>>16685069If Raw was #1 on Monday and has X number of live viewers, competitors and the public can extrapolate data about that and other shows which Netflix may want to keep internal for any number of reasons. They are used to releasing cumulative numbers after X days, weeks, etc. with top shows and movies. Live TV, especially recurring rather than a one off, is going to create new challenges in how they report it since those views accumulated days or weeks later don't "count" like they do with non-live entertainment.
I think it's a too big to fail experiment from both sides. Low risk high reward. WWE is off television and on streaming for the first time. The first show sucked but it was okay seeing them try new things they couldn't or wouldn't on cable. They know Netflix isn't going to pull the plug on something they've so heavily invested in.
Netflix meanwhile can use WWE as a guinea pig for future inroads in live sports and media that aren't as malleable, flexible, or controllable.
Take away the viewership. Take away the already organized, remastered, edited tape library with thousands of hours of content. Take away the built-in fan base for a show that never ends. Netflix would still chomping at the bit for one of the few forms of entertainment that is both live and relatively scripted.
