WWE SmackDown : Ask Biography

Television

Name

WWE SmackDown

Format

Sports entertainment
Professional wrestling

Created by

Vince McMahon

Starring

SmackDown brand

Opening theme

"Know Your Enemy" by Green Day

Country of origin

United States

No. of seasons

No. of episodes

628 (as of August 30, 2011)

Production

Executive producer

Kevin Dunn

Camera setup

Multiple-camera setup

Running time

120 minutes

Broadcast

Original channel

UPN (April 29, 1999 � September 15, 2006)
The CW (September 22, 2006 � September 26, 2008)
MyNetworkTV (October 3, 2008 � September 24, 2010)
Syfy (October 1, 2010 - Present)

Picture format

480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)

First aired

April 29, 1999

Last aired

present

Related shows

WWE Raw
WWE Superstars
WWE NXT

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'WWE SmackDown' is a sports entertainment television program for WWE. it airs on Syfy in the United States as WWE Friday Night SmackDown. The show's name is also used to refer to the SmackDown brand, in which WWE employees are assigned to work and perform on that program; the other program and brand currently being Raw. It is currently the only television broadcast for the SmackDown brand, though at one point WWE Velocity also featured SmackDown branded wrestling.

From its launch in 1999, SmackDown broadcast on Thursday nights, but on September 9, 2005, the show moved to Friday nights. The show originally debuted in the United States on the UPN television network on April 29, 1999, but after the merger of UPN and the WB, SmackDown began airing on The CW in 2006. The show remained on the CW network for two years until it was announced that it would move to MyNetworkTV in October 2008. SmackDown moved to Syfy on October 1, 2010.

Due to time differences, SmackDown premieres a few hours earlier in Ireland and UK and a day earlier in Australia, India and Philippines than the United States. For international broadcast listings, see below.