TNT President Kevin Reilly discussed All Elite Wrestling Dynamite's new TV pact
during the Television Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles yesterday, commenting, “I just had this idea that this was the time to invest. This is a startup. It’s already over-delivered out of the gate. That’s really when you want to hit the gasoline a little bit. The guys already have ideas about additional talent and things they want to do and I wanted to incentivize them as a partner to do that. We also wanted to gave fans and talent who potentially want to come work with us the sense that this is here to stay. You can invest in it, it’s here to stay, and it’s only going to get better.”
Reilly also stated that the new All Elite Wrestling series on TNT will be AEW Dark, according to
TheWrap.com, . The Dark series, which was conceived with the end goal of being placed on a Turner cable network, currently airs Tuesday nights on YouTube. The series' title and airing day may change, but that is not confirmed.
Reilly commented, "We’re going to embellish [‘AEW Dark’ on YouTube] and put some additional material, kind of behind-the-scenes, kind of docu-follow stuff, if you will, about the athletes and the stories. We think that’s going to end up being a really good, robust, different kind of show.”
There is no date as to when the series will migrate to TNT and according to Reilly, while the series will air weekly, it may not air 52 weeks a year.
AEW and WarnerMedia announced yesterday that they have forged a new pact through 2023. The new deal will include AEW being paid a licensing fee for their programming
