A theory on HBO boxing's budget cuts

[Motorcity Cobra]

nobody at HBO expected Simmons show to do anywhere near as well as Maher’s but nearly certain they were hoping for better than 1/10th

— Sports TV Ratings (@SportsTVRatings) August 1, 2016

[paulf]

While the numbers have been in the decline since around the time cable went all digital, HBO has been markedly reserved about spending money on boxing this year. Kims article makes a lot of sense.

[PKing]

While the numbers have been in the decline since around the time cable went all digital, HBO has been markedly reserved about spending money on boxing this year. Kims article makes a lot of sense.

That article makes no sense.

Speculating that HBO will shift the Game of Thrones budget to boxing is one of the most delusional things anyone has ever speculated. It just shows how naive that guy is about the finances of sports TV especially on premium cable.

[Mitchell Kane]

About that Bill Simmons show HBO put all that money into...

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Any Given Wednesday sets premiere telecast low viewership:

https://twitter.com/SportsTVRatings/status/781585596468776960

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Sports TV Ratings Retweeted Clay Travis
If the multi-platform #s for Any Given Wednesday are still holding up I doubt the show is in any danger. But the 1st-telecast #s are awful

[al-Xander]

Bill Maher's Real Time show alone is averaging 4.4 million viewers. It almost seemed like HBO boxing is just some bonus or a public service thing like some local news where they don't expect any profit coming out of it.

[Hougigo]

Nah, it's cuz Season 7 of GoT will be lit

[joe strong]

The budget cut didn't help me get to see a 2nd season of Vinyl... I loved that show but they cut it...Oh this is about boxing...

[Cinci Champ]

i think it has nothing to do with boxing its because of how much they are spending on shows like west world and game of thrones and how much success those shows are having on subscriptions. they are spending a ton of money on those shows and i just think its resulting directly in boxing