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WWE RAW WWE Smackdown
Running time:Approximately 2 hours and 7 minutes per episode (1 hour 35 minutes plus commercials)2 hours per episode (1 hour 25 minutes plus commercials)
Original run:January 11, 1993 – presentAugust 26, 1999 – Present
What is it?:Monday night professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and is the primary broadcast of the RAW brandprofessional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and is currently the only television broadcast for the SmackDown! brand
Original Broadcast Channel:USA Network (1993 – 2000, 2005 – present), TNN/Spike TV (2000 – 2005)UPN (1999–2006), The CW (2006–Present)
Picture Format:480i (SDTV)480i (SDTV)
Current Stars:WWE Champion - John Cena; WWE Intercontinental Champion - Jeff Hardy; WWE Women's Champion - Candice Michelle; World Tag Team Champions - Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch;World Heavyweight Champion - Batista; United States Champion - Montel Vontavious Porter; WWE Cruiserweight Champion - Hornswoggle; WWE Tag Team Champions - Matt Hardy and Montel Vontavious Porter;
Created by:Vince McMahonVince McMahon
Country of origin:United States of AmericaUnited States of America
No. of episodes:814 (as of December 29, 2008)420 (as of September 7, 2007)
Camera setup:Multiple-camera setupMulticamera setup
Genre:Professional wrestling; Sports Entertainment
Starring:SmackDown! Brand

[edit] Brief Description of WWE RAW and WWE Smackdown

WWE Raw is the Monday night professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and is the primary broadcast of the RAW brand. WWE Raw is generally seen as WWE's flagship program over its sister programs, SmackDown! and ECW, due to its longer history and the way it is promoted. The show currently airs live on USA Network, and on tape delay Wednesdays on mun2, and Sundays on Telemundo (in Spanish) in the United States, and in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland on Sky Sports 3. It also currently broadcasts on tape delay in Canada on The Score and Global Quebec, in Australia on FOX8, in Portugal on SIC Radical, in Malaysia on Astro Super Sport, in New Zealand on SKY 1, in India and Pakistan on Ten Sports, in the Philippines on Jack TV and RPN, in Chile on Chilevisión, in Mexico on 52MX, in Peru on ATV, in Romania on TV Sport, in South Korea on XTM, in Spain on Cuatro TV, and on AFN Xtra. Raw is also currently being aired on Etv in South Africa. It airs on Canal VTV in El Salvador. Occasionally, Raw is aired on same-day tape delay when WWE is on an overseas tour.

WWE Friday Night SmackDown! is a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and is currently the only television broadcast for the SmackDown! brand. The SmackDown! stars typically perform four shows in a week. WWE usually tapes it Tuesday evening show for The CW to air on Friday evening of the same week. However, the show is occasionally taped on Monday nights prior to Monday Night Raw, and is also rarely held live. From its launch in 1999, SmackDown! was shown on Thursday nights, but as of September 9, 2005, the show moved to Friday nights. To reflect this change, the show is now referred to as Friday Night SmackDown!. It currently airs in the United States on The CW, in Canada on The Score Network and on CH Montreal,in Turkey on S'nek, in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan on Ten Sports, in Germany on DSF, in the UK and Republic of Ireland on Sky Sports 3, in Portugal on TVI, in the Dominican Republic on Antena Latina Channel 7, in Puerto Rico on Televicentro and on The CW, in Chile on Chilevisión, in Mexico on 52MX, in Australia on FOX8, in New Zealand on Sky 1, in the Philippines on Jack TV and RPN, in Peru on ATV , in Spain on Cuatro, in Romania on TV Sport, in Saudi Arabia and Arab World on Showtime Arabia ShowSports 1, in France on NT1, in Japan on J Sports, on e.tv in South Africa, on MTV3 MAX in Finland, on AFN Xtra, on VTV in El Salvador and on Canal 9 on Argentina, on FoX Television in Serbia.

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