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** In an example of Screwed by the Affiliate, Fox affiliates that air NFL preseason games for their local team preempt the show to midnight, unless they're part of a duopoly with a [=MyNetworkTV=] or independent affiliate.
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** During the Fox run, [=FS1=] (which airs reruns of ''[=SmackDown=]'' on Tuesday nights) would air the series in lieu of Fox whenever the parent network was busy broadcasting the MLB World Series.
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** During the Fox run, [=FS1=] (which airs reruns of ''[=SmackDown=]'' on Tuesday nights) would air the series in lieu of Fox whenever the parent network was busy broadcasting the MLB World Series.Series or the Pac 12 Championship.
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* MilestoneCelebration: ''[=SmackDown=] 1000'' on October 16, 2018.
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* MilestoneCelebration: ''[=SmackDown=] 1000'' ''[=SmackDown=]'s 20th Anniversary'' on October 16, 2018.4, 2019, which coincided with its ChannelHop from USA Network to Fox.
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** During the Fox run, FS1 [=FS1=] (which airs reruns of ''[=SmackDown=]'' on Tuesday nights) would air the series in lieu of Fox whenever the parent network was busy broadcasting the MLB World Series.
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** During the Fox run, FS1 (which airs reruns of ''[=SmackDown=]'' on Tuesday nights) would air the series in lieu of Fox whenever the parent network was busy broadcasting the MLB World Series.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Part of why [=SmackDown=] was somewhat censored after some weeks of originally debuting in 1999 was because of the Parents Television Council seemly targeting the show. The PTC led a very hard fought campaign to have sponsors pull advertising dollars from the show, citing the infamous Lionel Tate case. Though they could've went after ANY show WWE produced, because of the PTC's influence on network television at the time (and the stigma of what they thought network television should be along with the FCC[[note]]The FCC's rules on network television do not apply to cable television.[[/note]] being somewhat in their back pocket), they seemed to only focus on [=SmackDown=]. Didn't help the PTC, though, that several companies they did cite as no longer sponsoring the WWE either didn't sponsor them at all, their real reasons didn't fit what the PTC said they were, or never did cease sponsorship.
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* DuelingShows: With ''WCW Thunder'' when it first aired. Later, with ''Raw'' in {{kayfabe}}.
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* DuelingShows: DuelingWorks: With ''WCW Thunder'' when it first aired. Later, with ''Raw'' in {{kayfabe}}.
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** Since October 4th, Music/ACDC provides the theme "Are You Ready".
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** Since October 4th, Music/ACDC 2019, Music/{{ACDC}} provides the theme "Are You Ready".
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** Since October 4th, Music/ACDC provides the theme "Are You Ready".
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* ContractualObligationProject: Its run on The CW is this. UPN had renewed the series for two more seasons before the announcement that the network would merge with Creator/TheWB, which meant that the network would be stuck with it for at least two years before they dropped it.
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* ContractualObligationProject: Its run on The CW is this. UPN had renewed the series for two more seasons before the announcement that the network would merge with Creator/TheWB, which meant that the successor network would be stuck with it for at least two years before they dropped it.
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* ChannelHop: Creator/{{UPN}} -> Creator/TheCW -> Creator/MyNetworkTV -> Creator/{{Syfy}} -> Creator/USANetwork (-> Creator/{{Fox}} from October 2019).-> Creator/{{Fox}}.
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* ContractualObligationProject: Its run on The CW is this. UPN had renewed the series for two more seasons before the announcement that the network would merge with Creator/TheWB, which meant that the network would be stuck with it for at least two years before they dropped it.
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* MilestoneCelebration: ''Smackdown 1000!'' on October 16, 2018.
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* MilestoneCelebration: ''Smackdown 1000!'' ''[=SmackDown=] 1000'' on October 16, 2018.
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* MilestoneCelebration: ''Smackdown 1000!'' on October 16, 2018.
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** Another aversion, but at the expense of another organization: Fox took the broadcasting rights to [=SmackDown=] at the expense of their previous deal with sports organization UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship, whom they snubbed out of belief they couldn't market that organization effectively to audiences under the seven years broadcasting their fights. The snub gave Creator/{{ESPN}} the perfect opportunity to bolster their streaming service with UFC fights....and did so.
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** Another aversion, but at the expense of another organization: Fox took the broadcasting rights to [=SmackDown=] at the expense of their previous deal with sports organization UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship, whom they snubbed out of belief they couldn't market that organization effectively to audiences under the seven years broadcasting their fights. The snub gave Creator/{{ESPN}} the perfect opportunity to bolster their streaming service with UFC fights....and did so.fights, in addition to replacing Fox as the UFC's media partner.
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** Another aversion, but at the expense of another organization: Fox took the broadcasting rights to [=SmackDown=] at the expense of their previous deal with sports organization UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship, whom they snubbed out of belief they couldn't market that organization to general audiences under the seven years broadcasting their fights. The snub gave Creator/{{ESPN}} the perfect opportunity to bolster their streaming service with UFC fights....and did so.
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** Another aversion, but at the expense of another organization: Fox took the broadcasting rights to [=SmackDown=] at the expense of their previous deal with sports organization UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship, whom they snubbed out of belief they couldn't market that organization effectively to general audiences under the seven years broadcasting their fights. The snub gave Creator/{{ESPN}} the perfect opportunity to bolster their streaming service with UFC fights....and did so.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Surprisingly averted. UPN, upset over WWE returning the broadcast rights of sister program ''Wrestling/WWERaw'' to USA Network from Creator/SpikeTV (which was owned by UPN's parent Viacom), tried to sabotage [=SmackDown=] by shafting it to the FridayNightDeathSlot from Thursday nights. WWE, however, got a few tricks up their sleeve and began promoting the series as ''Friday Night [=SmackDown=]'', which not only prevented any major ratings drops, but it made it one of the few programs that were carried on to UPN's successor network, The CW, who broadcast the series for another two years (likely for contractual reasons) before the jump to [=MyNetworkTV=].
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Surprisingly ScrewedByTheNetwork:
**Surprisingly averted. UPN, upset over WWE returning the broadcast rights of sister program ''Wrestling/WWERaw'' to USA Network from Creator/SpikeTV (which was owned by UPN's parent Viacom), tried to sabotage [=SmackDown=] by shafting it to the FridayNightDeathSlot from Thursday nights. WWE, however, got a few tricks up their sleeve and began promoting the series as ''Friday Night [=SmackDown=]'', which not only prevented any major ratings drops, but it made it one of the few programs that were carried on to UPN's successor network, The CW, who broadcast the series for another two years (likely for contractual reasons) before the jump to[=MyNetworkTV=].[=MyNetworkTV=].
**Another aversion, but at the expense of another organization: Fox took the broadcasting rights to [=SmackDown=] at the expense of their previous deal with sports organization UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship, whom they snubbed out of belief they couldn't market that organization to general audiences under the seven years broadcasting their fights. The snub gave Creator/{{ESPN}} the perfect opportunity to bolster their streaming service with UFC fights....and did so.
**Surprisingly averted. UPN, upset over WWE returning the broadcast rights of sister program ''Wrestling/WWERaw'' to USA Network from Creator/SpikeTV (which was owned by UPN's parent Viacom), tried to sabotage [=SmackDown=] by shafting it to the FridayNightDeathSlot from Thursday nights. WWE, however, got a few tricks up their sleeve and began promoting the series as ''Friday Night [=SmackDown=]'', which not only prevented any major ratings drops, but it made it one of the few programs that were carried on to UPN's successor network, The CW, who broadcast the series for another two years (likely for contractual reasons) before the jump to
**Another aversion, but at the expense of another organization: Fox took the broadcasting rights to [=SmackDown=] at the expense of their previous deal with sports organization UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship, whom they snubbed out of belief they couldn't market that organization to general audiences under the seven years broadcasting their fights. The snub gave Creator/{{ESPN}} the perfect opportunity to bolster their streaming service with UFC fights....and did so.
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* ChannelHop: Creator/{{UPN}} -> Creator/TheCW -> Creator/MyNetworkTV -> Creator/{{Syfy}} -> Creator/USANetwork.Creator/USANetwork (-> Creator/{{Fox}} from October 2019).
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** Music/MarilynManson provided the theme song "The Beautiful People" for the blue brand (which was originally used for ''Raw'' when it became ''Raw is War'' before legal issues arose).
** Music/DrowningPool wrote the song "Rise Up" for [=SmackDown=], and the song was used from 2004 to 2008. The theme had various lead singers due to Drowning Pool's Revolving door of lead singers.
** For [=SmackDown=]'s tenth anniversary, Divide the Day provided "Let It Roll".
** When the show moved to Syfy, the theme became "Know Your Enemy" from Music/GreenDay. Bumpers used "Hangman" from Rev Theory.
** Although later demoted to bumpers, [=SmackDown=] used "Born 2 Run" from Seven Lions between 2012 and 2014.
** Music/MarilynManson provided the theme song "The Beautiful People" for the blue brand (which was originally used for ''Raw'' when it became ''Raw is War'' before legal issues arose).
** Music/DrowningPool wrote the song "Rise Up" for [=SmackDown=], and the song was used from 2004 to 2008. The theme had various lead singers due to Drowning Pool's Revolving door of lead singers.
** For [=SmackDown=]'s tenth anniversary, Divide the Day provided "Let It Roll".
** When the show moved to Syfy, the theme became "Know Your Enemy" from Music/GreenDay. Bumpers used "Hangman" from Rev Theory.
** Although later demoted to bumpers, [=SmackDown=] used "Born 2 Run" from Seven Lions between 2012 and 2014.
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** The six hard working women who created a fun women's divison in 2016 - Becky Lynch, Naomi, Nikki Bella, Carmella, Alexa Bliss and Natalya - are nicknamed 'The Smackdown Six'.
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** The six hard working hard-working men (Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit, Edge, Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero) who are considered to have made [=SmackDown=] fun to watch during the beginning of the first brand extension were nicknamed "The [=SmackDown=] Six".
** The six hard-working women who created a fun women's divison in 2016- Becky (Becky Lynch, Naomi, Nikki Bella, Carmella, Alexa Bliss and Natalya - Natalya) are nicknamed 'The Smackdown Six'."The New [=SmackDown=] Six".
** The six hard-working women who created a fun women's divison in 2016
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** "The Blue Brand" due to its blue colour scheme.
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** "The Blue Brand" due to its blue colour scheme.
** The six hard working women who created a fun women's divison in 2016 - Becky Lynch, Naomi, Nikki Bella, Carmella, Alexa Bliss and Natalya - are nicknamed 'The Smackdown Six'.
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** LongRunnerCastTurnover: With a show that is 17 years old, and with the wrestling business being what it is, this is kind of a given.
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* LongRunners: It's been airing since 1999.
** LongRunnerCastTurnover: With a show that is 17 years old, and with the wrestling business being what it is, this is kind of a given.
** LongRunnerCastTurnover: With a show that is 17 years old, and with the wrestling business being what it is, this is kind of a given.
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* ShortRunInPeru: Due to time zone differences, ''[=SmackDown=]'' is aired in Australia, the Philippines, India, the UK and Ireland before it reaches the U.S. It also previously aired a day earlier in Canada.
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* ShortRunInPeru: Due to time zone differences, During the show's taped days, ''[=SmackDown=]'' is aired in countries such as Australia, the Philippines, India, the UK and UK, Ireland and Canada before it reaches reached the U.S. It also previously aired a day earlier in Canada.due to time zone differences.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Surprisingly averted. UPN, upset over WWE returning the broadcast rights of sister program ''Wrestling/WWERaw'' to USA Network from Creator/SpikeTV (which was owned by UPN's parent Viacom), tried to sabotage [=SmackDown=] by shafting it to the FridayNightDeathSlot from Thursday nights. WWE, however, got a few tricks up their sleeve and began promoting the series as ''Friday Night [=SmackDown=]'', which not only prevented any major ratings drops, but it made it one of the few programs that were carried on to UPN's successor network, The CW, who broadcast the series for another two years before the jump to [=MyNetworkTV=].
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Surprisingly averted. UPN, upset over WWE returning the broadcast rights of sister program ''Wrestling/WWERaw'' to USA Network from Creator/SpikeTV (which was owned by UPN's parent Viacom), tried to sabotage [=SmackDown=] by shafting it to the FridayNightDeathSlot from Thursday nights. WWE, however, got a few tricks up their sleeve and began promoting the series as ''Friday Night [=SmackDown=]'', which not only prevented any major ratings drops, but it made it one of the few programs that were carried on to UPN's successor network, The CW, who broadcast the series for another two years (likely for contractual reasons) before the jump to [=MyNetworkTV=].
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Surprisingly subverted. UPN, upset over WWE returning the broadcast rights of sister program ''Wrestling/WWERaw'' to USA Network from Creator/SpikeTV (which was owned by UPN's parent Viacom), tried to sabotage [=SmackDown=] by shafting it to the FridayNightDeathSlot from Thursday nights. WWE, however, got a few tricks up their sleeve and began promoting the series as ''Friday Night [=SmackDown=]'', which not only prevented any major ratings drops, but it made it one of the few programs that were carried on to UPN's successor network, The CW, who broadcast the series for another two years before the jump to [=MyNetworkTV=].
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Surprisingly subverted.averted. UPN, upset over WWE returning the broadcast rights of sister program ''Wrestling/WWERaw'' to USA Network from Creator/SpikeTV (which was owned by UPN's parent Viacom), tried to sabotage [=SmackDown=] by shafting it to the FridayNightDeathSlot from Thursday nights. WWE, however, got a few tricks up their sleeve and began promoting the series as ''Friday Night [=SmackDown=]'', which not only prevented any major ratings drops, but it made it one of the few programs that were carried on to UPN's successor network, The CW, who broadcast the series for another two years before the jump to [=MyNetworkTV=].
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Surprisingly subverted. UPN, upset over WWE returning the broadcast rights of sister program ''Wrestling/WWERaw'' to USA Network from Creator/SpikeTV (which was owned by UPN's parent Viacom), tried to sabotage [=SmackDown=] by shafting it to the FridayNightDeathSlot from Thursday nights. WWE, however, got a few tricks up their sleeve and began promoting the series as ''Friday Night [=SmackDown=]'', which not only prevented any major ratings drops, but it made it one of the few programs that were carried on to UPN's successor network, The CW, who broadcast the series for another two years.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Surprisingly subverted. UPN, upset over WWE returning the broadcast rights of sister program ''Wrestling/WWERaw'' to USA Network from Creator/SpikeTV (which was owned by UPN's parent Viacom), tried to sabotage [=SmackDown=] by shafting it to the FridayNightDeathSlot from Thursday nights. WWE, however, got a few tricks up their sleeve and began promoting the series as ''Friday Night [=SmackDown=]'', which not only prevented any major ratings drops, but it made it one of the few programs that were carried on to UPN's successor network, The CW, who broadcast the series for another two years.years before the jump to [=MyNetworkTV=].
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* DuelingShows: With ''WCW Thunder'' when it first aired. Later, with ''Raw'' in {{kayfabe}}.
* ShortRunInPeru: Due to time zone differences, ''[=SmackDown=]'' is aired in Australia, the Philippines, India, the UK and Ireland before it reaches the U.S. It also previously aired a day earlier in Canada.
* DuelingShows: With ''WCW Thunder'' when it first aired. Later, with ''Raw'' in {{kayfabe}}.
* ShortRunInPeru: Due to time zone differences, ''[=SmackDown=]'' is aired in Australia, the Philippines, India, the UK and Ireland before it reaches the U.S. It also previously aired a day earlier in Canada.
