Tony Khan discusses the potential of expanding AEW programming.
AEW currently does five hours of first run programming with two hours of AEW Dynamite and AEW Collision, and one hour of AEW Rampage. Due to the NHL and NBA Playoffs airing on TNT, Rampage has moved around over the last two months, and has followed Dynamite or Collision on some weeks.
Speaking to Shakiel Mahjouri of CBS Sports, Tony Khan was asked about the possibility of expanding Dynamite to three hours.
"I love being able to do more follow-up with things that happened earlier in the night with more time," Khan said. "Being able to cover more wrestlers and tell more stories, utilize more of the roster. I think it gives more opportunities when we have that three-hour block.
"You want to keep Dynamite as strong as possible. You look at the history of what happened with the two-hour wrestling show when that show was expanded to three hours. It's interesting right now per hour the most we get per hour for any of our TV shows is Dynamite. Either way, five-hour weekly programming is the absolute minimum. So in some ways, you would say, 'That would be a very lucrative opportunity.' I think it's a very interesting conversation to have about how many nights a week you allocate to programming. Is five hours the best? Should we do six? I want to do at least five now. I've tasted blood and want more so I could easily be sold on doing more than five hours of programming..."
Khan noted that he is "very open" to doing more three-hour blocks.
AEW is an exclusive negotiating window with Warner Brothers Discovery for its media rights, which expire later in the year.
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