AEW Dynamite will be making the move over to TBS in January, but Rampage will stay put on Friday nights on TNT.
On Thursday, WarnerMedia confirmed AEW Dynamite will debut on TBS on Wednesday, January 5, 2022. AEW will officially make the move over to its new network after airing on TNT since its inception on October 2, 2019. Despite the move to TBS for AEW’s flagship show, the new Rampage show will stay in its existing timeslot on TNT.
The full press release from WarnerMedia is below:
“AEW: RAMPAGE” WILL CONTINUE TO AIR ON TNT ON FRIDAYS
LOS ANGELES (September 23, 2021) – The All Elite Wrestling (AEW) franchise expands its WarnerMedia footprint with “AEW: Dynamite” moving to TBS, beginning January 5, 2022. Until then, AEW continues to deliver world-class matches and the most entertaining moments in professional wrestling today, with all-new episodes of “AEW: Dynamite” airing Wednesdays on TNT at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
“AEW: Dynamite” is delivering its best ratings since launching in October of 2019. Its current performance has the show’s strongest quarterly average ever in both total viewers and P18-49, up double-digits in audience vs. its performance a year ago. Most recently, “AEW: Dynamite” has been the #1 cable program on Wednesdays in P18-49 four weeks in a row.
Additionally, in 2022, “AEW: Rampage,” which features the world-renowned stars of AEW, will continue to air Fridays on TNT. Since its August 13 debut, “AEW: Rampage” has ranked as one of the top cable programs on Friday night. The second week of the show featuring the debut of CM Punk delivered the strongest ratings for the AEW franchise since the premiere of “AEW: Dynamite.”
AEW previously announced the move to TBS would take place in 2022, and Rampage was originally scheduled to move to the new network along with Dynamite. At the time of the initial announcement in May 2021, Tony Khan also announced four new quarterly “special supercard events” would still air on TNT each year.
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