Compiled by Chris Harrington (chris.harrington@gmail.com) I wanted to look at when the WWF had the most hours of original television programming broadcast each week in the US.  It took me awhile to compile all of the data. Please let me know if you spot any corrections. This doesn't include (yet) special broadcasts of live events on MSG Network, HBO/NESN/Showtime or any of the PPVs.  1972-1982 2 hours - 2 hours syndicated 1 hour: All Star Wrestling (1 hour) - syndicated show (started by May 1972) 1 hour: Championship Wrestling (1 hour) - syndicated show (started by May 1972) 1983 2 hours (Jan-July), 3 hours (Aug-Dec) - 2 hours syndicated, 1 hour USA 2 hours: All Star Wrestling (1 hour) and Championship Wrestling (1 hour) - syndicated shows 1 hour: All American Wrestling (1 hour) - USA network *new* (began August 1983) 1984 3 hours (Jan-May), 4 hours (June), 5 hours (July-Dec) - 2 hours syndicated, 2 hours USA, 1 hour on TBS 2 hours: All Star Wrestling (1 hour) and Championship Wrestling (1 hour) - syndicated shows 1 hour: All American Wrestling (1 hour) - USA network 1 hour: Tuesday Night Titans (1 hour) - USA network *new* (started end of may 1984) 1 hour: WWF on TBS *new* - (Black Saturday, started 7/14/84) Recap: WWF Superstars of Wrestling - syndicated (??) 1985 7 hours (Jan-Mar), 6 hours (April-Dec) - 3 hours syndicated, 3 hours USA, 1 hour TBS (through March) 2 hours: All Star Wrestling (1 hour) and Championship Wrestling (1 hour) - syndicated shows 2 hours: All American Wrestling (1 hour), Tuesday Night Titans (1 hour) - USA network 2 hours: Prime Time Wrestling - USA network *new* (began Jan 1985) 1 hour: WWF on TBS/Georgia Championship Wrestling *last season* (ended 3/30/85) Specials: Saturday Night's Main Event (*new*, 5/11/85, 10/5/85, 11/2/85) - NBC Specials: War to Settle the Score (2/18/85, MTV) Recap: WWF Superstars of Wrestling - syndicated (??) 1986 6 hours (Jan-August), 5 hours (Sept-Dec) - 3 hours syndicated, 3 hours USA 2 hours: All Star Wrestling (1 hour), Championship Wrestling (1 hour) -syndicated shows; *last seasons* (final episodes 8/30/86) 3 hours: All American Wrestling (1 hour) - USA network, Prime Time Wrestling (2 hours) 1 hour: Tuesday Night Titans (1 hour) - USA network; *last season* (ended Sept 1986) 1 hour: Wrestling Challenge (1 hour) - Syndicated show *new* (began Sept 1986, replaced All Star Wrestling) 1 hour: Superstars of Wrestling (1 hour) - syndicated *new* (began Sept 1986) - this source says they were already broadcasting a recap show as "Superstars of Wrestling" prior to this, but obviously this was the reboot that christened Superstars as WWF's syndicated A-show (replaced Championship Wrestling) 1 hour: Wrestling Spotlight (1 hour) - syndicated (this was the syndicated C-show) Specials: Saturday Night's Main Event (1/4/86, 3/1/86, 5/3/86, 10/4/86, 11/29/86) - NBC 1987 6 hours - 3 hours syndicated, 3 hours USA 3 hours: All American Wrestling (1 hour) - USA network, Prime Time Wrestling (2 hours) 3 hours: Wrestling Challenge (1 hour), Superstars of Wrestling (1 hour), Wrestling Spotlight (1 hour) - syndicated Specials: Saturday Night's Main Event (1/3/86, 3/14/87, 5/2/87, 10/3/87, 11/28/87) - NBC 1988-1991 6 hours - 3 hours syndicated, 3 hours USA 3 hours: All American Wrestling (1 hour) - USA network, Prime Time Wrestling (2 hours) 2 hours: Wrestling Challenge (1 hour), Superstars of Wrestling (1 hour), Wrestling Spotlight (1 hour) - syndicated Specials: Saturday Night's Main Event (1/2/88, 3/12/88, 4/30/88, 10/29/88, 11/26/88, 1/7/89, 3/11/89, 5/27/89, 7/29/89, 10/14/89, 11/25/89, 1/27/90, 4/28/90, 7/28/90, 10/13/90,4/27/91) - NBC Specials: The Main Event (2/5/88, 2/3/89, 2/23/90, 10/30/90, 1/28/91) *new in 1988* - NBC Specials: Survivor Series Showdown (11/12/89, 11/18/90, 11/24/91) - USA 1992 6 hours - 2 hours syndicated, 3 hours USA 3 hours: All American Wrestling (1 hour) - USA network 2 hours: Prime Time Wrestling (2 hours) - USA network *last season* (ended 1/4/93) 2 hours: Wrestling Challenge (1 hour), Superstars of Wrestling (1 hour), Wrestling Spotlight (1 hour) - syndicated Specials: Saturday Night's Main Event (2/8/92, 11/14/92) *last season* - moved to Fox Specials: March to WM (3/10/92), Survivor Series Showdown (11/22/92) - USA 1993 5 hours - 2 hours syndicated, 2 hours USA 1 hour: All American Wrestling (1 hour) - USA network 3 hours: Wrestling Challenge (1 hour), Superstars of Wrestling (1 hour), Wrestling Spotlight (1 hour) - syndicated 1 hour: Monday Night RAW (1 hour) *new* - USA network (began 1/11/93) Recap Show: WWF Mania - USA network *new* (Saturday Mornings, call-in; began Jan 1993) Specials: March to WM (3/7/93), Survivor Series Showdown (11/21/93) 1994 5 hours - 2 hours syndicated, 2 hours USA 3 hours: Wrestling Challenge (1 hour), Superstars of Wrestling (1 hour), Wrestling Spotlight (1 hour) - syndicated 1 hour: Monday Night RAW (1 hour) - USA network 1 hour: All American Wrestling (1 hour) - USA network *last season* (ended October 1994) 1 hour: Action Zone (1 hour) - USA network *new* (started October 1994; replaced All American Wrestling) Recap Show: WWF Mania - USA network Specials: March to WM (3/13/94), Sunday Night Slam (8/21/94, 11/20/94) 1995 5 hours (Jan-August), 4 hours (Sept-Dec) = 2 hours syndicated, 2 hours USA 2 hours: Monday Night RAW (1 hour) - USA network, Action Zone (1 hour); Action Zone became a recap show after September 1995 1 hour: Wrestling Challenge (1 hour) - syndicated *last season* (last episode 8/27/95) 1 hour: Superstars of Wrestling (1 hour) - syndicated 1 hour: Wrestling Spotlight (1 hour) - syndicated *last season* (likely ended around the same time as Wrestling Challenge) Recap Show: WWF Mania - USA network Specials: Sunday Night Slam - USA Network (3/26/95, 6/25/95) 1996 3 hours (Jan-Sept), 2 hours (Oct-Dec) = 2 hour USA/1 hour syndicated; 2 hours USA 1 hour: Monday Night RAW (1 hour) - USA network 1 hour: Action Zone (1 hour); *last season* (last episode 9/15/96); Action Zone was replaying RAW/Superstars matches by this point - USA network 1 hour: Superstars of Wrestling (1 hour) - syndicated version ended in September 1996, this show moved to USA to replace Action Zone Recap Show: WWF Mania - USA network *last season* (ended in September 1996; was replaced by Livewire) Recap Show: Livewire *new* replaced WWF Mania 1997 3 hours (Jan), 4 hours (Feb), 3 hours (Mar-Dec) = 2 hours USA, 1 hour syndicated 2 hours: Monday night Raw (1 hour Jan 1997, 2 hours Feb-Dec 1997) - USA Network; RAW expanded to 2 hours starting 2/3/97 1 hour: Shotgun Saturday Night *new* - syndicated (began in 1/4/1997) 1 hour: Superstars (1 hour) - USA *became a recap show following the 3/9/97 episode* Recap Show: Livewire, Superstars (March-Dec) USA 1998 3 hours (Jan-July), 4 hours (August-Nov), 4.5 hours (Dec) = 3 hours USA, 30 minutes Univision, 1 hour Syndicated 2 hours: Monday Night Raw - USA 1 hour: Shotgun Saturday Night - syndicated (there were other versions such as 1 hour: Sunday Night Heat - USA (began 8/2/98) *new* 30 minutes: Super Astros *new* - Univision (started 11/22/98) Recap Show: Livewire, Superstars - USA 1999 4.5 hours (Jan-August), 6 hours (Sept-Dec) = 3 hours USA, 2 hours UPN, 1 hour syndicated, 30 minutes Univison (Jan-early Sept) 3 hours: Monday Night Raw (2 hours), Sunday night Heat (1 hour) - USA 2 hours: Smackdown - UPN (4/29/99 special, debut 8/26/99) 1 hour: Shotgun Saturday Night - syndicated *last season* (final episode 8/21/99) 1 hour: Jakked/Metal - syndicated *new* (started 9/4/99) / these were two syndicated shows with the same matches but edited with different announcers and order 30 minutes: Super Astros - Univision * last season (ended 9/5/99) Recap Show: Livewire, Superstars - USA 2000 6 hours 2 hours: Monday Night Raw (2 hours) - USA (Jan-Sept), TNN (9/25 through Dec) 2 hours: Smackdown! - UPN 1 hour: Sunday night Heat (1 hour) - USA (through Sept), MTV (starting Oct) 1 hour: Jakked/Metal - syndicated Recap Show: Livewire, Superstars - USA (Jan-Sept), TNN (Oct through Dec) 2001 6 hours 2 hours: Monday Night Raw (2 hours) - TNN 2 hours: Smackdown! - UPN 1 hour: Sunday night Heat (1 hour) - MTV 1 hour: Jakked/Metal - syndicated Recap Show: Excess (2 hours, started 8/25/01) replaced Livewire and Superstars - TNN *new* 2002 6 hours (Jan-May), 7 hours (June-Dec) 2 hours: Monday Night Raw (2 hours) - TNN 1 hour: Sunday night Heat (1 hour) - MTV 2 hours: Smackdown! - UPN 1 hour: Jakked/Metal - syndicated *last season* (ended 5/18/02, replaced by Afterburn/Bottom Line recap syndicated shows and Velocity on TNN) 1 hour: Velocity - TNN *new* (started 5/25/02) 1 hour: Confidential - TNN *new* (started 5/25/02) - new program, magazine show Recap Show: Excess (2 hours, ended 5/18/02) - TNN *last season* Recap Show: Afterburn (started May, replaced Metal), Bottom Line (started May, replaced Jakked) - syndicated 2003 7 hours 2 hours: Monday Night Raw (2 hours) - SpikeTV (TNN rebrands to SpikeTV in early 2003) 2 hours: Smackdown! - UPN 1 hour: Sunday night Heat (1 hour) - MTV (through 3/30), SpikeTV (starting 4/6) 2 hours: Velocity, Confidential - SpikeTV (TNN rebrands to SpikeTV in early 2003) Recap Show: Afterburn (Smackdown!/Velocity), Bottom Line (RAW/Heat) - syndicated 2004 7 hours (Jan-April), 6 hours (May-Dec) 2 hours: Monday Night Raw (2 hours) - SpikeTV 2 hours: Smackdown! - UPN 1 hour: Sunday night Heat (1 hour) - SpikeTV 1 hour: Velocity - SpikeTV 1 hour: Confidential - SpikeTV *last season* (ended 4/24/04) Recap Show: Afterburn (Smackdown!/Velocity), Bottom Line (RAW/Heat) - syndicated Recap Show: Experience *new* - syndicated (started May 2004) 2005 6 hours (Jan-Sept), 4 hours (Oct-Dec) 2 hours: Monday Night Raw (2 hours) - SpikeTV (through Sept), USA (starting 10/3/05) 2 hours: Smackdown! - UPN (moved to Friday nights in the Fall and became Friday Night Smackdown!) 1 hour: Sunday night Heat (1 hour) - *last season* SpikeTV (through 9/25); moved off US television and on to WWE.com where it remained until 5/30/08 1 hour: Velocity (1 hour) - *last season* SpikeTV (through 9/25); moved off US television and on to WWE.com where it remained until 6/10/06 Recap Show: Experience, Afterburn, Bottom Line - syndicated in US ended in September 2005 Recap Show: AM Raw - USA (started October 2005) 2006 4 hours (Jan-May), 5 hours (June-Dec) 2 hours: Monday Night Raw (2 hours) - USA 2 hours: Smackdown! - UPN (through 9/15), CW (starting 9/22) 1 hour: ECW - SciFi *new* (started 6/13) Recap Show: AM Raw - USA 2007 5 hours 2 hours: Monday Night Raw (2 hours) - USA 2 hours: Smackdown! - CW 1 hour: ECW - SciFi Recap Show: AM Raw - USA 2008 5 hours 2 hours: Monday Night Raw (2 hours) - USA 2 hours: Smackdown! - CW (through Sept), MyNetworkTV (starting in Oct) 1 hour: ECW - SciFi Recap Show: AM Raw - USA 2009 5 hours (Jan-March), 6 hours (April-Dec) 2 hours: Monday Night Raw (2 hours) - USA 2 hours: Smackdown! - MyNetworkTV 1 hour: ECW - SyFy (SciFi rebrands to SyFy in July) 1 hour: WWE Superstars (started 4/16)- WGN America Recap Show: AM Raw - USA 2010 6 hours (Jan-Sept), 5 hours (Oct-Dec) 2 hours: Monday Night Raw (2 hours) - USA 2 hours: Smackdown! - MyNetworkTV (through Sept), SyFy (starting Oct) 1 hour: ECW - SyFy (ended 2/16) *last season* (NXT replaced it) 1 hour: NXT - SyFy (started 2/23) *new*/*last season* (lasted until 9/28) 1 hour: WWE Superstars - WGN America Recap Show: AM Raw - USA 2011 5 hours (Jan-March), 4 hours (April-Dec) 2 hours: Monday Night Raw (2 hours) - USA 2 hours: Smackdown! - SyFy 1 hour: WWE Superstars (ended 4/11; moved to wwe.com)- WGN America Recap Show: AM Raw - USA 2012 4 hours (Jan-June), 5 hours (July-August), 5.5 hours (Sept), 6.5 hours (Oct-Dec) 2/3 hours: Monday Night Raw (2 hours through July 16,3 hours starting 7/23) - USA 2 hours: Smackdown! - SyFy 1 hour: Main Event (starting 10/3) - Ion 30 minutes: Saturday Morning Slam (starting 8/25) - CW Recap Show: AM Raw - USA 2013 6.5 hours (Jan-April), 6 hours (May) 3 hours: Monday Night Raw (3 hours) - USA 2 hours: Smackdown! - SyFy 1 hour: Main Event - Ion 30 minutes: Saturday Morning Slam (through 5/11) - CW Recap Show: AM Raw - USA 2014 3 hours: Monday Night Raw (3 hours) - USA 2 hours: Smackdown! - SyFy 1 hour: Main Event - Ion (Jan-April); Main Event - WWE Network (May-Dec.) Recap Show: AM Raw - USA Links to Results Tuesday Night Titans results Action Zone Results Super Astros Results WWF on TBS Results Jakked/Metal Results Velocity Results Other WWF TV Results Amazing mid-2000 WWF Fansite SMACKDOWN & RAW
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