News Destination America has big first month w/ TNA

[ShaRpY HaRdY]

Good for the entire Discovery family as well as TNA viewers/fans.

The Destination America network issued the following release, regarding the early success they have had with TNA and Impact Wrestling so far:
DESTINATION AMERICA SCORES BIG WITH FIRST MONTH OF PREMIERES FOR IMPACT WRESTLING
More than four million viewers tune in during first four weeks of premieres


(Silver Spring, MD) – Destination America recorded its best January ever in Prime HH delivery with premieres of Impact Wrestling. The all-new season kicked off on Wednesday, January 7th, with Impact Wrestling LIVE, ranking as Destination America’s best Wednesday evening in network history for delivery of M25-54. The show also ranked as the 6th most social television program for the evening with [HASHTAG]#DestinationIMPACT[/HASHTAG] reaching a collective 73M impressions on Twitter.

Premieres of Impact Wrestling settled into their regular Destination America timeslot on Fridays beginning Friday, January 16th. For the month of January, Impact Wrestling ranked as the #9 series in ad-supported cable for delivery of M25-54 on Friday nights. On Friday, January 23rd, the network garnered its highest rated and most watched Friday evening in network history for delivery of P25-54 and M25-54, ranking as the #3 sports telecast in cable (behind only NBA Basketball and the X Games on ESPN) and out-delivering networks including A&E, NGC, ESPN2, TNT and FXX among M25-54.

Throughout January, Impact Wrestling posted record-breaking numbers, delivering an average of 276K viewers among P25-54.

Continuing to build momentum, Destination America’s Impact Wrestling recorded its best premiere to date on Friday February 6th delivering an average of 345k P25-54, while earning a 0.85 rating among M25-54. Since premiering on the network in January 2015, 4.2M unique viewers have watched Impact Wrestling on Destination America.

Source: Nielsen. NPower. NHI Calendar. Live+3D. P/M25-54 Ratings and Delivery.

Source: Nielsen. NPower. 1/7/2015 – 2/8/15. Live+3D. Destination America. All Telecasts (54). Reach/Cume. 6 min Qual. Impact Wrestling. Impact Wrestling LIVE. Impact Wrestling: Rewind. TNA Wrestling’s Greatest. Impact Wrestling Unlocked.

About Destination America

Destination America is the only network to celebrate the people, places, and stories of the United States. The inclusive network targeting Adults 25-54 is available in nearly 60 million homes, emblazoning television screens with the grit and tenacity, honesty and work ethic, humor and adventurousness that characterize our nation. Destination America features travel, food, adventure, home, and natural history, with original series like BBQ Pitmasters; A Haunting; Mountain Monsters; Buying Alaska; Buying the Bayou; and Railroad Alaska. For more information, please visit DestinationAmerica.com,facebook.com/DestinationAmerica, or twitter.com/DestAmerica. Destination America is part of Discovery Communications (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK), the world’s #1 pay-tv programmer reaching nearly 3 billion cumulative subscribers in 220 countries and territories.

http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/552...on-america-touts-success-with-tna-programming

 

[Jacob Fox]

That's good to hear. I've been trying to warm back up to TNA (I was a die hard fan from its inception up until the Hogan years) but even if I never end up liking it as much as I used to, I definitely want them to stay successful and continue to grow.

 

[CFCrusader]

Great to know, with all of the negativity around TNA from last year, they're rebuilding and it hasn't been easy progress but good ratings means the DA and Discovery are firmly behind TNA now to make sure they improve their situation in the US. In fact, I'd like to see TNA build up their midcard a bit more so they're not thinking "oh shit we probably need more World title matches on TV that could probably be on PPVs!" and speaking of PPVs, to do more of them (4/6 a year would be nice) - house show business also needs improving, but perhaps One Night Only PPVs are like their house shows this year.

Sooner or later, I want to see a PPV in the middle of the buildup to Slammiversary. Let's say Sacrifice or Against All Odds. If Spud and EC3 feud until then, do a big Last Man Standing match there. Stuff like that - and Aries can always cash in on PPV.

 

[ShaRpY HaRdY]

I want ROH to be the thing but Sinclair is keeping them to a tight budget, they don't want them spending money so frivolously.. which I think helped them out pretty good in '14.

 

[Leo C]

Sinclair folks just want ROH to fill in 3 AM time slots for 5 bucks. Makes me mad

 

[CFCrusader]

ROH isn't even apparently on air in the UK, which sucks. Thus why TNA is doing so well here, we get TNA on a free to air channel that includes Impact, Xplosion and all PPVs. Then when we get the UK tour, we get great attendances - even if Glasgow did look a bit underperforming.

 

[Prince Bálor]

Good news for both TNA and DA.

I'd really like it if promotions like ROH, LUG and TNA became more successful and grew bigger.

 

[ShaRpY HaRdY]

Good news for both TNA and DA.

I'd really like it if promotions like ROH, LUG and TNA became more successful and grew bigger.

We'll see, you never know how things are going to be in the future, I hope big things.

 

[Prince Bálor]

True that, here's to hoping.