“Strikeforce on NBC” is a hit.
Thats right, the late night show has increased its number of viewers consistently each week from the debut episode only five weeks ago.
The show airs late night on Saturdays every week immediately following “Poker After Dark.” The 2 a.m. ET time slot certainly isn’t primetime, but the growing popularity of the sport is proving that fans will tune in to watch mixed martial arts no matter what time it’s on.
“Strikeforce on NBC” a half-hour show dedicated to airing pretaped Strikeforce fights and highlights, as well as fighter profiles. The show is hosted by UFC Hall of Famer and mixed martial arts legend, Ken Shamrock, and ESPN World Series of Poker announcer, Lon McEachem.
Not only has NBC’s mixed martial arts venture been able to top ABC’s “JImmy Kimmel Live” and CBS’s “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” in numbers recently, but surprisingly “Strikeforce on NBC” has been able to compete in the 18-34 year old male demographic against CBS’s “Late Show with David Letterman” — a show that has been on the air for nearly 15 years.
That’s impressive considering the differences in time slots.
Heres a quote from Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker on the growing attention his show and company are garnering from network television:
“We’re pleased to see our product gaining momentum on network TV. The series has proven to be a highly effective way of creating new Strikeforce fans throughout the country and we’re looking forward to delivering more action-packed programming to NBC viewers throughout the year.”
If the success of “Strikeforce on NBC” is any indication as to what CBS is going to do for Elite XC, we just might be seeing a lot more MMA on network television.
UFC on FOX anyone?
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I hate fox other than their animated comedies but i’d sure as hell be for it. … wasn’t it fox that had the ANTI-mma dbag though???? FIRST!!!
How can you hate The Simpsons and Family Guy? Do you have no soul?
I love Simpsons and especially Family Guy “I hate fox OTHER than their animated comedies” i meant i hate american idol and fox news
Who is the ANTI-mma dbag?
I think it was Sean Hannity.
Yeah that’s right & Bill O’ Douchebag Reilly is anti mma, remember when he had dana & franklin on
Ahh, thats right. That was the most frustrating interview I have ever seen. Both Douchebags.
the less monwy i have to spend watching mma the better
Screw Fox, just look what they did with Arrested Devolpment. A great Comedy, that won emmys and a load of awards, highly praised by critics, had a loyal fan base and they cancelled it mainly due to the fact that they are god dam morons who don’t know how to market stuff, how hard can it be to market something like arrested development?
The same will probably happen to UFC.
Arrested Devolpment was a GREAT show.
I pray the UFC gets on FOX.
well, if Strikeforce is on NBC… EliteXC on CBS… UFC should go on ABC. Makes sense in my mind. Won’t ever happen tho.
Tonight on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 101 at 8PM EST
“Legendary MMA fighter Fedor Emelianenko joins Ferrall in studio with a host of other fighters including Tim Sylvia, Josh Barnett, Matt Lindland and Renato “Babalu” Sobral.”
All guys I wish were still in the UFC, or would come to the UFC.
I completely forgot this show was on the air.
Every week I plan to Tivo it and I forget. I am going home and setting a season pass tonight.
me too. i think they should re-run it late night sometime during the week as well. im sure they(strikeforce) could beat out carson daly!