Special recap, for a “special” show. In the retarded sense, of course.
Is Benoit dead? I’m kinda afriad to read the news to find out if he’s dead or not.
You know, now that I think about it some more, if they had just had Rey get the three count after the frog splash, things wouldn’t have not sucked, but they would’ve sucked less.
Edit: WEDNESDAY is Next Top Model/Veronica Mars night. Tuesday is “NTM rerun/comedies that aren’t good enough to break into our Monday lineup” night, which doesn’t actually do too well and makes sense to stunt pre-empt to nudge the ratings up a little bit during sweeps. I’m a moron who didn’t do my research, please shoot me.
Did the stunt replacement work?
Overnight ratings:
This Tuesday (whole night): 2.3/3 (1.3 for 18-49, ahead of WBs 1.2)
Last Tuesday (whole night): 1.7/3 (1.1 for 18-49, behind of WBs 2.5)
Last week, WB aired new episodes of shows, while they aired a movie this week, so competition was easier, but any little bit helps.
I read this as pretty good news for SmackDown!’s chances of being renewed, because they’ve proved that they are maginally better than replacement UPN junk, and can make their overall ratings look good even if they’re not getting the same cash for ads the WB does for the same time slot. If both sides come up with a finicial agreement they’re happy with, and nothing else tragic or drastic happens to SmackDown! between now and May, they’re coming back for at least another year, and the brand split isn’t going away unless the WWE wants it to go away.