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Post by bob on Nov 15, 2012 15:39:28 GMT -5
The return of Lawler, which included C.M. Punk, Paul Heyman and Mick Foley all involved gained 745,000 viewers to a 3.38 quarter hour. The end of the angle lost 876,000 viewers. I'm very surprised that more people didn't give up on the show after what happened. |
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Post by Wolf Hurricane on Nov 15, 2012 19:47:40 GMT -5
I think a 3 hour weekly show is just too long of a commitment. At least most sporting events that are similar in time have something called HALFTIME, or long organized breaks where I can go clean the kitchen and stretch my legs for 15-20 minutes. Right now, to actually watch RAW in normal format (no DVR, just sit and watch), you get about 3 hours (plus overrun) of sitting on your butt with nothing but 2 minute breaks unless you just flat out give up on segments and walk away. Agreed with all this, so all I'm gonna say is yeah. Who's bright idea was it to agree to make RAW three hours anyway, especially when their three hour RAW's usually don't do the best anyway and they can't seem to do anything with the two hours of RAW (and six hours accumulative) they had already? |
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Post by xCompackx on Nov 15, 2012 19:49:53 GMT -5
The return of Lawler, which included C.M. Punk, Paul Heyman and Mick Foley all involved gained 745,000 viewers to a 3.38 quarter hour. The end of the angle lost 876,000 viewers. I'm very surprised that more people didn't give up on the show after what happened. Same, but 876,000 people is still HUGE for something like that. Also, is it just me or has Cena vs. Punk maybe lost its luster? It was great at MitB and even Summerslam but they just keep doing it. |
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Post by Krimzon on Nov 15, 2012 20:02:50 GMT -5
The return of Lawler, which included C.M. Punk, Paul Heyman and Mick Foley all involved gained 745,000 viewers to a 3.38 quarter hour. The end of the angle lost 876,000 viewers. I'm very surprised that more people didn't give up on the show after what happened. At least some people did. More people wound up tuning out that tuned in. Hopefully that will be enough to show the WWE that what they did was f***ing disgusting. |
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Post by andrew8798 on Nov 15, 2012 20:11:54 GMT -5
I think a 3 hour weekly show is just too long of a commitment. At least most sporting events that are similar in time have something called HALFTIME, or long organized breaks where I can go clean the kitchen and stretch my legs for 15-20 minutes. Right now, to actually watch RAW in normal format (no DVR, just sit and watch), you get about 3 hours (plus overrun) of sitting on your butt with nothing but 2 minute breaks unless you just flat out give up on segments and walk away. Agreed with all this, so all I'm gonna say is yeah. Who's bright idea was it to agree to make RAW three hours anyway, especially when their three hour RAW's usually don't do the best anyway and they can't seem to do anything with the two hours of RAW (and six hours accumulative) they had already? Bonnie Hammer |
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Post by Arrow on Nov 15, 2012 20:14:07 GMT -5
I'm very surprised that more people didn't give up on the show after what happened. Same, but 876,000 people is still HUGE for something like that. Also, is it just me or has Cena vs. Punk maybe lost its luster? It was great at MitB and even Summerslam but they just keep doing it. You do anything long enough and people get tired of it. WWE especially has this problem since there's, what, eight hours of programming a week? Cena/Punk is so overdone at this point that there's no enjoyment out of any new match that's announced between the two of them. |
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Nov 15, 2012 20:14:33 GMT -5
Agreed with all this, so all I'm gonna say is yeah. Who's bright idea was it to agree to make RAW three hours anyway, especially when their three hour RAW's usually don't do the best anyway and they can't seem to do anything with the two hours of RAW (and six hours accumulative) they had already? Bonnie Hammer Yep USA network was demanding it basically. |
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Post by Wolf Hurricane on Nov 15, 2012 20:23:48 GMT -5
Yep USA network was demanding it basically. I know that much: that's why I caught myself from asking "who's idea was it," replacing it with "who's idea was it to agree to it." Someone at Titan Towers had to have known it was a bad idea. Did they really think that it could work, or are they that hard up for money that they couldn't say no? Or maybe I'm underestimating the power of the network... |
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Post by Krimzon on Nov 15, 2012 20:28:02 GMT -5
Agreed with all this, so all I'm gonna say is yeah. Who's bright idea was it to agree to make RAW three hours anyway, especially when their three hour RAW's usually don't do the best anyway and they can't seem to do anything with the two hours of RAW (and six hours accumulative) they had already? Bonnie Hammer Just waiting for the day where somebody uses a Burning Hammer for a finisher and calls it that. |
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Nov 15, 2012 20:38:58 GMT -5
Yep USA network was demanding it basically. I know that much: that's why I caught myself from asking "who's idea was it," replacing it with "who's idea was it to agree to it." Someone at Titan Towers had to have known it was a bad idea. Did they really think that it could work, or are they that hard up for money that they couldn't say no? Or maybe I'm underestimating the power of the network... from my understanding they original 3 hour specials were made to appease them. Though when it came time for them to renew their contracts with USA. The network pretty much demanded the move to 3 hours. |
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Post by Sparkybob on Nov 15, 2012 20:55:24 GMT -5
The AJ scandal angle seems to be drawing in viewers and the crowd seems interested in it. So I guess it's been a success for the WWE so far.
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Post by King Ghidorah on Nov 15, 2012 21:20:07 GMT -5
AJ bringing in dem ratings.
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Post by mysterydriver on Nov 15, 2012 21:24:34 GMT -5
So, a load of people turned in to see the return of Jerry Lawler and got a heel promo instead, so they left. Sounds about right.
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Post by BigWill on Nov 15, 2012 21:29:45 GMT -5
So, a load of people turned in to see the return of Jerry Lawler and got a heel promo instead, so they left. Sounds about right. A load of people were naive to think it would've turned out otherwise. |
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Post by 01010010 01101001 01100011 on Nov 15, 2012 21:32:19 GMT -5
Yep USA network was demanding it basically. I know that much: that's why I caught myself from asking "who's idea was it," replacing it with "who's idea was it to agree to it." Someone at Titan Towers had to have known it was a bad idea. Did they really think that it could work, or are they that hard up for money that they couldn't say no? Or maybe I'm underestimating the power of the network... WWE lives and dies off the TV money now so they are in no position to tell USA no and even if that wasn't the case, USA/NBCU is the only (Decent) outlet they have willing to air their stuff so they couldn't tell them no. |
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Post by celticjobber on Nov 16, 2012 1:41:17 GMT -5
The AJ scandal angle seems to be drawing in viewers and the crowd seems interested in it. So I guess it's been a success for the WWE so far. I can't lie, that's one of my favorite storylines going on right now. Glad it's drawing in viewers. |
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