Go2Sleep Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, The Natural said: Maybe WWE is trying a bold new strategy of getting out of the 18-49 demo and marketing towards boomers. Edited October 29, 2019 by Go2Sleep 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 5 hours ago, Shane said: I see that ratings chart and can only say one thing: They rebooted Muppet Babies?! What the fuck? Is it any good? Is any reboot good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 7 hours ago, Custos said: In all seriousness, I cannot believe how neurotic folks are getting about ratings and their preferred brand (not around here for the most part, in those other places...) Is it a reflection of increasingly fractured and tribalistic political environment? Or simply young'uns who have never had first-hand experience of competition at the top level of American professional wrestling? Been thinking about this a fair bit too. I think because ‘the Monday night ratings war’ is such a big piece of the WWE success narrative that has been hammered into our heads for going on 20 years, and with so many fans now watching having never been around for it originally, it seems those fans are projecting a weird amount of importance and emphasis on it to try and create a buzz that isn’t there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Well, the last time we had a real rivalry between companies, Twitter and Facebook didn't exist. I bet 1997 wrestling Twitter would've been every bit as bad or worse. Hell, when TNA tried going head to head, even that got absurd. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenalysis Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 2 hours ago, Go2Sleep said: Maybe WWE is trying a bold new strategy of getting out of the 18-49 demo and marketing towards boomers. The boomers is pretty much who they seem to have left at this point. The younger demographic is flocking to AEW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 (edited) Reading the recent back issue of the Observer, and at the very beginning of issue Meltzer brings up the GTV replacement “F View TV“. I don’t remember that at all. Edited October 29, 2019 by LoneWolf&Subs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, Shane said: I see that ratings chart and can only say one thing: They rebooted Muppet Babies?! What the fuck? Is it any good? It's ok. They make decent use of the extended Muppet characters. It feels like they do the same three episodes (Piggy is a selfish brat, Kermit doesn't want to admit a shortcoming, Animal is out of control) over and over though. The songs are so unmemorable that now I'm wondering if there are songs. There are worse shows for your toddler to be into. Edited October 29, 2019 by Matt D 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 29 minutes ago, Matt D said: It's ok. They make decent use of the extended Muppet characters. It feels like they do the same three episodes (Piggy is a selfish brat, Kermit doesn't want to admit a shortcoming, Animal is out of control) over and over though. The songs are so unmemorable that now I'm wondering if there are songs. There are worse shows for your toddler to be into. Does Gonzo still want to get it on with Piggy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Yeah, your toddlers could be watching WWE. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryArchieGus Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 (edited) @Custos I’d agree concerning sides if I had any interest in wwe. It’s an easy choice for me. AEW piqued my interest after 15 or so years of having little to no interest. I also think it’s healthy to cut the fat. AEW, New Japan and NWA Powerrr is already a lot in a week. Watching WWE, quality standards aside, would burn me out. Edit: also currently watching NXT (yes, wwe), but I’m deciding whether to go YouTube highlights package or editing it down to essentials. It’s dragging a bit for me. Edited October 29, 2019 by HarryArchieGus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 The only thing of note on that ratings chart is how few people over 50 watch Black Jesus on Adult Swim. Astonishing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 5 hours ago, BrianS81177 said: Is any reboot good? New Ducktales looks good from what I've seen it (our next door neighbors have a son who loves it and a puppy, so Mandy is always finagling her way through their door). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 11 minutes ago, Pete said: New Ducktales looks good from what I've seen it (our next door neighbors have a son who loves it and a puppy, so Mandy is always finagling her way through their door). People who say they grew up loving the original have lobbed huge praise for it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph2112 Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 The thing about "ratings warz" is that it is an outdated concept that was kind of a dumb dick waving contest in the first place. I guess you could make an argument that in the 90's, the more people that watched your show, the more people might buy your PPV's. WCW went out of business in part because they were obsessed by the ratings which at the end of the day meant nothing. Move that to today, it's completely irrelevant except for message board fodder. WWE has two masters they have to satisfy by delivering ratings, and there could be 20 other companies running TV and that would not matter one bit. The money they have gotten from Fox and USA has basically rendered the network an afterthought at this point. When AEW's contract comes due, nobody will want to hear that they beat NXT this many weeks in a row, they will want to know what they delivered. And based on all this I really think that the TNA move to Mondays is one of the underrated all time dumb business decisions in wrestling history. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 So, what you're saying is AEW should expand to 3 hours and run on Monday Nights. I get it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For Great Justice Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 New Ducktales is great. Kid loves it. New(ish) Turtles is okay after a rough start. Trans-Dimensional Turtles (episode where they interact with their early 90’s counterparts) is one of the best pieces of fan service in years, though. They nailed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 13 hours ago, LoneWolf&Subs said: Or Tyson Fury, and blaming his mental issues for his interesting views. What did Tyson Fury say? I have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 9 minutes ago, goodhelmet said: What did Tyson Fury say? I have no idea. A lot. He has made anti-Semitic comments and trans-phobic comments but the one that got the most attention was equating homosexuality with pedophilia (He also tried to hand wave it away by saying that because he is a celebrity, the heightened media scrutiny causes his words to be taken out of context) EDIT - Oh and I forgot him saying he would kill his sister if she slept around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 I’ll spoiler the Fury quotes... “There are these girls who want to open their legs to every Tom, Dick and Harry. But they are looked upon as rubbish in our community. We don’t do stuff like that. If I had a sister who did that … I’d hang her. She would bring disgrace on the family. It is a very, very bad thing to do. We don’t do that. Women have to be pure and respectful.” “I believe a woman’s best place is in the kitchen and on her back. That’s my personal belief.” “There are only three things that need to be accomplished before the devil comes home: one of them is homosexuality being legal in countries, one of them is abortion and the other one’s paedophilia.” “It’s like you’re a freak of nature if you’re normal. You’re the odd one out — nobody else. What’s normal? I’ll just get myself changed into a woman. That’s normal, isn’t it? Today call myself Tysina or something like that, put a wig on. I don’t think it’s normal. I think they’re freaks of nature. I think it’ll be perfectly normal in the next 10 years to have sexual relationships with your animals at home — you know, your pets, your cats and dogs and all that — so that will be legal.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 But he wrote a book and something something he's better now! Watch him vs Strowman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w. josh Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 (edited) Too bad Lars Sullivan is injured, he'd make a perfect corner man for Fury. Edited October 29, 2019 by w. josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 2 hours ago, Ryan said: Yeah, your toddlers could be watching WWE. My son was asking for "Yellow Wrestling" the other day. Couldn't figure out what he meant. Finally realized he was talking about NXT. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 12 minutes ago, Log said: My son was asking for "Yellow Wrestling" the other day. So I said “Okay kid, that’s enough Tyson Fury segments for you”. FTFY 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 1 hour ago, For Great Justice said: New Ducktales is great. Kid loves it. New(ish) Turtles is okay after a rough start. Trans-Dimensional Turtles (episode where they interact with their early 90’s counterparts) is one of the best pieces of fan service in years, though. They nailed it. New Ducktales is better than any wrestling in 2019. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 1 hour ago, LoneWolf&Subs said: I’ll spoiler the Fury quotes... Hide contents “There are these girls who want to open their legs to every Tom, Dick and Harry. But they are looked upon as rubbish in our community. We don’t do stuff like that. If I had a sister who did that … I’d hang her. She would bring disgrace on the family. It is a very, very bad thing to do. We don’t do that. Women have to be pure and respectful.” “I believe a woman’s best place is in the kitchen and on her back. That’s my personal belief.” “There are only three things that need to be accomplished before the devil comes home: one of them is homosexuality being legal in countries, one of them is abortion and the other one’s paedophilia.” “It’s like you’re a freak of nature if you’re normal. You’re the odd one out — nobody else. What’s normal? I’ll just get myself changed into a woman. That’s normal, isn’t it? Today call myself Tysina or something like that, put a wig on. I don’t think it’s normal. I think they’re freaks of nature. I think it’ll be perfectly normal in the next 10 years to have sexual relationships with your animals at home — you know, your pets, your cats and dogs and all that — so that will be legal.” Fuuuuccckkkk This dude's an asshole... but Be A Star!!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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