Source: Wrestling Observer TNA's iMPACT! move to primetime in April is no more. Jeff Jarrett apparently told the wrestlers are a pre-show meeting today at the tapings that Spike TV executives have changed their mind and will not be putting the show in a primetime slot. The new timeslot starting on April 13th will be Thursdays at 11 p.m. This will follow the Ken Shamrock/Tito Ortiz season opener of Ultimate Fighter. The change was made as Spike made the decision to move the Ultimate Fighter to 10 p.m on Thursdays. Dave Meltzer reports that on 4/13, the line-up will be CSI at 8 p.m., UFC Unleashed at 9 p.m., Ultimate Fighter at 10 p.m. and TNA Impact at 11 p.m., which is the line-up that by far makes the most sense for everyone.
HAHAHA... seriously!!! TNA isn't going to get ratings on Thursday, Saturday at11:00 was better but Thursday is hell. What is with this UFC getting over TNA alot
[QUOTE="keiblerfan69"]Well TNA lost a viewer in me. I can't stay up that late for a crappy wrestling show on Thursday. Saturday fine but Thursday messes up my school day. What are you gonna watch now?
[QUOTE="mja2k3"] [QUOTE="keiblerfan69"]Well TNA lost a viewer in me. I can't stay up that late for a crappy wrestling show on Thursday. Saturday fine but Thursday messes up my school day. What are you gonna watch now?
Nothing. I goto bed at about 10 on the weekdays. Unless I feel like watching Family Guy/Futurama then I am out early.
hahahahaha, TNA is really at a low point right now! They signed Scott Steiner, suspended 2 of their top guys for SHOWING UP, have been treating some of their talent like indy workers, and now this.
Well, this sucks for TNA >_<. Brilliant move by Spike TV, truly brilliant -_-. Why move them from Saturday if you're not giving them a better or longer time? Idiotic at best. Â
It would have been better of on Friday or Saturday at 11, because more people could have stayed up to watch it since alot of people don't have to work/ go to school on the weekend. [edit] :P I feel stupid it's already on Saturday at 11. Anyways they would be better keeping it there than moving it to Thursday at 11.
I think it's safe to say that TNA is officially on the road to ruin.
I don't blame Spike one bit for this. It's smart business on their part. TNA has failed to produce any real results, while The Ultimate Fighter is one of their hottest shows. As someone else said, TNA did this to themselves. Period. They are their own worst enemy.
You looked promising for a while there, TNA. This company can start digging their own grave, cause that timeslot SUCKS. Geez, ROH is the only promotion not going on a downward spiral.
I don't blame Spike one bit for this. It's smart business on their part. TNA has failed to produce any real results, while The Ultimate Fighter is one of their hottest shows._Muta
I fail to see the logic in that comment, to be honest. According to reports, TNA were producing viewing figures higher than what Spike TV had initially hoped for from them (I read that on the news section of this very Union, if memory serves), so while TNA have without a doubt been making some extremely poor decisions with their weekly show, it's hardly been a monumental flop. Even if it had been a flop, and granted by comparison to the UFC show on Spike, it may be, but regardless, how does it make any sense at all to bury it on Thursday night? Even if you consider UFC a superior horse to back, even if you think TNA have dropped the ball with this TV run, how on earth is it logical for Spike TV to suddenly plonk them in a time slot that will most likely effectively kill what ratings TNA is currently getting?
Going back to my original point of TNA out performing Spike TV expectations, I hardly see how they "brought this on themselves", either.
god that is terrible. i feel so bad for everyone that had their hopes on a primetime special.
why does Spike think airing it at 11 p.m. the best idea? kids aren't gonna stay up that late to watch it and i know lots of people won't stay up to watch it if they think it'll still be the same crap that was on the week before. what they should do is air it at 9 p.m. between primetime and latenight.
Well I guess TNA has avoided the potential following of WCW's fate, but it's even worse that they don't even have a chance to become WCW. The only way I would watch TNA is if Conan is a re-run.... Sorry TNA, but you're done for.
I don't blame Spike one bit for this. It's smart business on their part. TNA has failed to produce any real results, while The Ultimate Fighter is one of their hottest shows._Muta
According to reports, TNA were producing viewing figures higher than what Spike TV had initially hoped for from them (I read that on the news section of this very Union, if memory serves),
That was true for a while, but for a few weeks they've just been pulling in 0.7s. I'm not sure what number Spike TV expected, but 0.7 is lower than what they were pulling in a couple months ago.
I don't see why CSI is on at 8, though. It's on basically 18 hours a day on Spike. They should be able to have TNA on at that timeslot instead of CSI, just for Thursdays. But I'm sure that the CSI reruns are probably killing TNA in ratings, so nevermind.
[QUOTE="_Muta"]I don't blame Spike one bit for this. It's smart business on their part. TNA has failed to produce any real results, while The Ultimate Fighter is one of their hottest shows.AcolyteV1
I fail to see the logic in that comment, to be honest. According to reports, TNA were producing viewing figures higher than what Spike TV had initially hoped for from them (I read that on the news section of this very Union, if memory serves), so while TNA have without a doubt been making some extremely poor decisions with their weekly show, it's hardly been a monumental flop. Even if it had been a flop, and granted by comparison to the UFC show on Spike, it may be, but regardless, how does it make any sense at all to bury it on Thursday night? Even if you consider UFC a superior horse to back, even if you think TNA have dropped the ball with this TV run, how on earth is it logical for Spike TV to suddenly plonk them in a time slot that will most likely effectively kill what ratings TNA is currently getting?
Going back to my original point of TNA out performing Spike TV expectations, I hardly see how they "brought this on themselves", either.
Never said it was a "monumental flop". The fact is, it didn't produce results that would justify a prime time slot. If that's their reasoning, then i agree with them. It goes beyond what i personally think is better. Ultimate Fighter has been has gotten consistent 2.0's. Impact, as noted by JML, has been getting pathetic upper 0.'s. Facts are facts. Impact has only broken the 1.0 barrier once with little to no viewership increase overall. If there was any major signs of growth, then i'd be calling Spike on this decision right with you. But there isn't. As it stands now, TNA has no future. Evidence has shown that Ultimate Fighter does. I think you misinterpreted what i was saying in that particular sentence. I'm saying that Spike made the right decision to push Ultimate Fighter over TNA, not the right decision to bury TNA with a crappy timeslot.
Actually, weren't people saying that Smackdown's move to Fridays would destroy that show because it was a terrible slot? But the move didn't hurt Smackdown at all. TNA moving to a weekday may not hurt it at all, especially when you consider that its key demographic(males 18-35) WILL be awake and in front of the tv at that time. So maybe this could actually benefit TNA.
Well, once TNN, always TNN. I thought Spike was really going to get behind TNA, but that does not seem to be the case. Not only do they keep them at one hour, which TNA has shown no capability to produce anything solid in that time, but now they move them to a worse timeslot. Gotta wonder when the replay is gonna be.
Hopefully, this isn't the beginning of the end for TNA, but the signs are not looking positive. Its been a good run TNA... Well, its been a run.
i liked it at 11pm saturdays, but on a thursday at that hour???? a big WTF to Spike. the main audience either has to go to bed or just doesn't like to stay up that late due to school or work the next day.
This will certainly not do any favors for locker morale, to say the least.
And yeah... if their original timeslot of Saturdays at 11:00 pm was not bad enough... timeslot of Thursdays at 11:00 pm is that much worse... good amount of their target audience will be in bed, due to school and/or work... Good job, Spike TV!
Ultimate Fighter has been has gotten consistent 2.0's. Impact, as noted by JML, has been getting pathetic upper 0.'s. Facts are facts. Impact has only broken the 1.0 barrier once with little to no viewership increase overall. If there was any major signs of growth, then i'd be calling Spike on this decision right with you. But there isn't. As it stands now, TNA has no future. Evidence has shown that Ultimate Fighter does.
_Muta
Okay... After reading this I'm not as upset/confused by what would bring Spike to do something like this. I honestly had no idea that the Ultimate Fighter ratings were that high, so in this particular scenario.... *sigh*.... I have to agree with the decision of pushing Ultimate Fighter over iMPACT. When you do think about it from a business perspective, you honestly can't say that Spike is making the wrong decision b/c they are, first and foremost, a business.
I just don't think that iMPACT should be pushed back 2 hours. Move Ultimate Fighter to the 9pm timeslot and have TNA air at 10pm.
You know what The_Dude, it now makes sense. Spike is TNN and they are the same people that screwed ECW because WWE was moving to that network. So now Spike is promoting UFC more then TNA.
You know what The_Dude, it now makes sense. Spike is TNN and they are the same people that screwed ECW because WWE was moving to that network. So now Spike is promoting UFC more then TNA. keiblerfan69
Thanks for answer my question. That is what I thought but I couldn't remember if it was the same network or not.
Well even though the news doesn't effect UK'ers since we still get TNA one week after it's aired, I understand were the majority of you are coming from. Things aren't looking good for TNA at all now.
[QUOTE="keiblerfan69"]You know what The_Dude, it now makes sense. Spike is TNN and they are the same people that screwed ECW because WWE was moving to that network. So now Spike is promoting UFC more then TNA. UFC is awesome but really did think Spike was going to push TNA. I don't know if I will be watching it anymore though...sadly. I will not stay up until midnight on a weekday to watch a jobber squashing fest. Sorry TNA, come April you have lost a really big fan.
[QUOTE="shoot_em_up123"] [QUOTE="keiblerfan69"]You know what The_Dude, it now makes sense. Spike is TNN and they are the same people that screwed ECW because WWE was moving to that network. So now Spike is promoting UFC more then TNA. UFC is awesome but really did think Spike was going to push TNA. I don't know if I will be watching it anymore though...sadly. I will not stay up until midnight on a weekday to watch a jobber squashing fest. Sorry TNA, come April you have lost a really big fan.
Well once summer vaca starts I'll most likely watch it.
Much More On TNA Impact's New Timeslot Posted by Ashish on 03.15.2006 http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/news/38832/Much-More-On-TNA-Impact//s-New-Timeslot.htm
And why it isn't all bad news...
As reported yesterday, SpikeTV has decided to move TNA Impact to Thursdays at 11PM ET, not 9PM ET, starting 4/13. TNA initially reacted to the news negatively since they had their hearts set on a "prime time" slot. However, those in the know at TNA and SpikeTV feel that the show has a better chance of success in the short term and long term with the 11PM ET timeslot.
Spike made the decision largely because "CSI," set to be Impact's lead in initially, does not have a similar demographic as Impact and would thus force Impact to draw in its entire audience without any sort of lead in. UFC's demographic is almost identical to TNA's demographic and will provide Impact with a strong lead in in addition to the audience TNA brings in. Spike views TNA as a young show which does not have a defined audience and thus feels more comfortable giving the show a good lead in. Spike's new show, "Pros vs. Joes," drew a 1.3 rating (higher than any episode of Impact) for its debut episode largely due to the lead in it got from a UFC show. "The Ultimate Fighter" will air before Impact at 10PM ET and is expected to draw a rating between 1.5 and 2.0.
The other silver lining for TNA is that "The Ultimate Fighter" is a reality show that will air for 12 weeks. If Impact performs well at 11PM ET, Spike could move the show up to 10PM ET once "The Ultimate Fighter" ends and even give TNA the second hour they need and have the show run from 10PM ET to midnightET.
The problem with all of that is the fact that there is a large difference between the hours of 10 PM for UFC & 11 PM for TNA. Let's look at this if best case scenario happens: Ok, so TNA does good and they bump it to 10 + give it an extra hour. What happens when UFC next season comes back? My guess is they woudl bump TNA from 11 to 1, and I will not watch that.
TNA is not moving to primetime! well that stinks. I was really looking forward to it. But I am still gonna watch it and if I am to tired to stay up then I will tivo the show when it comes on its new slot.
They are doomed. Spike is not going good with their decision making. I mean, gee - Back in the day Turner was smart with how he positioned WCW, WWE is doing the Saturday Night Main Event again. Spike is killing TNA. They should make it an hour and give it a 6:00 or 7:00 p.m. Saturday slot to get more of its viewership up.
Spike for TNA is like Warner trying to mess with a Batman or Superman movie. It turns out horrible.
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