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    http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/conten...32a93f3ac8898f3

     

    Nielsen error slows USA Net ratings

    By Paul J. Gough

     

    Aug 4, 2007

    NEW YORK -- A glitch in Nielsen Media Research equipment led to lower-than-normal ratings for USA Network for five days last week.

     

    Nielsen confirmed Friday that an "equipment issue" was to blame for the problems, which underreported USA Network ratings from July 28-Aug. 1. The nature of the equipment problems wasn't clear.

     

    A Nielsen spokeswoman said that the underreporting only affected USA Network and that it had been corrected Thursday and was now providing accurate information. Nielsen also was working on providing new ratings for the affected five days.

     

    "We are looking into a way to recover that information," a Nielsen spokeswoman said Friday.

     

    Nielsen and WWE, whose program "Raw" is on the USA Network, said a new rating would come at some point. This past week's "Raw" episode showed a dramatic drop from a 3.4 household rating to a 2.5 rating, according to Nielsen Media Research.

     

    USA Network couldn't be reached for comment late Friday.

    Did any cable systems suddenly move USA around?

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    Yeah, there is no way it would work. The WWE would want all of their main eventers to go over, they would treat everyone from ROH and TNA like second rate losers and wrestling would be completely slammed.

     

    That's old style "WWE is the universe" thinking. We've had that already. How's it working out?

     

    Whatever WWE does to fix this has to be outside Raw as we know it. Simply adding in concepts that have already been done or names that have already been worked won't do it.

     

    We need a new Monday wrestling template with a new creative czar, new voices to hear each week, maybe even a new Monday show not called Raw.

     

    That's what 2.5 means.

    If you sincerely believe that John Cena vs Rod Strong with Rod going over would pop the Raw ratings, then you are hallucinating. That or you're really, really unintelligent.

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    1. Name another industry where your superiors make fun of you publicly for getting off drugs.

    2. So basically, every journalist is a bad person because they make money reporting on bad things?

    3. 2.56% of SNL performers died from drugs or suicide. Someone else dig up the Wrestlemania percentage, I can't it's a hell of a lot higher.

    4. The stupidity of most of you is nauseating.

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    Bob Ryder compared the death rates of SNL and wrestling. 7 of SNL's 117 cast members/featured players have died in 32 years. 2 from drugs, 1 was murdered, 1 cerebral hemorrhage possibly tied to a history of migraines, 1 committed suicide, and 2 died from cancer. It's a bullshit argument.

     

    Meltzer is a reporter who gets close to some of the subjects on his beat. He's proud of the work he does, and also hates it when people get details that he put out wrong. Of course he should promote the newsletter.

     

    At the very least, Meltzer was close to Pillman, Candido, and Guerrero.

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    Meltzer wrote a 4-5 page story on MMA's drug problem and how they should go about fixing it.

    He was also surprisingly complimentary towards WWE for someone who is meant to have this fierce anti-WWE bias. It was a very good piece, which I think a lot of people should read.

     

    It was a really good read. I've loved a lot of Meltzer's coverage throughout this whole Benoit ordeal. I also don't believe he has an anti-WWE bias but rather this story blowing up makes his life is a lot more interesting, his profile and readership higher. I don't necessarily think he wants to bring down Vince but he'd have the time of his life covering it while it happened.

    Yes, I'm sure Meltzer LOVES IT when his friends & acquaintances die.

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    Meltzer wrote a 4-5 page story on MMA's drug problem and how they should go about fixing it. Nate's pretty misinformed

     

    And Vince should welcome regulation, especially with all the deaths and injuries cropping up.

     

    Well then, I think congress should investigate and push for regulation of comedy entertainment. I mean, look at the number of deaths of talent affiliated with Lorne Michaels? SNL encouraged the drug problems of John Belushi, Chris Farley, Chevy Chase and Robert Downey Jr. I mean, Chevy Chase was hooked on pain pills because those damn writers kept writing him to fall down the steps on every episode! I wouldn't be surprised if SNL was somehow responsible for Gilda Radner's cancer or the Phil Hartman murder suicide. Dana Carvey's heart condition?

     

    I'm sick and tired of my favorite comedians dying! Mitch Hedberg and Richard Jenni are the last straw! This business chews you up and spits you out. And we all know that fans respond to comedians more who are on drugs! They get the biggest laughs! YOU HAVE TO DO DRUGS TO BE FUNNY and get a push!

     

    I don't care if comedy isn't a sport! Comedians need to be tested state to state by athletic commissions to ensure they are clean!

    Wow, Bob Ryder posts here? I hope you choke to death on Abyss's semen.

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    well you never hear Metzler trash MMA, there's probably just as much of a problem of steroid and drug use within MMA as there is in Pro Wrestling, i know they are two different beasts, but look at who has tested positive this year, at least what i can remember off hand:

     

    Royce Grace

    Sean Sherk

    Hermes Franca

    Melvin Gulliard

    Phil Baroni (i think)

     

    these arent just undercard names these are major names in MMA, i dont mean to drag MMA or trying to say he should kiss Pro Wrestling's ass, but he shouldnt turn a blind eye to MMA's problem

    Umm, the cover story of Monday's issue was about the MMA failures and how to deal with the problem in both MMA and wrestling.

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    We can't tell what talent in TNA or ROH are roided up. The people that we've referred to as 'little guys' like Eddie, Chris, Rey, HBK, Bret Hart, Chris Candido, Jamie Noble, etc. were all roided up. Petey Williams could be roided up for all we know.

    Are you implying that Petey Williams DOESN'T look roided up? He totally does. It's really, really obvious. It's really obvious for all of the former Team Canada, between their physiques and the fact that whoever their source is gives them nasty stuff that destroyed their hairlines really fast.

     

    ROH has a bunch of guys who are really obviously roided up. Tank Toland (duh), B.J. Whitmer, Brent Albright, and Austin Aries (though he has shrunk recently) stand out. I'm sure there are a bunch more. Note everyone whose backs are broken out from the same icky steroid source.

     

    Also, all of your WWE "little guys" were really obviously on steroids at various points so I'm not sure what you're trying to say anyway.

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    There's problems in every single sport these days in regards to steroid usage, problems that will likely never be fixed do to new undetectable steroids. If you think a WWE can't afford designer steroids that's also naive......the lowest paid WWE guy is pulling down what 150 grand a year?

    $39,000 downside, a continuation of the OVW salary.

     

    Cena pulled overall close to 5 mill last year........

    Says who? If he said it in an interview, he's lying, as wrestlers do professionally. A $5 million year would be up the with the biggest money year of any wrestler in history, and I doubt Cena is up there.

     

    these guys can skirt a stringent test if they need to. The WWE policy makes it where right now they don't have to do that though, which leaves them open to a lot more attack than say the NFL.

    A lot of guys ARE skirting the tests and using other people's urine, because, y'know, they can't afford the best steroids or find a mark doctor who will give then a scrip.

     

    Justcoz argument makes some sense to me, Jingus called his point lame about well other companies hire them whatever. Look if Kurt Angle dropped dead tomorrow, the WWE would be blamed for that despite them parting ways with him due to problems. As long as other companies will hire them the WWE will look bad. People are blaming the WWE for deaths of guys they had gotten rid of...if someone else is willing to hire a guy you fired and then they die for not changing their lifestyle, you still get blamed despite parting with him.

    If Angle died, more people would be defending WWE because it's known they tried to help him.

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    Even if they do know their hearts are in trouble, what difference will it make? They'll still wrestle. Look at the rumours about rey's heart. But he's not showing any signs of slowing down.

    Well, this is kind of my point, if someone's heart was red flagged, wouldn't that take them off the road? Were there even any specifics of the cardio testing in the original public policy?

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    DIFFERENT STEROIDS DO DIFFERENT THINGS AND DON'T ALL MAKE YOU BULKY.

     

    Undertaker's skull has grown eerily and he mysteriously developed 6 pack abs at 42 years old on the road to Wrestlemania while working his roughest schedule in years. How do you explain that?

     

    Also, Kurt Angle, for all of his problems, never failed a drug test for excessive painkillers. His failure was for the steroid decadurabolin. His prescription had expired, so he failed the test.

     

    Plus, y'know, Benoit was prescribed TEN MONTHS' WORTH OF TESTOSTERONE EVERY THREE TO FOUR WEEKS. PAY ATTENTION FOR CHRISSAKES.

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    so what would you say to a drug testing policy where guys just pay for shit that doesn't show up?

     

    The NFL is infested with steroid mutants no one is crying bloody murder.

    What type of idiotic strawman argument is that?

     

    Do you just expect the NFL to magically invent a test that can detect The Clear? It took DECADES to develop a test for HGH, and all they have so far is a blood test that only detects it immediately after the subject has injected it.

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