ECW on Sci-FI Ratings Disappoint, Smackdown Pre-Empted

This isn't very good news. Despite a main event that featured the show's top face, Sabu, ECW on Sci-Fi this week only scored a 1.9 rating.

This is a drop frm last Tuesday's 2.1, a program that featured DX in the main event. Sadly, that probably means you can expect to see many more WWE stars randomly appearing on ECW in the future, despite the complete lack of storyline logic in that.

Meanwhile, Smackdown! had ratings problems of its own - for a different reason. The program was preempted in 45 percent of the country last week, while five percent still don't have a clearance to begin with during the switch from UPN to The CW. Major markets without a clearance this fall include Phoenix, Orlando, Porland, Baltimore, Reno, Columbia-Jefferson City (Mo.), Palm Springs, and Anchorage.

As a result, Smackdown - which featured Batista being screwed out of the title - drew a 1.0 network rating last Friday (2 share/1.1 million households).