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Post by Friday Night SmackSown on Feb 7, 2019 12:47:29 GMT -5
well, Lethal Weapon and The Gifted are both apparently dead, I could see them moving SD back to Tuesday and leaving Fridays to their comedy block or midseason shows. Lethal Weapon was on borrowed time once the dude who played Riggs was gone. And Gifted has it's own issues, I like it, but it's an X-Men show with no X-Men (that's not going to bring people in), and the Mutant Underground constantly loses. They can't let the heroes get a win. If only it was Raw heading to Fox, its heel heat-filled episodes would fit right inz
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Feb 7, 2019 12:56:33 GMT -5
It wouldn't be. The buyout would not be anything close to the remainder of the contract, and would likely be cheaper than airing this expensive program not getting enough ad money to justify the cost where they could instead stick something else with a much easier margin of gain. Nobody in television would put themselves into a situation where their way out is excessively expensive, they want that security blanket in paying top dollar for other peoples' content, and networks have all the leverage in these deals to make terms favourable to themselves Everything I keep hearing makes me think WWE has to hit certain numbers or Fox can opt out. So if there is a buyout, is it even that expensive? I'm sure they don't have to pay the full $1 billion to get out of it if WWE fails to hold their side of the bargain. There would definitely be thresholds were Fox could punt it regardless, but there could also be clauses in there to the tune of severing the contract in exchange for a few months' worth of the contract. Nowhere near the full billion. If Fox didn't have easy outs to make sure this could go smoothly they would not have committed to five straight years of big money deal with WWE. They just wouldn't have. Networks have all the leverage with things like this, and the contract is locked down to make sure WWE stays on their network if they want them, not to make sure they can't drop WWE no matter what. That's just not how the TV industry works with these things
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Post by corndog on Feb 7, 2019 13:07:04 GMT -5
Everything I keep hearing makes me think WWE has to hit certain numbers or Fox can opt out. So if there is a buyout, is it even that expensive? I'm sure they don't have to pay the full $1 billion to get out of it if WWE fails to hold their side of the bargain. There would definitely be thresholds were Fox could punt it regardless, but there could also be clauses in there to the tune of severing the contract in exchange for a few months' worth of the contract. Nowhere near the full billion. If Fox didn't have easy outs to make sure this could go smoothly they would not have committed to five straight years of big money deal with WWE. They just wouldn't have. Networks have all the leverage with things like this, and the contract is locked down to make sure WWE stays on their network if they want them, not to make sure they can't drop WWE no matter what. That's just not how the TV industry works with these things I am guessing if they would just have to suffer for a few months, Fox would just put Smackdown in a weak timeslot to limit damage. But the real question is when are the opt outs and what does WWE have to maintain to avoid them. I just keep hearing 3.0 for ratings, which is something I can't see Smackdown getting at this moment.
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Post by KofiMania on Feb 7, 2019 13:22:17 GMT -5
There would definitely be thresholds were Fox could punt it regardless, but there could also be clauses in there to the tune of severing the contract in exchange for a few months' worth of the contract. Nowhere near the full billion. If Fox didn't have easy outs to make sure this could go smoothly they would not have committed to five straight years of big money deal with WWE. They just wouldn't have. Networks have all the leverage with things like this, and the contract is locked down to make sure WWE stays on their network if they want them, not to make sure they can't drop WWE no matter what. That's just not how the TV industry works with these things I am guessing if they would just have to suffer for a few months, Fox would just put Smackdown in a weak timeslot to limit damage. But the real question is when are the opt outs and what does WWE have to maintain to avoid them. I just keep hearing 3.0 for ratings, which is something I can't see Smackdown getting at this moment. We’re not likely to know that information. And I’d be surprised if there was a complete opt out at a reasonable cost. Worst I can see is something where after a couple of years Fox has the option to move it to FS1.
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Post by corndog on Feb 7, 2019 13:31:09 GMT -5
I am guessing if they would just have to suffer for a few months, Fox would just put Smackdown in a weak timeslot to limit damage. But the real question is when are the opt outs and what does WWE have to maintain to avoid them. I just keep hearing 3.0 for ratings, which is something I can't see Smackdown getting at this moment. We’re not likely to know that information. And I’d be surprised if there was a complete opt out at a reasonable cost. Worst I can see is something where after a couple of years Fox has the option to move it to FS1. From my understand, the $1 billion number is with upside incentives, not the guarantee. It already sounds like Fox is temporary and the show will eventually end up on FS1. Probably starting on Fox to get exposure and build a bigger audience. I always the original deal was FS1 with specials on Fox.
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Post by KofiMania on Feb 7, 2019 13:39:27 GMT -5
We’re not likely to know that information. And I’d be surprised if there was a complete opt out at a reasonable cost. Worst I can see is something where after a couple of years Fox has the option to move it to FS1. From my understand, the $1 billion number is with upside incentives, not the guarantee. It already sounds like Fox is temporary and the show will eventually end up on FS1. Probably starting on Fox to get exposure and build a bigger audience. I always the original deal was FS1 with specials on Fox. The temporary part is Friday nights, not Fox.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Fingers on Feb 7, 2019 14:38:03 GMT -5
You either move the needle or get replaced by our newest project, Tucker Carlson's Quadruple Hour Racism please quit this shit
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