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Originally Posted by The Familia
Still can't believe that Fox paid that much for ####ty ratings like this. How is WWE programming worth this much? How is the WWE making money hand over fist with poor ratings? WCW in their dying days was still pulling 2-3 million viewers and they went under (of course due to many factors). In those days though, people laughed and snickered at those ratings as being abysmal. Funny how today 3-3.5 is considered exceptionally strong.
I remember episodes of Nitro and Raw that were pulling in anywhere from 5 to 8 million viewers EACH!
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You're talking about two completely different environments. You have to account for streaming and other methods of media consumption these days, not to mention more channels, programming, etc.