Why Zack Ryder Wasnt Used On RAW?, RAW News, More

– Zack Ryder's lack of presence on RAW last night didn't go over well backstage. The feeling is that "Vince hates the Internet" and that the company is just screwing with Ryder. As noted earlier, many WWE stars tweeted unhappily that Zach Ryder was not used on the most recent Raw.

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– As a promotion for the film Green Lantern, WWE.com posted a look at which stars would be appropriate for the Green Lantern Corp.

– There is an interview with WWE International Executive VP Andrew Whitaker on Indiantelevision.com where he discusses a company office in Mumbai, WWE growth in India, and more. To read the article, clicking here.

– The USA network issued the following press release praising their ratings, along with WWE Tough Enough.

"Covert Affairs " & "White Collar" RETURN AND LEAD USA TO #1

NEW YORK, NEW YORK ? June 14, 2011 ? USA was the most watched cable network in prime this week, delivering more P25-54 (1.21 million, +10% more than #2 History Channel), P18-49 (1.08 million, +7% than #2 History Channel), P18-34 (455,000, +5% over #2 TBS), total viewers (3.10 million, +32% over #2 Disney Channel) and households (2.34 million, +39% over #2 Disney Channel) as well as bringing in the week's top household coverage rating in basic cable prime (2.34, +0.65 over #2 Disney Channel).

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USA was the only cable network to deliver over 3 million total viewers or 2 million households in this week's prime and was one of only two to break 1 million in P25-54 or 1 million in P18-49.

Covert Affairs and White Collar dominated Tuesday night this week as their season premieres delivered more total viewers (CA 4.56 million / WC 3.90 million) and households (CA 3.48 million / WC 2.98 million) than any other scripted fare on cable for the night as well as coming in as the top two scripted series in prime among P25-54 (CA 1.89 million / WC 1.73 million) and P18-49 (1.61 million / 1.58 million) and the #1 drama for P18-34 (WC 697,000 / CA 623,000) Tuesday. Both shows delivered more P18-34 than anything on CBS's primetime schedule for the night.

More total viewers tuned to this week's episode of WHITE COLLAR than to any in this winter's Season 2.5. White Collar delivered +9% more total viewers and +4% more P25-54 than the winter season on average. White Collar made USA the top cable network in its 9pm timeslot in delivering total viewers, households, and all female demos (F18-34/18-49/25-54/2+), beating FOX in P18-49, P25-54, total viewers and P18-34, a demo in which USA also beat CBS head-to-head at 9pm.

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Covert Affairs was the only scripted telecast to place among the week's overall top ten. In the 10pm hour, when USA aired Covert Affairs, the network delivered more P25-54, total viewers, and households than any other cable network as well as outperforming CBS in delivering P18-49, P25-54 and P18-34.

In Plain Sight was Sunday night's most watched scripted telecast in basic cable prime among P25-54 and households. In the 10pm hour on Sunday USA was the top cable network for total viewers and households, outperforming CBS in P18-34 viewing.

The WWE Tough Enough finale delivered more total viewers (2.86 million) and households (1.96 million) than any prior episode in the Monday 8pm timeslot and the 2nd best numbers at this time for P25-54 (1.28 million) and P18-49 (1.26 million). In its 8pm timeslot, WWE Tough Enough delivered more M18-34 entertainment viewers than any television network other than FOX.

This week's episode of LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT delivered more P18-34 (574,000) than any episode since the season premiere.

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