WWE sent out the following:

SmackDown makes its premiere on USA Network on Jan. 7, 2016

USA Network will have a white hot January with the grand arrival of the two-hour action WWE powerhouse SmackDown on Thursday, Jan. 7 at 8/7 C, making USA the exclusive cable home to WWE marquee properties. In addition to having the powerhouse Monday Night Raw live 52 weeks a year on Mondays from 8 p.m.-11 p.m ET, viewers can now bookend their week with SmackDown on Thursdays from 8 p.m.-10 p.m. ET.

“WWE is proud to have SmackDown join Raw as part of our expanded partnership with USA Network,” said WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon. “The combination of the No. 1 cable network and two ratings juggernauts provides a destination for our viewers and an extraordinary platform for our partners.”

With more than 800 original episodes, SmackDown is the second longest-running weekly episodic program in U.S. television history and is consistently one of the highest-rated weekly series on cable over the past 15 years – only behind Monday Night Raw. Since it’s debut, SmackDown has been broadcast from 170 different venues, in 148 cities, in seven different countries, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Iraq, Japan, Italy and Mexico. On Jan. 7, SmackDown will air its 855th episode from Laredo, Texas.