AUTHOR: Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
TITLE: ECW strip poker special doesn't pop any special rating
DATE: 5:39 AM
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<p class="mobile-post">ECW on Sci Fi last night drew a 1.8 overall rating, up slightly over last
week's 1.7 rating, for the heavily-hyped "Strip Poker" edition of the show.
Ratings grew throughout the show, opening at a 1.6 for Q1 and ending at a
2.0 for Q4. It outdrew the Spike TV scream awards which drew a 0.9 overall
rating on opposite of ECW. This is an embarrassment to WWE that the UFC
special drew nearly double the viewers in the preceding hour (the second
hour of the two hour special). Granted, ECW isn't WWE's top brand, but with
the hype the night before for the strip poker special, it wasn't a throwaway
show, either.</p>
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