General Chit-Chat Thread: A New Beginning

[Comrade Khan]

WWE hasn't really ever had a stong lead-in on USA. Occasionally they'd have like Figure Skating or a Dog Show that moves to another channel when WWE came on. But usually their lead-in is either a police procedural (SVU, 911, Chicago Fire/Med/PD) or MAYBE a movie. USA never really had much mainstream sports.

cheers, i was interested - and i somewhat knew that RAW was the darling of USA and their usually best show ratings wise, so i figured outside ppl switching over from football at times, that they would ever have a good lead in.

 

[Comrade Khan]

It usually switched between SVU, NCIS, and Modern Family

makes sense ya

 

[Comrade Khan]

perpetual reruns of law and order usually

so closer to what dynamite gets

 

[Comrade Khan]

What was it? Playoffs? That's crazy

yeh playoff lead in was huge

 

[R-Troop]

cheers, i was interested - and i somewhat knew that RAW was the darling of USA and their usually best show ratings wise, so i figured outside ppl switching over from football at times, that they would ever have a good lead in.

USA doesn't really have many (if any) original programming anymore. It's all syndication and reruns. There were a couple Peacock shows that they started airing. Specifially Belair (the remake of Fresh Prince) was airing after Smackdown on USA. I can't wait for them to decide to put season 1 of Twisted Metal on USA and have that air after Smackdown. The irony of Samoa Joe on after Smackdown is too great to pass up

 

[Barry Poppins]

The biggest thing with USA Network is that it doesn't really have any great programming

 

[R-Troop]

The biggest thing with USA Network is that it doesn't really have any great programming

They put everything on Peacock now.

 

[Barry Poppins]

Yeah, the advent of streaming killed USA Network

 

[Jimmy King]

They had Suits but the new version of that is or will be on NBC now

 

[R-Troop]

Yeah, the advent of streaming killed USA Network

it's not just USA. Basic Cable as a whole got wrecked by streaming.

 

[Jimmy King]

Suits was probably their most popular original show

 

[Jimmy King]

Psych was my favorite of their original shows

 

[R-Troop]

They had Suits but the new version of that is or will be on NBC now

White Collar, Royal Pains, Psych, Burn Notice, Mr. Robot. That was all 2006-2019.

 

[Jimmy King]

Wrestlers would sometimes appear on those shows

 

[Butters]

Lots of spoilers in here today