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Tony
Khan Lashes Out At FOX News Over Ratings Commentary
- 17th December 2021
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President, CEO, General Manager & Head Of Creative
Tony Khan took to Twitter this evening and posted
several tweets lashing out at FOX News.
The
FOX News website published an opinion article by Sports
Editor Ryan Gaydos this week, looking at how Tony
and his father, AEW lead investor Shad Khan, have
“had a rough first 15 days of December between
[their] business with the Jacksonville Jaguars and
the family’s venture into professional wrestling
with All Elite Wrestling.”
The
article looked at how the NFL’s Jacksonville
Jaguars, owned by Khan, fired head coach Urban Meyer
this week after only 11 months and 13 regular season
games with the organization. There were on-the-field
issues with Meyer, but Shad fired him just hours after
former Jaguars kicker Josh Lambo accused Meyer of
kicking him during a team practice over the summer.
Regarding
AEW, the opinion piece looked at how AEW’s Dynamite
and Rampage shows have dropped in the ratings, despite
significant signings.
Gaydos
ended the article with, “AEW had a very successful
summer with the acquisitions of CM Punk, Bryan Danielson
and Adam Cole from WWE. AEW’s shows ‘Dynamite’
and ‘Rampage’ each popped with more than
1 million total viewers at their peaks. ‘Dynamite’
peaked at 1.319 million viewers Sept. 8 when Punk
addressed fans for the first time since appearing
at All Out. ‘Rampage’ peaked at 1.129 million
on Aug. 20 when Punk made his debut in Chicago. Since
then, things cooled off with ‘Rampage,’
attracting around 500,000 viewers. ‘Dynamite’
attracted over 900,000 viewers Wednesday for the first
time since mid-November thanks to its ‘Winter
is Coming’ special. As things move into the new
year, the Jaguars will be back at square one with
a high draft pick and in need of a new coach for the
2022 season. AEW will look to build upon some of the
momentum it gained toward the end of 2021. AEW will
have a lot of time to build up its top stars as its
first PPV of 2022 isn’t set until March.”
This
did not sit well with the younger Khan. He tweeted
the Nielsen ratings charts and noted how AEW Dynamite
“has beaten EVERY single” FOX News program
as of late. Khan made three tweets in response to
the FOX News opinion article.
“Hey
@FoxNews it’s amusing hearing you opining about
@AEW ratings considering #AEWDynamite on Wednesday
has beaten EVERY single @FoxNews show for 6 straight
weeks! Here are the recent charts (including this
week) to prove it. See you TONIGHT on @TNTdrama 10pmET/9pmCT
@ #AEWRampage,” he wrote in the initial tweet.
It
should be noted that Khan was referring to the key
demo rating. FOX News programs regularly dominate
Dynamite in total viewership. For example, this week’s
Winter Is Coming edition of Dynamite drew 948,000
viewers with a 0.31 key demo rating, while Tucker
Carlson Tonight on FOX News, which also aired at 8pm,
drew 3.457 million viewers with a 0.30 key demo rating.
Hannity, which went up against the second hour of
Dynamite, drew 3.016 million viewers with a 0.25 key
demo rating. It should be noted that the prime demographic
for news programming is 25-54.
Khan
added in his follow-up tweet, “Thanks @FoxNews,
I appreciate that you’ve highlighted @AEW ratings
when #AEWDynamite on Wednesdays has beaten EVERY single
show on your network for 6 straight weeks. Here are
a few more charts, Twitter only let me attach 4 weeks
worth to my last tweet! See you TONIGHT #AEWRampage”
He
then wrote in the third and final tweet, “Did
you know #AEWDynamite on Wednesdays on @TNTdrama has
beaten EVERY single show on @FoxNews for 6 straight
weeks? Surely @FOXNews knows as they like talking
tv ratings; maybe they should focus on their content
instead of playing boar on the floor. See you TONIGHT
@ #AEWRampage”
You
can see Khan’s full tweets below:
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(WrestlingInc.com)
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