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Nobody ever said TNT was only expecting 400,000 viewers. Even if that were true, once the first episode got 1.4 million viewers, it is reasonable for the network to wonder where 600,000 viewers went.
If TNT expected 400,000 and Dynamite is getting 800,000, then why did TNT stop putting out press releases touting the viewership after it declined? Why did they move it off TNT at all? If a show is getting double what the network expected, they should be over the moon, not sending it to the B Network.
How about the Saturday show? Since Saturdays have less people watching TV, will TNT be expecting even less than their initial 400,000 viewers? Are we honestly supposed to believe Warner Bros Discovery is eager to pay $80 million a year for 2 hours of Saturday Night TV, as long as AEW can get at least 400,000 viewers?
WBD will want to pay less, and they will want more viewers. That is basic business, get the most bang for their buck. If the current deal is paying $15 million per hour of TV, justify why they would bump that up all the way to $40 million per hour for shows that have lost roughly 40% for Dynamite and 50% for Rampage? They don't own the content, they aren't going to make up the difference on a back end syndication deal.
This is a company so desperate to cut spending they cancelled the release of a Batgirl movie just for a tax writeoff! Yet they are going to give a bunch of money to a guy who is going to fund his wrestling company with his daddy's money no matter what? WBD does not care if AEW makes itself a profit, they care if they can make a profit off AEW.
My source if you are wondering is THAT IS HOW BUSINESS WORKS! WBD answers to it's shareholders, not AEW diehards that think AEW is the greatest thing ever and should get paid because they, because LET'S FUCKING GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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