Why AEW Dynamite Always Has LONG Overruns (AEW News)
The real reason for those regular AEW Dynamite overruns.
For those avid AEW fans out there, it's become an increasingly regular habit that Dynamite episodes go way, way, way over the scheduled two-hour broadcast. And now, there's a little more information on these Dynamite overruns.
Speaking during the latest Fightful Select SRS Q&A, Sean Ross Sapp noted that part of the reason for these overruns is AEW "appeasing" Warner Bros. Discovery. For WBD, they're getting a free extra 30 minutes or so of action with these overruns, as they don't count towards the hours that AEW owes WBD as part of their ongoing agreement. As Sapp said, if Warners wants the overruns, why wouldn't AEW give it to them, particularly as Tony Khan's company is looking at remaining with WBD when their existing deal is up in 2028.
In regard to those overruns, they usually range between 20-30 minutes, though this past week's Dynamite clocked in at two hours and 35 minutes, meaning an extra 35 minutes of action. Some fans have previously complained about their recording device cutting off at the two-hour mark and causing them to miss the end of Dynamite, and some even complained that recording the show after Dynamite this week still saw the final five minutes of Dynamite not record.
These latest comments come on the back of the Wrestling Observer's Bryan Alvarez recently stating that, from the people he's spoken to in AEW, "nobody" likes these overruns. Alvarez added that these overruns are actively losing viewers for Dynamite, that some of the company's biggest angles are playing out to a reduced audience, and that, as mentioned above, AEW isn't getting paid for any of this.