following WrestleMania 33.

SmackDown Live posts second lowest number of 2018 heading into WrestleMania

April 4, 2018 John Pollock

Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live did not reflect the upswing in viewership the WWE has experienced throughout WrestleMania season, posting it’s second lowest number of 2018 for the “go home” show.

Raw’s viewership heading into WrestleMania features a strong third hour

April 3, 2018 John Pollock

The final episode of Raw before WrestleMania was helped out by a strong performance in hour three as Raw went up against the NCAA basketball final.

POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE 3/30 – At least 78,500 reasons to read today’s update

March 30, 2018 John Pollock

A look at the attendance figure from WrestleMania 3 following Deadspin’s research, Impact does a strong number on POP, L.A. Memorial Coliseum seeking future WrestleMania, reviews of NXT and Impact Wrestling’s television, Andre the Giant screener notes, Brock Lesnar wrestling in Boston tonight, and more.