Smackdown will be moving to FOX starting in October. The show will be moving from Tuesday to Friday after the change.
There have been a ton of rumors over the past few months about WWE potentially adding a third hour to Smackdown. This would make it the same length as Monday Night RAW.
We have an update for you.
According to a report from the Wrap, Smackdown will NOT be moving to three hours. Here are some quotes from the article:
Fox’s Friday version of WWE “SmackDown Live” will remain two hours, just like the one currently airing Tuesdays on USA Network.
As previously reported, Fox’s “SmackDown Live” will debut on Friday, Oct. 4 at 8/7c on Fox. The two-hour series runs until 10 o’clock, which is when Fox’s national primetime programming ends. The rest of the Big 4 broadcast networks — CBS, NBC and ABC — have three-hour primetime windows that run until 11 p.m. ET.
For Fox (and The CW), local programming from affiliates takes over at 10 p.m.
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