TNA Wrestling officials must be extremely pleased that the whole Viacom and DirecTV mess has come to an end, as the two companies finally reached an agreement yesterday. Too bad the agreement did not happen on Thursday.

What seemed like it would be another sluggish ratings night, TNA actually managed to bring up viewership for this week's live program (TV By the Numbers).

Impact! Wrestling, for the second consecutive week, fell out of the Top 50 list, but it managed to pull in 1.3 million viewers, up over 200,000 from last week's show. TNA was left again without DirecTV viewers, but it will not need to worry about that next week.

My Quick Take

I was looking for Impact! Wrestling to be effected once again by the DirecTV and Viacom situation, but it managed to find itself in a pretty decent week. I think TNA officials can breathe a little more this weekend, especially with the agreement to bring back Viacom channels on DirecTV.

With DirecTV viewers now back in the mix, I think TNA can really build up momentum heading into the Bound For Glory season. There are only a few live episodes left for this summer. With the mess of Viacom and DirecTV now cleaned up, will TNA see an increase in the ratings?

Next week could tell that story.