Comments Thread For: Showtime Announces Blockbuster Schedule

[BennyBlanco]

Santa Cruz vs Frampton will not happen, at least not on that date. Mark my words.

They didn't announce a date.

[asgarth]

They're low if you compare them to HBO's but HBO has a lot more subscribers so it's not a fair fight. Anywho, I hope they pick up because I'd rather showtime commentary more than biased HBO

They're low if you compare them to Showtimes ratings about a year ago. Before the disaster with Golden Boy, Schaefer and Haymon, Showtime was neck to neck with HBO regarding the ratings.

[lagako10]

they killed the HBO boxing again!
Canelo vs Khan is a garbage title fight but interesting to see this scrap!

[Rudyo]

They didn't announce a date.

I guess what I meant to say is they push it back at least once or cancel it. One of those fights that from past experience gives me that vibe.

[about.thousands]

For those reading SHO sked & ready to shovel dirt on PBC - none of the SHO dates conflict w/ what PBC already has in place for months ahead.

— Jake Donovan (@JakeNDaBox) March 11, 2016

[Bronx2245]

Keep 'em coming! That's what's up!

[The Problem Child]

Is Keith gonna fake death now? SMH, that coward.

[bigdunny1]

They're low if you compare them to HBO's but HBO has a lot more subscribers so it's not a fair fight. Anywho, I hope they pick up because I'd rather showtime commentary more than biased HBO

Not true. They are low compared to their own ratings just a year ago BEFORE the GB Split and launching of PBC. It's easy to see where the line in the sand is for the collapse in ratings. When GB/Haymon/Schaefer settled the lawsuit and Haymon launched PBC is when the ratings fell off a cliff. They are pulling less then 50% of the viewers they had prior to that power move by Haymon. PBC seems to be running on fumes and can't afford to pay for their own fights. Went from about 8 shows a month just last fall when all their TV deals kicked in. Started around Dec last year you have seen fewer cards EACH month and in 2016 PBC has basically screeched to a halt with just 2 cards in Feb, 1 card in March and only 2 cards in April. And Showtime just announced their schedule from April until end of June and it has all Haymon's top fighters. We'll see if all Haymon's fighters going back to Showtime helps them rebound and get all those viewers back that they have lost because of PBC.

[Mitchell Kane]

Whenever people say fighters fighting on Showtime means PBC is dead I always point them to Espinoza's statement the day PBC was announced. People didn't believe him when he said it.



And now that it's happening people are saying the opposite

I hope [NBC] does 5 million viewers. I hope they do 10 million viewers because, guess what? I'm getting those guys back [on Showtime] and very, very soon,"

And if they come back after those monster audiences all the better.

Except that it didn't do 5 million or 10 million viewers, and in the meantime SHO's ratings have plummeted.

So while they had bigger audiences on some PBC broadcasts than they did on SHO, they could very well be coming back to significantly smaller audiences on SHO than they were fighting in front of a couple years ago.

[about.thousands]

Except that it didn't do 5 million or 10 million viewers, and in the meantime SHO's ratings have plummeted.

So while they had bigger audiences on some PBC broadcasts than they did on SHO, they could very well be coming back to significantly smaller audiences on SHO than they were fighting in front of a couple years ago.

No they didn't do 5 mil but like he said, the plan all along was to have the fighters on both networks. I remember when that interview came out people were saying Haymon screwed Showtime. Look at the last paragraph I posted. Dan says:

Espinoza wants folks to believe that he was in favor of having fighters whose names were being built on Showtime going to NBC to help make them bigger stars, which will be good for boxing in the long run as opposed to the short-term gain of his network having a few big-time fights in the next few months.

It shows people were doubting Espinoza. So now he's doing exactly what he said was gonna happen and people have flipped the other way and saying PBC is in trouble.

PBC has 9 more primetime network dates in queue (inc. 6/25 "SHO on CBS, Presented by PBC) as part of 45 scheduled cards through September

— Jake Donovan (@JakeNDaBox) March 11, 2016

I mean, damned if they do, damned if they don't.