The TNets (TBS, TNT, and truTV) have announced second season renewals for freshman series Chad and Wipeout, both airing on TBS, as well as Fast Foodies for truTV.
AEW Dynamite moving to TBS next year, new Friday night show coming in August
May 19, 2021
By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
All Elite Wrestling is moving to TBS in January 2022. It was also announced that the weekly Friday night show AEW Rampage will premiere on TNT on August 13 at 9CT/10ET. TNT will also debut four new annual AEW specials. Read more at NYDailyNews.com.
Powell’s POV: The news was announced in a media call by WarnerMedia executive Brett Weitz. The four annual specials seem similar to the old WCW Clash of the Champions format, but only time will tell if that’s what they have in mind. The move to TBS strikes me as a lateral move for Dynamite. Obviously, AEW is hoping to capitalize on the wrestling audience watching WWE Friday Night Smackdown by airing the new Rampage show in the hour that follows the Fox show. Can check out the press release with quotes from AEW President Tony Khan at Deadline.com.
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The star does seem like a candidate as she has filled in for the chat show host
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Top TNT Executive Comments On AEW Dynamite Moving To TBS Next Year
During a recent interview with the
New York Daily News, General Manager of TBS, TNT and truTV Brett Weitz commented on the big news that AEW Dynamite will be moving to TBS in 2022. In addition to that, TNT will air four annual AEW supercards. They will also debut a new show titled Rampage in August. Weitz noted,
“More wrestling is better for wrestling fans. Both TBS and TNT have an incredibly storied history with wrestling, so the idea of us being able to put more AEW onto TBS is a natural fit. Did the NHL have anything to do with it? Sure. NHL had something to do with it. NBA had something to do with it, the COVID schedule, the ton of preemptions.”
Why is AEW Moving to TBS?
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AEW Rampage, on Friday nights in August, and that both
AEW Dynamite will be moving from TNT to TBS beginning in January 2022. Brett Weitz, general manager of TNT, TBS and truTV, hosted a media conference call on Wednesday and was asked what prompted the move, as AEW had called TNT home since it first arrived on television in October 2019. Weitz confirmed that Turner Sports new deal with the National Hockey League played a factor in the decision. .More wrestling is a good thing, especially for the consumer. So we couldn t be more excited about having more wrestling on TBS, Weitz said. As Tony Khan said in his quote, both TBS and TNT have an incredibly storied past with wrestling, so the idea of us being able to put more AEW onto TBS was a natural fit. The obvious idea for me to able to program these networks as a portfolio gives me the latitude to put them where it makes the most sense for the consumer.