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May Wrasslin' |OT| May I Fancy You To A Nice Arse Whipping?
- Thread starter Bluekaveli
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sf2fanatic
Member
Except Blue right? He'll drop your ratings. Look, he still puts Zig Zags on TV
Blue is too insane to be given a job in my government.
This is my graduation and I'll boo if I want to.
Cheap pops can't even get her over.
Bluekaveli
Member
I wonder if this influenced King Mabel's attire?
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
TarpitCarnivore
Member
Isn't he Canadian?
That's impossible, honestly. It can be said that ratings are not everything, but saying it doesn't matter is ridiculous. Even if it wasn't the source of most of the money, it'd still be very important.
They will find out he has a American grandad or some crap.
You hear some tell it, any metric that makes the WWE look bad doesn't matter.
Declining ratings? Doesn't matter; at least someone's watching.
Declining live attendance? Doesn't matter; smarks still here.
Network subs still not where the company wants them? Doesn't matter; as long as someone's paying that 9.99 (ignore how many subs they give away)
Merch not moving for most of the roster? Doesn't matter long as Cena and The Big Dog are moving that product.
The company has reached "too big to fail" status, so people brush off these glaring warning signs.
Declining ratings? Doesn't matter; at least someone's watching.
Declining live attendance? Doesn't matter; smarks still here.
Network subs still not where the company wants them? Doesn't matter; as long as someone's paying that 9.99 (ignore how many subs they give away)
Merch not moving for most of the roster? Doesn't matter long as Cena and The Big Dog are moving that product.
The company has reached "too big to fail" status, so people brush off these glaring warning signs.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
Trump getting that Xpac heat in the polls.
So yes, anyone seriously using that argument should be mocked endlessly.
The ultimate endpoint of the "ratings don't matter" argument is that the show could be watched by 0 people and it would still be a sign of healthy business. Which is obviously insane.
So yes, anyone seriously using that argument should be mocked endlessly.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
The actual discussion that should be happening/made whenever the subject comes up is how the optimists saying "it doesn't matter, the audience is still there And growing" are incorrect, Network numbers haven't grown substantially in place of the ratings falling, nobody's watching archives, and live show attendance is down. When you see audiences leave, a significant portion of them are leaving for good. Eventually, you can't ignore that. And they've put themselves in a single room with no other doors to escape from, so the time they have to keep ignoring the situation is very limited.
They were disappointed by their last TV deal, and they'll be disappointed by their next. When that next disappointment comes, they won't be able to ignore it any longer. One is a mistake or miscalculation on someone else's part, but a trend is absolutely their own fuck up. The only question is how they respond to it, and I wouldn't be surprised to see a big roster purge because this 13+ hours of weekly content thing they're doing right now? It is going to be seen as one of the biggest/easiest things to gut right out of the gate.
BronsonLee
Member
USA fucked up by not continuing on their path of 'suave, yet flawed' character shows like Psych and White Collar
The quality of their shows was on a slow decline since Monk ended
billy beane
Banned
USA has garbage television. Best basic cable company in terms of original programming right now is FX. Legion, Taboo, AHS, ACS. I've heard The Americans is great but I've never watched it.
TarpitCarnivore
Member
Sweeney Tom
Banned
lol like I'm gonna trust guy named Smallman
Who put Bronson in charge of a wrestling company, fess up
Who put Bronson in charge of a wrestling company, fess up
spit my drink lol
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
That profile pic looks a lot like Fred Durst to me.
and jbl on commentary
BronsonLee
Member
I am Punk Rock
You gonna spit blood after my right hook
Monk was gud and Suits is still around but yah they fucked up by betting on stuff like Mr. Robot (which I love but it's super dark)
billy beane
Banned
And Jeff Jarrett as the top heel.
billy beane
Banned
I was so disappointed with the fact that Mr. Robot has no robots that it turned me off the show. I expected robots.
billy beane
Banned
It's false advertising. Straight carny bullshit.
The narrator is too monotone and he sounds bored.
Same reasons I never became a fan of Emma
Wait until football season starts. That time period when the World Series is going on plus Monday Night Football happening is going to be brutal.
The question is whether or not Raw breaks the 1s
SallyIsNow
Banned
Fucking talk shit about Chrisley Knows Best and see what happens, motherfucker.
Watch American Gods
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
Why is there no bads being broken in Breaking Bad?
Now there's a show that lives up to its name.
cr0w
Old Member
I actually watch the show and cackle like an idiot for most of it. That and Live PD are my favorite trash TV shows.
First season is alright, second season is boring and yeah the main dude has a boring voice.