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>Firstly, beyond a banner listing a hit show from every night of the week, on which AEW's Red Velvet appeared in the Wednesday segment, AEW's presence at the upfronts was minimal. A plan of a strong push didn't materialise; Meltzer states that AEW wasn't pushed "at all".
>This might mean little - AEW might sell itself at this point, owing to its huge success on the TNT and TBS stations - but previous performance might count for little under the stewardship of CEO of Warner Brothers Discovery David Zaslav. Zaslav is reported to have remonstrated with executives for green-lighting a new Clint Eastwood movie - one not expected to turn a profit - under the basis that he is reliable and has performed well for the network historically. "We don’t owe anybody any favors," Zaslav is purported to have said. Zaslvav is overseeing a cost-cutting mission in parallel.
>AEW is lucrative - hence why it was awarded a rights fee widely considered to be under-paid in the first instance - but these latest developments aren't worth popping any corks over.
https://whatculture.com/wwe/bad-omen-for-aews-tv-future
>This might mean little - AEW might sell itself at this point, owing to its huge success on the TNT and TBS stations - but previous performance might count for little under the stewardship of CEO of Warner Brothers Discovery David Zaslav. Zaslav is reported to have remonstrated with executives for green-lighting a new Clint Eastwood movie - one not expected to turn a profit - under the basis that he is reliable and has performed well for the network historically. "We don’t owe anybody any favors," Zaslav is purported to have said. Zaslvav is overseeing a cost-cutting mission in parallel.
>AEW is lucrative - hence why it was awarded a rights fee widely considered to be under-paid in the first instance - but these latest developments aren't worth popping any corks over.
https://whatculture.com/wwe/bad-omen-for-aews-tv-future
