SmackDown fast national rating - WWE looking into broadcasting in HD

Reported by Ryan Droste of WrestleView.com
On Sunday, February 25, 2007 at 5:32 PM EST

-Friday's edition of WWE Smackdown pulled in a fast national rating of 3.2, with a 6 share, according to PWInsider. This put the CW at 4th place among the networks, beating out Fox. The final rating should be in within a few days.

-USA's Bonnie Hammer did an interview with Multichannel News recently where she discussed HD programming coming to the channel. She talked about already doing some experimenting with WWE. It was noted that USA and WWE both see filming wrestling in HD as a challenge because the crystal clear resolution might raise a question of whether a punch hit or missed. For more, the article can be read here.