Yes, that’s one of two options the WWE under consideration with the other outlet being My Network TV. If the WWE goes with with WGN Superstation, most Chicagoans would not have access to the show, since the cable version of WGN is only carried on satellite (Direct TV and Dish Network) and not on any cable systems, unless the WWE […]
As CW prepares its post-strike future, many of its popular shows (and I’m stretching “popular” quite a bit here) are returning with new episodes this spring, including Smallville, Supernatural, One Tree Hill, and Reaper, while others including Gossip Girl and Everybody Hates Chris will return with new episodes in the fall. But two shows won’t return at all: The ultra […]
The CW has pulled the plug on WWE Smackdown after nine seasons, after failing to come to an agreement on renewal. The program’s final CW airing is scheduled for September 12. The program began on April 29, 1999 as a one-shot special on UPN, and joined that network’s lineup on August 26, 1999. Smackdown originally aired on Thursday nights, but […]
Three more years for WWE Raw on USA Network. So, that means three more years of Vince McMahon and brain-dead wrestling fans screaming “What?” at every opportunity. Ugh. So if David Stern and Gary Bettman can stick around and continue to ruin the NBA and NHL, respectively…
With the Pumpkin Pie Awards for Excellence Welcome to the second annual T Dog Media Blog Turkey Awards. Once again, we’re here to serve up the disasters in media in 2007. I have nineteen turkeys to hand out… so let’s get gobbling! And this year’s awards go to… – The Chicago Bears. A Super Bowl hangover this year. And especially Rex […]
Vince McMahon has “risen from the dead” and is assuming his role as Bill Wirtz Jr. : At the opening of Raw, he took on Congress and the media to a chorus of “Whats” from the fans (are these people still stuck in 2000?) Yep, things are back to normal (LOL) in WWE land. Unfortunately. And even worse, ratings are […]
And the suits say it’s not related to Chris Benoit’s death. Maybe it’s because it jumped the shark 40 times (McMahon’s “death”, for example), viewers got tired of all the crap. Wish the audience felt the same about equal 40-time shark jumper Grey’s Anatomy….
Is NBC getting ready to dump original programming on Fridays? NBC entertainment co-chairman Marc Graboff says in an interview with Fortune that declining ratings and increasing costs may force the network to dump original programming on Fridays, where HUT levels on that night have been declining for years. Friday nights are the second-least watched of the week, behind Saturday, which […]
WWE chairman Vince McMahon will address viewers tonight on Sci-Fi Channel’s ECW show about the three-hour tribute show given to Chris Benoit last night on USA Network’s WWE Raw, which have received an ample amount of criticism. ECW and Smackdown tapings will resume as of tonight. USA and Sci-Fi are cable networks owned by NBC Universal. The WWE is also […]
This is legit. Chris Benoit and his family was found dead this morning just outside Atlanta. Tonight’s Raw show on the USA Network has been canceled and a tribute show on Benoit is airing in its place. UPDATE: Sadly, this turned out as a murder-suicide. Benoit strangled his wife, smothered his son, and hung himself in his weight room, according […]
From The Citizens Voice, a newspaper in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton market on the “explosion” that “killed” WWE Chairman Vince McMahon Monday night just outside Wilkes-Barre, Pa.: “Vince lives on,” [Wilkes-Barre Township Police Chief Robert Brozowski] said. “I wish him a speedy recovery. I’m sure he’s sitting in a nice hotel room in Trump Plaza laughing like a bastard.” Judging by the […]
The 2007 NBA Finals will go down as the least watched finals ever – The San Antonio Spurs-Cleveland Cavilers matchup drew just a 5.5 Nielsen household rating last night, and a 6.2 for the entire series, in which the Spurs swept the Cavs in four. Along with record-low ratings for the World Series (between Tigers-Cardinals) last fall and the Stanley […]
(Spoiler Alert) Here’s more on the “death” of Vince McMahon: The story actually made headlines on the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader website. Here’s how it happened: According to the paper, the explosion actually was taped Saturday night/Sunday morning between 11 p.m and 3 a.m. in a sealed-off section near the Wachovia Center in Wilkes-Barre – all coordinated by a pyrotechnics company. […]
Mr. McMahon was in a limo in which it exploded, and he is presumed dead. And if you believe this, then: – The Trix rabbit will steal your cereal this morning. – Rush Limbaugh and Barack Obama will become best friends. – NBC’s new fall lineup will vault the network to No.1 – WGN-AM will fall to 30th place in […]
Interesting how Fox O&O KSTU labeled a debate between Fox News’ Sean Hannity and Salt Lake City Mayor Democrat Rocky Anderson “Smackdown” – a debate on the Iraq War that turned into a debacle while a similarly-titled show, WWE Friday Night Smackdown, was airing at the same time on the CW on local affiliate KUCW-TV). (Wait a minute. A Democrat […]
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