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[2006, TV Show]

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Pro wrestling action featuring the superstars of World Wrestling Entertainment. The series made its debut on UPN in 1999 and immediately became one of the network's most popular programs.

WWE SmackDown Returns Amid Much Wrestling Mania | Today's News: Our Take | 5/20/2008
Pull out the spandex and get ready to get on your WWE SmackDown. The show will be returning to the ring on Friday, Oct. 3. As previously reported, SmackDown is moving homes from the CW (formerly UPN), where it was known as Friday Night SmackDown!Not only does SmackDown have a new home, but MyNetworkTV will give it a special kick-off with a big extravaganza: For the first time ever, the annual WrestleMania will be televised, on Oct. 2. — Anna Dimond Ready to throw a few punches to prep for the fall lineup? Try out some SmackDown clips instead, using our Online Video Guide.Related:• MyNetworkTV Plans to Lay the SmackDown• WWE Lays a Smackdown on the CW read more
MyNetworkTV Plans to Lay the SmackDown | Today's News: Our Take | 2/26/2008
Hold on to your spandex! World Wrestling Entertainment will be bringing their wrestlers to MyNetworkTV in fall 2008. The general entertainment network will become the exclusive prime-time broadcasting home for WWE SmackDown, a weekly, two-hour program featuring the blood, sweat and cleavage of all the WWE's top superstars. SmackDown has become one of the most highly watched programs on broadcast television among men during its nine-year existence, previously airing on UPN and the CW as Friday Night SmackDown! The WWE reaches 16 million viewers weekly with Smackdown and two other cable shows, Monday Night Raw on USA Network and ECW: Extreme Championship Wrestling on the SciFi Channel. — Adam Bryant read more
Boston Legal, J.Lo's $6 Mil Twins and More News Briefs | Today's News: Our Take | 2/19/2008
The ION Television network has inked a deal to air Boston Legal repeats on weeknights this fall.... WWE has narrowed the list of contenders to host its SmackDown series to MyNetworkTV and Tribune Broadcasting (as in Superstation WGN), says TV Week.... People and OK! are reportedly coughing up $6 million to share dibs on the first pics of Jennifer Lopez's forthcoming twins, says PageSix.com.... ReelzChannel has acquired second-run rights to At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper, starting next week. read more
WWE Lays a Smackdown on the CW | Today's News: Our Take | 2/8/2008
World Wrestling Entertainment has announced that it will no longer air Friday Night Smackdown! on the CW after it failed to reach a new deal with the netlet this week. While analysts have suspected that the WWE will eventually land at NBC's USA Network, there was no official confirmation from the wrestling organization about a new home. Smackdown had been a solid performer for the CW and its predecessor the UPN since 1999, but with a new focus on female-centric programming (America's Next Top Model, Gossip Girl), wrestling didn't seem the best fit for the fledgling network. — Mickey O'Connor read more
CW Announces Its Fall Lineup | First Look: Hottest Fall TV | 5/17/2007
On Wednesday night, CW's top-rated series, America's Next Top Model, showed double-digit growth last season and was the No. 1 show in its time slot with women 18-34. Next season, America's Next Top Model will stay in its 8-9 pm berth, followed by the new drama Gossip Girl from 9-10 pm. From The O.C. producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, Gossip Girl is based on the best-selling young-adult book series of the same name. The show features an ensemble cast of new and veteran actors, including Blake Lively (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) and Leighton Meester (Surface), and chronicles the struggle for social supremacy among teens in a posh Manhattan prep school. The fun, sexy and dramatic hour is a perfect companion piece for Top Model's strong female audience, making Wednesday "Girls Night In" on The CW. On Thursday — television's most competitive night — Smallville and Supernatural deliver a solid mix of male and female viewers. On Friday, the wildly popular... read more

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Premiered: September 22, 2006, on UPN

Rating: TV-PG

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Premise: Pro wrestling action featuring the superstars of World Wrestling Entertainment. The series made its debut on UPN in 1999 and immediately became one of the network's most popular programs.

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