*beats NBA in the demo*
>>12964689basies
>>12964689based
>>12964689Did they really?Not a burgerlander. I thought the NBA is so extremely huge?
>Wednesday nights I get to stay up late
>>12966063Yup, AEW beat them in the demo and not only that, routinely beats NBA in the demos and sometimes in overall viewership. For comparison's sake, NBA is getting 2.66 billion dollars every year to be on Turner channels, AEW is getting 45 million.
>>12966082>watch Kenny Omega while I masturbate
>>12964689Does this mean that AEW is more profitable than the NBA? Wait...that isn't the case? So...the whole Demo narrative...
>>12966063Ratings chopped in half over the last 5 years. Too much race-whining and political crap and NBA has big time heat for dealing with China, too. The game also is boring to watch and in desperate need of major rules changes.
*gets destroyed by MTV shit in the demo*
>>12966106>Why isn't this start-up wrestling fed as profitable as by far the largest Basketball association in the world, despite NBA being founded in 1946The absolute fucking state of E-drones
>>12966131So, the answer is no...Maybe Meltzer isn't a genius...but how could we known? THE DEMOS ARE EVERYTHING, RIGHT?*Butches xer penis*
>>12964689blackbois...
>>12966131When you focus in on one data point it either means you think it is the most important indicator of success or failure or you're ignoring the other ones that have clearly indicated success or failure.
>>12966327What other data point do you think is being neglected here in terms of determining AEW's relative success or failure?
>>12966085so what youre saying is they get renewed for a larger contract next time?
>>12966364A multitude. Concentrating on Neilsen ratings, and then focusing on the young demographic within it, is incredibly naive. Neilsen only tracks plugged in cable views at set times and places. That is literally the opposite of how young people view television. I dont even get what Meltzer is trying to imply by reading those numbers. The only reason he reads those is because they are free to the public. And as most free things are, they are not complete or valuable in any way. It doesnt give you any idea of what AEW's audience is nor how valuable their audience is.
>>12966063>I thought the NBA is so extremely hugenot in years and that was before negro fatigue started setting in
>>12966400Not that anon, but, yes, at their current rate, they won't have to get picked up on the 2024 option because Warner will be giving them a five year extension with a gigantic increase before they get anywhere near negotiating with anybody else.
>>12966400If AEW keeps putting up decent numbers, yes, because Cable is dying, meaning TV stations are more desperate for shows that draw viewers, especially younger ones. They're probably going to get at least 100,000,000+ a year after 2023. However, in the event that AEW somehow grows in popularity within the next few years, they'll probably see 150-175m every year.
>>12966085>routinely beats NBA in the demos and sometimes in overall viewership.
>>12966419I wonder how much a streaming service will pay them 8 years down the line when tv finally starts to breath it's last breath.
>>12966420Yes, anon. No funny gifs will change this. Hell, just look at today's ratings, AEW beat NBA in 18-49. Keep in mind, NBA gets 2,660,000,000 dollars every year.
>>12966411Warner has access to way more metrics than Meltzer does and they apparently felt strongly enough about AEW's audience to lock it up before their contract was even up.
>another aewtist fan fiction thread
>>12966419>they'll probably see 150-175m every year.No. No they will not. TV stations want content but they are also not adverse to switching gears and canceling shows and heading in other directions if a new strategy is introduced or a new genre or pattern takes off. Being nimble is being profitable unless you are dealing with a known commodity that is consistent. AEW is not a known commodity or consistent. It's been on for a year and caters to a super niche market that has shown no signs of increasing.
>>12966471Its floor is 800k, .30 and a top 10 finish most weeks that don't have something related to a coup happening, it's the definition of consistent.
>>12966471It's still a top rated show normally and has a dedicated young fanbase that will follow it across stations and timeslots while providing 2 hours of content a week every week. That'll always be valuable.
>>12966464Warner "locking up" a show is not a sign of anything to be honest. Shows that have been on for longer than AEW and are consistently more viewed have been canceled by a number of stations. A TV contract is not some iron clad deal. You can still cancel the show at any moment. Its more of a "you're getting picked up for another season" thing than "you are guaranteed to be here the length of this contract"
>>12966471>AEW is not a known commodity or consistent. It's been on for a year and caters to a super niche market that has shown no signs of increasing.By the time the contract ends, which is 2023, AEW will have put up very impressive numbers for 5 years, assuming they don't collapse epically, making it both a consistent and known commodity. Whether or not the ratings go up over time remains to be seen.
>>12966511Sure, dude, AEW is on the brink of being canceled.
>>12966511>Warner "locking up" a show is not a sign of anything to be honest.This has to be the dumbest fucking thing posted in this thread. Are you saying TNT extending AEW's TV deal somehow doesn't count? Compare that to NXT's TV deal, there hasn't even been a whisper of USA extending NXT.
>>12966495>Its floor is 800kIt's not. I'll throw you a curve here and tell you that AEW does over a million easily when take into account other platforms the show is available on and the viewing habits of those people on it. Just adding Hulu Live members would concieveably put them over a million. But on the flip side is the simple fact that a million plus viewers is not something that moves the needle in any sense. The saving grace is that Wednesday is a week night in terms of TV programming. Winning a Wednesday is not difficult and it doesnt do much for a station either. If AEW was seen as a show that had potential impact in bringing in young viewers and having a good effect on growing it would actually be moved from Wednesday night. That has happened with numerous shows to differing degrees of success and failure. Some shows that debuted on "off nights" and then were moved into prime spots failed. Others took off.
>>12966561>If AEW was seen as a show that had potential impact in bringing in young viewers>Every single zoomer laughed at them with the biggest of the lead-upsS.O.STRANNIES DILATINGS.O.STRANNIES BE CRYIN'
>>12966520>By the time the contract ends, which is 2023, AEW will have put up very impressive numbers for 5 yearsYou are making an assumption about TV that doesnt hold water. To put this in perspective when Netflix did its deal with Disney to produce 5 Marvel based shows it was considered a slam dunk. The Marvel brand was red hot and it was thought the shows under Netflix would draw record viewers and be worth the license fee. After 2 years that was obviously not the case. Trends change within quarters, not years in TV.
>>12966561Moved to what? It's not going on Monday, the Khans aren't going to compete against themselves. It's not going on Tuesday or Thursday, TNT has basketball those days. It's on Wednesday because that's the only spot it can go.
>>12966082>>12966103cuck cultists think this shit is hilarious
>>12966558>This has to be the dumbest fucking thing posted in this thread. Are you saying TNT extending AEW's TV deal somehow doesn't count? I am saying that warner signing a program to X years does not mean they expect the show that long or ensure the show will go that long. If you believe that then I guess you started watching TV yesterday
>>12966587>Moved to what? It's not going on Monday, the Khans aren't going to compete against themselves.The NFL is not "up against" anyone. Plenty of things have shows on Monday when football season is around, simply because football in America is its own business and it is understood you do not "compete" against it. So it is not the Khans would not want to "compete" against themselves. If TNT thought the show had the potential to grow it would put it in a time slot and day to show that. The show could be placed on a Monday, Friday, or even a weekend if they believe it moves the needle.
>>12966634How the fuck are they "not competing"?They are literally taking viewers away from eachother of they air at the same time.
>>12966634They're staying on Wednesdays because Wednesday belongs to AEW, let's not sit here and pretend NXT is a factor, nobody but the most senile of boomers watches that garbage. Also, the Khans own the Jaguars. What if there's a MNF game between the Jaguars and Steelers at TIAA Stadium and also an AEW show going on at the same time? Tony can't be in two places at once.
>>12966634Not plenty of things that are literally owned by people that also have a stake in Football, dude.
>>12966661It doesn't even matter if the Jaguars never have a game on MNF again, which given how badly they're run, is a distinct possibility, I am now going to pause this post to greentext the Jags and I encourage all of you to do the same. >hiring Urban Meyer in 2021I am now resuming the post. The NFL gets a lot of fucking money for Monday Night Football because of the ratings it draws and the owners, which include the Khans, get some of that money. It makes zero sense to ever air something against that. You're literally trying to take money out of your own pocket and pissing off the other 29 owners.
>>12966082TAKE ME DOWN TO THE RATINGS CITYWHERE THE DRONES DON'T CHARTAND THE VIEWS ARE SHITTY
>>12966707kek
>>12966103based kenny coomers
>>12966654Nothing takes viewers away from football. And this is with MNF not getting the prime choice of flex games any more, which is something that SNF gets. Even a "bad" MNF game generates a viewership that most shows would murder someone on screen to achieve. People who dont like football, dont watch it. But the amount of people who do like football makes it so that isnt a concern.> Also, the Khans own the Jaguars. What if there's a MNF game between the Jaguars and Steelers at TIAA Stadium and also an AEW show going on at the same time? There would be no AEW show at that location. They would either film something or do a "special" from another location. But making the inference that AEW is not on Monday's because of potential scheduling problems for football season is laughable. NFL schedules are made well in advance and the Jags would not be a team that would be featured for a national telecast. They are coming off a 1-16 campaign. Likewise even if they were a good team they would not be featured on MNF more than 2-3 times do to bye weeks and scheduling issues. So in your imaginary scenario they Jags would have to be sure fire Super Bowl contenders and would appear on MNF at most twice. They are not on Monday nights because they could not perform. They own Wednesday because there is nothing else to watch comparatively speaking. You can look that up if you want. Wednesday nights are not a prime TV slot.
>>12966634>. If TNT thought the show had the potential to grow it would put it in a time slot and day to show that.Dronies are absolutely fucking deranged and insane with the level of headcanon acrobatics they come up with. TNT invests millions of dollars and 5 years into AEW to develop and grow it and that's a sign to them that TNT doesn't want AEW to grow. Because some random dronie on an imageboard knows more about the TV industry than network execs
>>12966763AEW trademarked "Tuesday Night Dynamite" in late 2018. They very clearly wanted to be on Tuesday nights, TNT themselves told them they'd be on Wednesdays. It's not any of your bullshit headcanon about "they could not perform", Wednesday was the only weekday they had available.
>>12966791>Because some random dronie on an imageboard knows more about the TV industry than network execsAs opposed to some random spastic fan that pays $12 to another glorified autistic fan to explain the inner workings of TV to him.
>>12966808>They very clearly wanted to be on Tuesday nights, TNT themselves told them they'd be on Wednesdays>TNT themselves told them they'd be on Wednesdays>Wednesday was the only weekday they had available.TNT placed them on dead night. It has the NBA on Wednesdays too. So by your logic, they thought AEW was such a sure thing they placed them purposefully on Wednesdays with a potential NBA lead in to help the NBA. You're arguing against your own logic. They werent placed on any other night because those are prime slots and something like "Bones" will do numbers AEW could not do by any stretch of the imagination.
>>12966870>It has the NBA on Wednesdays tooWhat the fuck are you talking about?
>>12966458youre comparing an event that happens 50-60(aew shows) times a year to one that happens 1150-1200(nba games)
>>12966975Don't mean shit, AEW beats the NBA from time to time. That shouldn't be happening, especially considering how gigantic the NBA is compared to AEW. They just beat them today, which is why OP made this thread.
>>12966817We're going off what TNT said themselves bro
>>12964689Doesn't matter i will never watch AEWLMAOOOOOOOOO
>>12966996Espn nba is always the lamest broadcaster for the sport. NBA on TNT always does big numbers compared to it in part of the inside crew of ernie, chuck, kenny, and shaq. But considering you have nba and aew on tnt is quite the combo.
>>12966996NBA has never been as popular as claimed
>>12967022Exactly. AEW is the left jab and NBA is the right hook. TNT is a very strong station now.
>>12967034With those arms TNT it's fucking Nick Vujicic then KWAB
>>12964689NBA probably killed a lot of their white fanbase last year.
>>12966996It happens occasionally. Seldomly. If it means anything, it's just that AEW is worth more than it's making, which is something that is already generally understood.
>>12964689Fuck the NBA. League is full of dimeless shitters.
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>>12967069>which is something that is already generally understood.
>>12967108Last years NBA title a lot like the 2002 WCF was more of a work than any wrestling match.
>>12964689>demolove how memezer always moves the goalposts. beat in ratings? muh ps vue numbers! dvr numbers!kek what a stupid jew cartoon.
>>12966085where the fuck is it bro? smfh
>>12966063The NBA has JUSTED themselves hard the last few seasons. Adam Silver is a terrible commissioner
