WWE SmackDown is expanding in 2026, with USA Network airing three hours of coverage beginning when the calendar flips.
Previously, the show was on for two hours from its debut in 1999 to earlier this year, when the show moved to USA Network after previously being seen on FOX.
After slimming the broadcast to two hours in the middle of the year, USA Network will now broadcast a three-hour show beginning on Friday, January 2nd.
The news was announced on Friday’s latest episode of the two-hour version of SmackDown.
With the expansion of the show back to three hours each week, WWE now has more than eight hours of live weekly television programming between the Raw, NXT, and SmackDown brands.
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