NBCU Changing Smackdown Live Commercial Breaks To Improve Ratings

In an effort to improve dec🌠lining ratings, a change could be made to Smackdown Live and other progra꧅mming.

According to NBC Universa𒅌l and WWE are making a few changes to the way viewers see commercials during Smackdown Live broadcasts. The plan is to air the programming in a picture-in-picture during commercials. 

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WWE and USA tested𓆏 this method out and met positive reception, with ratings seeing a healthy increase of 13 percent during that period. The hope is that fans won't tune out during commercials, as they'll still be able to see the action. 

NBCU's Mark Marshall stated the following: 

 “a huge fan base that not only watches it live, but a🌱lso watches the commercials and pays 🌳attention to the commercials. That’s part of what we’re trying to build and part of the reason why we’re doing picture in picture.”

NBCU has also tr⛄ied the method wi⛦th Hairspray Live! 

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