WWE SmackDown is an American professional wrestling television program. It airs live every Friday at 8 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on USA Network in the United States and in most international markets on Netflix. The show debuted on August 26, 1999 and is considered to be one of WWE's two flagship programs, along with Monday Night Raw. It has been taped in and broadcast from over hundreds of arenas and cities throughout twelve countries, mostly in the U.S. It has also been broadcast globally on other networks since it first began.