 What's good jobs your boy Ross back again with another video. So today has been a very news heavy day on the WWE side of things. We just talked about earlier the recent releases of talent from WWE and now we got to talk about Smackdown move into the USA Network. That's a very big change We're gonna get right into this one. It's gonna be on the TV insider Dot-com gonna get it right into this one, man Let me switch it up. All right Friday night Smackdown moving to the USA Network plus NBC planning wrestling Specials, it should be very very interesting Let's see what's going on here after five years on Fox Friday night Smackdown is returning to the USA Network in October 2024 Smackdown will leave Fox as part of a new deal with NBC Universal It also includes WWE producing four annual specials for NBC and serves as the first time WWE content will air doing NBC prime slime prime time slot That can be very interesting NBC Universal has been a tremendous partner of WWE for decades WWE president Nick Khan said in a statement We're excited to extend this long-standing relationship by bringing Smackdown to USA Network on Friday night and look forward to debuting multiple WWE special events annually on NBC NBC Universal entertainment chairman Francis Burwick added it's a privilege and a thrill to continue in bcu's decade-long partnership with WWE which has helped cement it USA Network's consistent position at the top rated Cable entertainment Network in live viewership with Friday nights on USA prime-time specials on NBC and WWE hub on Peacock will continue to use the power of our portfolio to Super-serve this passionate this passionate fan base the USA Network is presenting lead the broadcasting hub for WWE's Monday Night Raw and WWE's NXT on Tuesday nights With their tenure on the network to set to extend until September 2024 since its inception in 1999 Smackdown has found its home on various networks including UPN. I remember that from 1999 to 2006 then the CW. I remember that from 2006 to 2008 then my network from 2008 to 2010 then sci-fi. Oh, I definitely didn't watch my account when it was on sci-fi from 2010 to 2016 then back to the USA Network from 2016 to 2019 and most recently Fox from 2019 to 2024 where it's scheduled to Continue airing until September 2024 Recently don't wait in the Rock Johnson and John Cena return to the squared circle on September 15 Amidding the ongoing writers and actors strike according to the deadline the Rocks appearance on Fox Friday night Smackdown had a Significant impact drawing in 2.6 million viewers marking a 23% increase compared to the previous week's audience Compared to a year ago the viewership saw a 16% rise the Rocks present also resulted in notable improvements in the 18 through 49 age group demographic Elevating Friday night Smackdown rating from a 0.7 equivalent to approximately 918,000 viewers in that age bracket. This represents a remarkable 33 percent week Over week increase with a substantial 40 percent rise compared to the same period last year. I Mean, I think we can all expect when the rock came there. It was gonna bump up and he was like we knew that was gonna happen This is gonna be very interesting Very very very interesting that Smackdown is moving Back to the USA Network and NBC will be hosting some Wrestling events in their prime time slot. So it's gonna be interesting to see how that plays out They're gonna be putting pay-per-view events or playing pay-per-view events or what not On NBC itself, you know, I'm know for people who are subscribed to Peacock. All you got to do is just check it there I'm sure it'll be there, but it'll be interesting to see what they mean by playing wrestling specials You know, it's gonna be it. I don't know if they're talking about pay-per-view events Who knows but yeah Smackdown is changing and we're going right back to the USA Network. I'm pretty sure You would say once all of that all of the pie all of the wrestling Avenue Ad revenue, so I don't know. I'm I don't know. I'm not really like oh, yeah I'm glad it's moving to the USA Network It's one of those type of things where it doesn't really affect me as much because obviously I have YouTube TV So I'm able to check it out But it can be something difficult for people who don't have YouTube TV or cable because I know Fox is on Smackdown was on Fox and that's free network television. So you can just easily watch that So for those who don't have cable or YouTube TV or whatever the case may be they may end up missing out on On them checking out Smackdown, you know, because USA Network That's that's cable, you know I'm saying or if you have you to TV like me Then you know you have all the cable networks and stuff like that the basic cable network channel So it's gonna be interesting to see how things play out. Y'all let me know how y'all feel about it, man Are you guys indifferent? Does it really matter what? Channel or yeah, what network Smackdown is on or do you feel like it should stay on Fox for those who don't have Cable television, you know, let me know how you guys feel about it as well It seems like there's a lot of changes happening in WWE. I will keep you updated if there's anything else major happening I'm sure there'll be some more information coming out as the rest of the week goes through But I appreciate all love support roads on 50k, and I'm still young speed of you to rest on champion world Appreciate y'all kicking me. See y'all next one. Peace