BREAKING NEWS - 'Friday Night SmackDown' Moving

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The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Friday Night SmackDown will be moving to Syfy, an affiliate of WWE's longtime cable partner, USA Network. WWE is likely to make an official announcement later this week.

The program will continue to air on Friday nights when it moves to Syfy later this year, most likely in either late September or early October.

Syfy will reportedly pay $30 million to air SmackDown, up 50% from the $20 million WWE has been getting from MyNetworkTV.

Smackdown has been on network television since its inception nearly eleven years ago.

still sky sports for UK?

hodge13 wrote:

still sky sports for UK?

Yup.

They signed a new contract with Sky late last year, and it's staying on Sky for either 5 or 10 years.

till 2014

SmackDown Goes SyfyApril 13, 2010STAMFORD, Conn. ? April 13, 2010 ? World Wrestling Entertainment® (NYSE: WWE) and Syfy announced today a multi-year agreement that brings Friday Night SmackDown® to the ?Imagine Greater? network beginning in October 2010. Friday Night SmackDown will premiere on its new home October 1st at 8:00 PM ET. The program, which debuted more than 10 years ago, is one of the longest-running, weekly episodic shows on television. Syfy?s original Friday night drama series will move to Tuesday night, where hit series such as Warehouse 13 and Eureka have yielded unprecedented ratings success. WWE NXT? will leave Syfy in October as Friday Night SmackDown joins the schedule. ?WWE® is the ultimate in imagination-based sports entertainment. The fantastical thrills of Friday Night SmackDown provide an ideal addition to the Syfy slate, as it targets the younger male and female demographics, which are the fastest growing categories for WWE,? said Dave Howe, President, Syfy. ?With Tuesday night, a proven winner for our original drama series including Warehouse 13, there is bigger opportunity for series such as Stargate Universe, Sanctuary and Caprica to thrive on a night with a significantly larger number of viewers available to watch live.? ?Syfy is a terrific partner and we look forward to bringing our proven ratings winner and ten year television institution, Friday Night SmackDown, to the network,? said WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon. ?With this move, WWE is thrilled to be expanding its long-standing relationship with the NBC Universal family.? Friday Night SmackDown averages more than 3.4 million viewers a week and is currently the most watched TV program on Friday nights among Males under 55 and beats all Friday primetime programming on ABC, NBC, FOX and CW among Men 18-34*. The two hour television program will be presented weekly on Syfy and features a star-studded cast of WWE Superstars and Divas including Undertaker®, Edge®, Rey Mysterio®, Chris Jericho®, CM Punk®, Michelle McCool®