{"id":178533,"date":"2023-01-06T05:45:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T05:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/dana-whites-power-slap-premiere-delayed-by-tbs-after-incident\/"},"modified":"2023-01-06T05:45:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T05:45:43","slug":"dana-whites-power-slap-premiere-delayed-by-tbs-after-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/dana-whites-power-slap-premiere-delayed-by-tbs-after-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White’s Power Slap premiere delayed by TBS after incident"},"content":{"rendered":"
(Editor’s note: Story updated at 4:20 pm ET to reflect new information from a UFC official and TBS spokesperson.)<\/em><\/p>\n TBS is sticking with Dana White’s slap-fighting league in the wake of a domestic violence incident with his wife on New Year’s Eve \u2013 at least for now.<\/p>\n Power Slap, the UFC-backed entity partially owned by the UFC president, was set to premiere next Wednesday, Jan. 11 ten TBS. However, the debut is being pushed back a week to Jan. 18, a UFC official told broadcast partner ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n The New York Post reported that TBS has had \u201cserious discussions\u201d about pulling the plug, which TBS spokesperson Jori Arancio confirmed to the newspaper. No final decision has been made.<\/p>\n Speculation about the status of Power Slap on TBS began Thursday when people noticed it was no longer listed on the programming schedule in the 10 pm time slot it originally occupied Jan. 11. Power Slap was also missing from the Jan. 18 schedules.<\/p>\n