What is WWE SmackDown?
{{Outdated|date=January 2018}} {{redlinks|date=February 2012}} {{Infobox television | image = WWE SmackDown (2024) Logo.svg | caption = SmackDown logo (2024–present) | creator = [[Vince McMahon]] | camera = [[Multicamera setup]] | runtime = Approximately 180 minutes<br />(including commercials) | starring = [[List of WWE personnel#SmackDown|SmackDown roster]] | open_theme = {{Plainlist| * “[[Neva Play]]” by [[Megan Thee Stallion]] ft. [[RM (rapper)|RM]]}} | country = [[United States]] | network = {{small|[[UPN]] (April 29, 1999 – September 15, 2006)}}<br />{{small|[[The CW Television Network|The CW]] (September 22, 2006 – September 26, 2008)}}<br />{{small|[[MyNetworkTV]] (October 3, 2008 – September 24, 2010)}}<br />{{small|[[Syfy]] (October 1, 2010 – December 31, 2015)}}<br />{{small|[[USA Network]] (January 7, 2016 – October 4th 2019,<br>September 13, 2024 – present)}} <br>{{small|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] (October 4th 2019 – September 6, 2024)}} | first_aired = {{start date|1999|04|29}} | last_aired = present | num_seasons = 26 | num_episodes = 1,324 (as of January 3, 2025) | alt_name = {{small|WWE SmackDown Live}}<br />{{small|'''WWE SmackDown'''}}<br />{{small|WWE SmackDown!}}<br />{{small|WWE Friday Night SmackDown}}<br />{{small|WWE Friday Night SmackDown!}}<br />{{small|WWF SmackDown!}}<br />{{small|WWF Thursday Night SmackDown!}}<br />{{small|WWE Thursday Night SmackDown!}} | related = [[WWE Raw]]<br />[[WWE NXT]]<br />[[WWE Main Event]]<br />[[WWE NXT Level Up]]<br />[[WWE Speed]] }} '''''WWE SmackDown''''' is a [[professional wrestling]] [[television program]] made by [[WWE]]. Currently it is the only television broadcast for the SmackDown brand. From its start in 1999, ''SmackDown!'' was filmed on Tuesdays and shown on [[broadcast delay]] on Thursday nights, but on September 9, 2005, the show moved to Friday nights. To