WWE Monday Night Raw is a professional wrestling and sports entertainment television program that currently airs live on Monday evenings at 8 pm EST on the USA Network in the United States. The show debuted on January 11, 1993 and has since been considered as the flagship program of WWE.[4]
Raw moved from the USA Network to TNN in September 2000,[5] which was rebranded to Spike in August 2003. On October 3, 2005,WWE Raw returned to the USA Network, where it remains today.[6] Archived episodes of the show air on the WWE Network, with select episodes available on-demand.
Since its first episode, Raw has broadcast live from 208 different arenas in 171 cities and towns in ten different nations (the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Afghanistan in 2005, Iraq in 2006 and 2007, 2015, South Africa,[7] Germany,[8] Japan,[9] Italy,[10]India and Mexico).[11] As of the show's 1,000th episode that aired on July 23, 2012, Raw has become a three-hour broadcast from two hours, a format that had previously been reserved for special episodes.
| WWE Monday Night Raw | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | |
| Created by | Vince McMahon |
| Starring | WWE roster |
| Opening theme |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 24 |
| No. of episodes | 1,192 (As of March 28, 2016) |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multicamera setup |
| Running time | 185 minutes (scheduled) |
| Productioncompany(s) | WWE |
| Release | |
| Original network | USA Network (1993–2000; 2005–present) TNN/Spike (2000–2005) |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) 720p (HDTV) |
| Original release | January 11, 1993 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Prime Time Wrestling (1985–1993) |
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