TNA Impact moves to Mondays on March 1st

by Bix on Jan 27, 2010 7:34 PM EST in TNA Comment 9 comments

So sayeth Dave Meltzer on the WON site and in the new newsletter. More forthcoming, presumably. Definitely the right move after the 1/4 ratings.

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Hm.

Bischoff takes over, has a wrestling show on Monday’s.

Thats odd. I’ve seen this before.

But seriously, this is about as desperate an act to revive something from the past (i.e. Vince bringing back ECW, then trying to justify it being better than the original) just for the sake of ratings. Seriously, this isn’t good for TNA. History all over again.

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by Andrew Tolliver on Jan 28, 2010 9:17 AM EST reply actions

Aspects to second guess...

I agree that this is the time to make the move, but going from 9-11pm instead of 8-10pm, as Spike TV has currently listed for March 1st seems extremely dumb given that they drew a 1.7 rating in the unopposed hour on January 4th and a 1.3 rating in the two head to head hours. Can they sustain a 1.3 head to head rating week in, week out, when they can’t debut stars of the calibre of Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Jeff Hardy, Eric Bischoff, Scott Hall and Sean Waltman every week? Maybe it’s worth a punt, but I’d say it’s a long shot.

by kjh on Jan 28, 2010 9:27 AM EST reply actions

I didn’t know the time was listed already. 9 to 11 is a bad idea.

by Bix on Jan 28, 2010 11:15 AM EST up reply actions

Meltzer reported the time for the first show in his website update breaking the news. What he wrote in the latest Observer newsletter was a bit more vague, but I assumed the website update superseded the information there. It makes sense that their regular time slot will be 9-11pm as that’s the listed time for the first show, unless there are some scheduling issues on that date that force them to start later than they usually would.

by kjh on Jan 28, 2010 12:11 PM EST reply actions

Ah yes, that was it, I wasn’t sure how to treat the conflict.

by Bix on Jan 28, 2010 12:20 PM EST reply actions

In the age of Tivo and dvr, is going to head to head really going to accomplish anything? I don’t see this changing anything positively or negatively.

by Mike Garza on Jan 29, 2010 12:35 AM EST reply actions

Well, they did their best rating ever going head to head under the new regime. Their previous Monday night special opposite Raw was a miserable failure. It looked like they got lapsed fans to watch on Monday. It’s possible they can’t sustain it, but they proved that the potential is there when it was previously believed that almost their entire audience would rather watch WWE head to head.

by Bix on Jan 29, 2010 3:46 PM EST up reply actions

I’d watch Bret Hart over Hogan and Bischoff any day.

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by Andrew Tolliver on Jan 29, 2010 5:23 PM EST up reply actions

In this world of DVR, this could work out. Thursday is a big day for prime time shows. Monday doesn’t have much going on. I would have gone with Tuesday though. Go up against ECW.

by Troy J. on Feb 3, 2010 3:26 PM EST reply actions