Bottoming out at 0.6, not 1.6. Quick fix. Great blog Kev.

RESPONSE FROM KE: Thanks for the head's up.It's fixed.

Smart move to reinstate the Thursday replays considering there is an outside likelihood that the replay could gain higher ratings than its original airplay.

Clearly, Spike TV is willing to play the field with TNA and find out where its optimal benefits are.

Which is good, because TNA won't have to rely on the government for a bail-out.

In World War II of The Monday Night Wars, The WWE has triumphed in the battle of 9:00.

Definitely the right move, it's what they should've done in the first place. Still, that only solves half of their problems with WWE and none of the problems within TNA.

They should just show a blank screen....that would get a higher rating.

Eric Bischoff will probably say that the new Monday Night War hasn't started yet; the first move to Monday was just a "recon op" or something.

Well, that took all of a month.

Now, I thought moving TNA to Monday nights was jumping the gun. But as long as they are going to stay on Monday night why repeat the broadcast on Thursday? As long as they broadcast it on Thursday there's no reason to watch on Monday.

I'm not sure why the focus has to be on beating the competition in it's own time slot. If both companies had high ratings in a different slot, wouldn't that be better?

This is one of many reasons why WCW ultimately failed. The whole focus was beating WWE rather than puting on the best possible show. Wouldn't it be better to have even higher ratings in a slot with no competition? That's something I don't get. If WWE does for example a 3.2 on Monday and Impact actually improved and did a 3.6 on Thursday, wouldn't they be beating WWE?

Plus, for the fans they don't have to choose.

We all know Hogan only forced the move to Monday night because he knows he's on borrowed time. (Actually he was on borrowed time a long time ago. Not sure what the expression is for even more borrowed time)

It's the right move, but it's also additional evidence that Hogan/Bischoff really don't know what they're doing. The TV schedule gets jerked around almost every week -- just like their booking. In fact, if I didn't know better, I'd suspect that Vince Russo is booking Spike as well as TNA.

TNA should've just built the product on Thursday with the Bischoff/Hogan regime before moving to Monday night so quickly. I understand they wanted to make a statement, but they were jumping the gun on how the show would do under their control. Dixie should have waited and see how the product turns out before moving to Monday nghts

so kev, are you going to wait til thursday night to watch and blog about impact? that'd make your life easier and save me from reading two recaps on tuesday and none on friday...i need those diversions every day.

RESPONSE FROM KE: I'll have to think about that one.

Hopefully a new time slot means a new way Rob Van Dam is booked. He's not having the impact (no pun intended) I thought he would. Paul heyman has publicly addressed the matter see for yourself. http://www.prowrestling.com/article/news/15340

TNA is worse than an underdog

I'm actually glad to see this. Even though it eventually failed, the old WCW started airing an hour before RAW and it eventualy paid off. However, TNA has GOT to get it's act together and start using talent in a more effective way and stop with all the gimmicky crap (i.e. the Knockouts craziness). I am all for bringing in guys like RVD and Hardy and think the Team Flair/Team Hogan schtick is in fair shape but for GOD's sake stop with the production errors and bushleague mentality! I think the ratings will stay consistently better with the 7:00 start time but I agree that the second hour will continue to drop off unless they manage to find the right reason for fans to stay tuned.

From a content standpoint, is an 8 PM start time a good idea? Starting an hour earlier might hamper some of the TV-14 content (which I view as a way to attract viewers who don't care for the PG WWE) that they can show during that first hour (never mind that Impact will probably lose much of its audience to Raw in the 9 PM hour).

I have no idea what dodo birds at Spike gave the green light for TNA Nitro... er Impact... to move to Monday nights. Clearly, the result was nothing but egg on all their faces. I predict the Thursday replay will receive the same, if not higher ratings than Monday's show.

I was actually watching TNA IMPACT on monday. It was ok. As soon as I saw the BAND, NWO, OR WOLPACK whatever they're called I turned the channel. I do not want to see those guys. Especially Bubba Sponge. Is there anybody who wants to see them. Especially not getting over. Jobbing to everyone maybe. But not getting a push. And Ric Flair is actually worse than Randy "the ram" from "The Wrestler". He's way more pathetic and lame.

The reason for the Thursday replay is simple. TNA knows that most fans are watching WWE on Monday nights. If they show their show on Thursday, maybe they can get someone interested in the storylines (although for the life of me I can't figure out who that might be), and get them to watch Monday.

To me, the only thing that their move to 8:00 on Mondays does is provide competition for the ROH television show on HDNet. TNA has to be careful about collapsing under the weight of the massive 50+ year old egos currently running the show. None of them have the common sense to realize that viewers bailed on these storylines 10 years ago, and they certainly don't want to see them again with the same performers who are even worse now. Too bad. They are star power in name recognition only. Part of the problem in relying on viewers knowing who Kevin Nash and Scott Hall are is that viewers actually know who Kevin Nash and Scott Hall are and what they can (and cannot) do.

I agree with the general consensus here in favor of the Thursday night airing. I think the excitement surrounding the New Monday Night War (for those who were actually willing to let themselves buy into that marketing ploy) is over.

BTW, gotta love Razor's comment: "Still, that only solves half of their problems with WWE and none of the problems within TNA." I've said elsewhere that I bet Hogan and Bischoff have storylines or promos written already for when they finally overtake WWE in the ratings that we'll never see.

I have the solution for TNA to beat the WWE.

Rellik=killer spelled backwards= ratings.

To me, the only thing that their move to 8:00 on Mondays does is provide competition for the ROH television show on HDNet.

I don't really understand this comment. Maybe it's because, like 95% of the nation (or so - :-) ), I don't get HDNet.

Wish I did, because I'm an Adam Pearce fan.

I know that must don't agree with me,but I like Impact better than the first hour of Raw,so now I can watch all of Impact,then the only hour of Raw that makes a difference.If you miss the first hour..they re-cap and re-cap it to death..makes my night a whole lot easier.Thanks Kevin and as always God Bless.