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Despite moving to three hours on January 3rd , Triple H confirmed that USA internet ’s WWE SmackDown will be going back to a two - hour run .
With all of the care focused on the debut ofWWE Rawtonight on Netflix , one of the biggest topics that fans have been question about was how long each show would go – with WWE CCOTriple Hsharing that the runtime of the show will be " flexible " ( more on that below ) . Now , we have an update on what the future holds for USA internet’sWWE SmackDown – and it look like the hereafter involves a shift back to two hours . As we direct into the end of 2024 , the WWE ’s website noted thatWWE SmackDownwould move to three hours beginning with the January 3rd variation – but it looks like that was a temporary measure . Checking in withThe Pat McAfee Showearlier today , Pat McAfeeand Triple H discussed the decision making that goes into the timing of the various shows . When McAfee referencedWWE SmackDownhaving exposit to three hours , Triple H note , " Yes , for right now [ it is three hr ] , and then it flip-flop back to two . "
Here ’s a look at the clip from McAfee ’s consultation with Triple H when the WWE ’s CCO confirms WWE SmackDown travel back to two hour at some point this class :
" Somewhere between that two and three 60 minutes window is the fresh spot ..
Sometimes you may let it linger and it ’s good"@TripleH#PMSLive#WWEonNetflixpic.twitter.com/5jW3QJPevo
— Pat McAfee ( @PatMcAfeeShow)January 6 , 2025
Triple hydrogen excuse Why WWE Raw Runtime " Will Be Flexible " on Netflix:“It will be compromising . It will be pliable in I do n’t necessarily know the clip constraints of connection TV or cable length television apply . It ’s a slightly different platform . Much like many occasional show , they have the power to do whatever the show necessitate to have down . If this episode needs to be an hour , heavy , it ’s an minute . If the next sequence needs to be 42 minutes , it ’s 42 minutes . It ’s what pull in for the respectable product . I ’m not saying we ’re going to be 42 minutes , but clearly , we ’ll bear the product in a way that is estimable for Netflix and their business theoretical account and best for our storytelling . “Triple Hshared withJimmy Trainaduring the latest episode of theSports IllustratedMedia Podcast . " We have average . For me , the perfect show time is somewhere in the two - and - a - half - minute range . If you had asked me years ago , the two - minute shows , you get into them , and you do n’t have the real estate on that program to get everything in there you want to get in , all the stories and characters . Sometimes , it ’s a good thing because it make scarcity and opportunity for people to be more over , but sometimes there are things you want to get in there . "
Triple H extend an good example of how a section plump long would impact the rest of the bouncy show . " masses turn a loss track of the fact that what we do is live . There are formats we have to stick with and restraint of commercial-grade time . If you run a segment that is schedule for 10 minute of arc and it ends up being prodigious content and goes 17 mo , you ’re now 17 transactions into a show , and you have to notice seat to commit that out and still pip commercial-grade times and crossing times , which is important for networks . All of that make it difficult to do , " he explained .
" I think we ’ll have more exemption in the format and more freedom to say … if two minute is not enough , three hours , you may be in the posture of ' did you need that or was it authoritative ? ' " Triple H continued . " I do n’t want to say makeweight because I do n’t want anyone to experience like they ’re filler . Sometimes , a three - minute show , having hours that crossover , you ’re so constrain by that that you ’re put in the show what we call ' collapsible . ' The show is heavy , we get late into an 60 minutes , something has to lose time . What is collapsible ? What is not the story drive everything ? What can be shrunk or can go quicker ? The amount of commercial time does n’t change . It ’s difficult . Sometimes , three hour can feel long , and two hour is not enough . Somewhere in the center is a sugared smirch . "
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