{"id":33418,"date":"2017-12-21T13:39:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T19:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=33418"},"modified":"2017-12-21T13:39:23","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T19:39:23","slug":"first-hours-wwe-raw-smackdown-air-commercial-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2017\/12\/21\/first-hours-wwe-raw-smackdown-air-commercial-free\/","title":{"rendered":"First hours of WWE Raw and Smackdown to air commercial-free"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-774330573\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><i>WWE issued the following press release to Prowrestling.net on Thursday to announce that the first hours of Raw and Smackdown will air commercial-free next week.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Celebrate the holidays with WWE as USA Network airs the first hour of both Monday Night Raw\u00ae and SmackDown Live\u00ae commercial-free this Monday, December 25 at 8\/7c and Tuesday, December 26 at 8\/7c. This also marks the first time that USA Network will air Raw live on Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>Raw and SmackDown Live are the #1 and #2 longest running weekly episodic programs in U.S. primetime TV history and two of the most-watched, regularly scheduled programs on cable, airing live every Monday and Tuesday nights on USA.<\/p>\n<p>Averaging more viewers than any cable network in primetime, WWE programming is among the most socially active shows on TV, trending on Twitter 52 weeks per year. Raw and SmackDown Live have aired more original episodes than some of the most popular television series of all time, including The Simpsons, Gunsmoke, Lassie and Monday Night Football.<\/p>\n<p>The 25th anniversary of Raw will emanate from Barclays Center and Manhattan Center in New York City on Monday, January 22, 2018, and air live on USA Network at 8\/7c. WWE Superstars from both Monday Night Raw and SmackDown\u00ae Live will be at Barclays Center, while the event at Manhattan Center, the site of the first episode of Raw in 1993, will feature both WWE Superstars competing, and special appearances by WWE Legends Undertaker\u00ae, Shawn Michaels\u00ae and Kevin Nash\u00ae, amongst others.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Scrooge&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> Those of us who do live coverage enjoy the commercial breaks because it gives us a chance to catch up if we fall behind. Bah Humbug! Okay, fine, this is good news for the rest of the viewing audience.<\/p>\n<p><b>NEW:<\/b> You can now support Prowrestling.net when you shop Amazon. Just start your online Amazon shopping at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/prowrestling.net\/amazon\">Prowrestling.net\/amazon<\/a>. You are not charged extra, but we receive a small and very helpful commission on everything you purchase. Thanks for thinking of us every time you shop at Amazon.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-3994458824\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE issued the following press&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":57,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[101,370,31],"class_list":["post-33418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsticker","category-wwe_news","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-raw","tag-wwe-smackdown"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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