NBC gets into WrestleMania 25, which happened in April and is on YouTube

NBC has recycled a lot of ideas lately (The Bionic Woman, Knight Rider), and now it's even reusing programming to try to get a ratings bump. The network, mired in fourth place after its now-canned entertainment chief, Ben Silverman, didn't deliver on his promise to "bring sexy back," will air a clip show of WrestleMania 25 this month. That pay-per-view event happened in April, so it's safe to say there's no big reveal here for WWE fans (nearly 1 million of whom shelled out $50 to watch it live, and 76,000 of whom packed Reliant Stadium in Houston). Besides, you can always watch the highlights on YouTube (see above). Thumbnail: The Undertaker won, that chick from the Pussycat Dolls sang, Mickey "The Wrestler" Rourke had an in-ring meta-moment, and somebody hit somebody with a briefcase. Seeing that WWE shows like SmackDown and Raw are some of the best-watched programs on TV, especially among young men, it's hard to blame NBC for wanting to get in on the action. What else do they have to air on a Saturday night in late August? More completely original disaster miniseries? Yeah, those aren't getting old at all.

—Posted by T.L. Stanley