Spike TV to counter-program FX’s new ‘TUF’ seasons with reality-show reruns

In what likely will result in intended marketplace confusion, Spike TV will take full advantage of its UFC library rights and will counter-program news episode of “The Ultimate Fighter” with past seasons of the reality series.

Spike TV today announce…

In what likely will result in intended marketplace confusion, Spike TV will take full advantage of its UFC library rights and will counter-program news episode of “The Ultimate Fighter” with past seasons of the reality series.

Spike TV today announced the plans, dubbed “The Ultimate Fighter Fridays.”

The weekly three-hour programming blocks will go head-to-head with new seasons of “TUF,” which soon debut on new broadcast partner FX.