WWE ‘Monday Night Raw’ To Stay On USA Network Through Year-End Before Netflix Shift; Rights Extension With NBCU Valued At $25M
WWE’s Monday Night Raw franchise will stay on USA Network through the end of 2024 under an extended rights agreement between the wrestling circuit and NBCUniversal.
Tko Group Holdings, which owns WWE, announced the mini-extension Wednesday along with its first-quarter results. NBCU paid $25 million for the additional months of rights, according to Tko.
The milestone Netflix deal, announced earlier this year, is slated to start in January 2025. but the prior Raw agreement went only through September of this year. There had been questions lingering among Wall Streeters, viewers and fans about who would air those intervening months of action for the 52-week-a-year entertainment draw.
For USA, which has been weathering major volatility in the programming and viewing environment in recent years, the short extension will give it a bit more time to explore its options. Sources told Deadline last December that the meteoric success of former USA series Suits on...
Tko Group Holdings, which owns WWE, announced the mini-extension Wednesday along with its first-quarter results. NBCU paid $25 million for the additional months of rights, according to Tko.
The milestone Netflix deal, announced earlier this year, is slated to start in January 2025. but the prior Raw agreement went only through September of this year. There had been questions lingering among Wall Streeters, viewers and fans about who would air those intervening months of action for the 52-week-a-year entertainment draw.
For USA, which has been weathering major volatility in the programming and viewing environment in recent years, the short extension will give it a bit more time to explore its options. Sources told Deadline last December that the meteoric success of former USA series Suits on...
- 5/8/2024
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
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