Season 8 of ANW Premieres June 1st

[arsenette]

Wow.. June 1st. That's late. So my guess is that they will do all the prelims/city finals before the Olympics then after the Olympics they will do Vegas Finals. IMO of course.

[thatoneuser]

Very important detail here: June 1 is a Wednesday. It appears they're switching days this year.

[arsenette]

The heart-racing obstacle course competition series "American Ninja Warrior" swings back into action on Wednesday, June 1 with its two-hour premiere at 8 p.m. The series is hosted by Matt Iseman and former NFL player Akbar Gbajabiamila with Kristine Leahy serving as co-host. Original episodes air on NBC with encore presentations beginning Thursday, June 2 at 8 p.m. on Esquire Network.

2 hour premiere.

Meanwhile, the latest season of “American Ninja Warrior” returns the next day on June 1, also at the same time in 8:00 p.m. Eastern. We like these spots for the two shows since they steer clear of “The Bachelorette,” and also the more popular “Big Brother” eviction show that will air more than likely on Thursday nights. Sure, “Ninja Warrior” will conflict with the Wednesday “Big Brother” starting most likely in late June, but that’s not really something that you should worry about on some extreme level.

Speculation article on that Wednesday change.

[TCM]

Big Brother/ANW fans probably don't mix terribly well, besides, BB is nothing more than the worst of stereotypical reality TV mixed with a reality competition at this point so I'm confident ANW can still do well.  Also means I don't need to worry about watching ANW and Raw at the same time, so I'm happy with that.

[RiderLeangle]

I'm somewhat disappointed since I'm out on wednesdays at that time, but you know what I have a DVR so I shouldn't worry THAT much

Mar 9, 2016 13:56:22 GMT -5 TCM said:

Also means I don't need to worry about watching ANW and Raw at the same time, so I'm happy with that.

Yeah my thoughts exactly

[thatoneuser]

Speaking of the Law of SMF, I guess NBC really does read this forum and realized they'd have an easier time competing against reality TV than against wrestling

[arsenette]

Mar 9, 2016 16:14:31 GMT -5 thatoneuser said:

Speaking of the Law of SMF, I guess NBC really does read this forum and realized they'd have an easier time competing against reality TV than against wrestling

To be fair.. I thought of that as well.. no more fighting with Monday Night Raw. LOL

I did check Big Brother ratings.. and they still managed 2.2's and 2.4's so while it's a crappy demographic.. they still got it so it's not something to sneeze at. I was surprised they are moving too? I thought they were Sunday nights! I'm honestly not sure how it's going to turn out. Bachlorette though was kicking it's butt last few seasons though so it's not surprising they didn't want any of that again.

[thatoneuser]

Mar 9, 2016 17:46:32 GMT -5 arsenette said:

Mar 9, 2016 16:14:31 GMT -5 thatoneuser said:

Speaking of the Law of SMF, I guess NBC really does read this forum and realized they'd have an easier time competing against reality TV than against wrestling

To be fair.. I thought of that as well.. no more fighting with Monday Night Raw. LOL

I did check Big Brother ratings.. and they still managed 2.2's and 2.4's so while it's a crappy demographic.. they still got it so it's not something to sneeze at. I was surprised they are moving too? I thought they were Sunday nights! I'm honestly not sure how it's going to turn out. Bachlorette though was kicking it's butt last few seasons though so it's not surprising they didn't want any of that again.

If memory serves, Big Brother runs on multiple nights (Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday at last check but clearly that's changed) since the premise is that the viewers are following the competition "live". I think Tuesday/Wednesday is their big elimination night so that probably draws in the most viewers. Side note: Doesn't America's Got Talent also run on Wednesdays? (I have no idea.) Perhaps they're hoping the AGT lead-in will draw more viewers.

[arsenette]

Mar 9, 2016 18:32:45 GMT -5 thatoneuser said:

Mar 9, 2016 17:46:32 GMT -5 arsenette said:

To be fair.. I thought of that as well.. no more fighting with Monday Night Raw. LOL

I did check Big Brother ratings.. and they still managed 2.2's and 2.4's so while it's a crappy demographic.. they still got it so it's not something to sneeze at. I was surprised they are moving too? I thought they were Sunday nights! I'm honestly not sure how it's going to turn out. Bachlorette though was kicking it's butt last few seasons though so it's not surprising they didn't want any of that again.

If memory serves, Big Brother runs on multiple nights (Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday at last check but clearly that's changed) since the premise is that the viewers are following the competition "live". I think Tuesday/Wednesday is their big elimination night so that probably draws in the most viewers. Side note: Doesn't America's Got Talent also run on Wednesdays? (I have no idea.) Perhaps they're hoping the AGT lead-in will draw more viewers.

Read the first article I posted. AGT's premiere is on Tuesday. ANW sits at 8pm taking the AGT slot for Wednesday. They noticed better ratings when they went to 8pm instead of 9pm.