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tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com - 2/28/2008
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CBS is looking to the organizers of a popular competition called mixed martial arts (MMA) to supply some programming for the often-overlooked Saturday night time slot.
On Thursday, the network announced the expansion of a partnership with ProElite, which produces mixed martial arts events, to televise four live competitions a year. The events have been shown [...]
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... But that’s not stopping the tiffany network from adopting Showtime’s fight programming and expanding its arrangement with ProElite, which produces events for mixed martial arts (like Muay Thai and Krav Maga, of which Jose Canseco fights), to create four two-hour MMA specials for the broadcast channel to air during Saturday primetime — typically a dumping ground for repeats and five-year-old romantic comedies (does or anything starring Sandra Bullock) picked up on the cheap. ...
