Mike Johnson of PW Insider reports that IMPACT Wrestling may be looking for a new television partner after being moved to the 10PM time slot by the company’s current network POP.
Johnson was asked the following,
“Since Impact Wrestling is being pushed back to a 10 pm start time, are they looking for a new network or sticking with Pop in 2019? If they are staying on the network, will Impact try to convince Pop to let them do an edgier TV-14 rated show since they are in the 10 pm slot? I mean Impact has to try something, anything to get more viewers.”
Johnson then replied,
“We’ve heard the company has been looking for a potential new TV partner. Pop moving them to 10 PM can’t be seen as anything but a major step backwards in the relationship between the two sides. I don’t think you can say Impact isn’t trying to be edgy when they ran a storyline where a CHILD was almost killed! Going to a more tawdry, violent product isn’t going to help.”
Since being forced into the 10PM time slot IMPACT’s ratings have taken a severe hit, beginning with its first episode after the change, which saw IMPACT Wrestling’s viewers drop below the 100,000 mark for the first time in history.
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