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that was produced by

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that originally aired on

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in the United States and later broadcast on the

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. It debuted on and ended its domestic broadcasting on . After the final domestic television broadcast, the show moved to an Internet broadcast format while maintaining a traditional television broadcast in international markets. The show featured mid-to-low card WWE Superstars in a format similar to the former shows ''

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'' and ''

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'' which served the same purpose. " Enhancement talent" bouts also happened often. Big names such as

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, and

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appeared on the show at its beginning. On , WWE and

announced an agreement to create a new weekly, one-hour prime time series entitled ''WWE Superstars'' that was to debut in (the show was based on 1 to 4 matches occurring where superstars from both

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and formerly ''

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'' ''(2006–2010)'' compete in matches to determine who is the best for the WWE audience's entertainment). Until early 2010, the replay also aired on

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. However, it was removed, hence eliminating distribution of the show from the Canadian fanbase. ''Superstars'' had its debut show on . On , WGN America announced that they would not renew their domestic broadcasts rights to ''WWE Superstars'', and the last episode they would air would be shown on . Online reports stated that the network did not renew the series because it didn't live up to its expectations. WWE.com aired the show from to and again from to . The show continued to be produced for international broadcasting until . On November 28, 2016, it was announced that ''Superstars'' had been canceled by WWE and would be replaced on the WWE Network by '' 205 Live''. ''

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'' would serve as the complementary show featuring Raw and SmackDown talents (and would later replace ''WWE Superstars'' for international markets). Select episodes are viewable on the WWE Network, and episodes from September 17, 2009, until September 20, 2012, are available to watch on WWE's official YouTube channel.

Production

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featuring

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, which replaced "

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" by

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on May 17, 2013. The final commentators were Tom Phillips and

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, and JoJo was the last ring announcer. Matches featured on ''Superstars'' were taped earlier in the week, during the ''Raw'' events on Monday nights. The program aired on Thursdays until January 2015 when ''SmackDown'' moved to same night. ''Superstars '' was then moved to Fridays on WWE Network, with its first Friday night airing on January 16.

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