Editing Paramount Network (section)

==== "Get Real" ====
In January 2011, Spike ordered two new [[reality television]] shows, ''[[Bar Rescue]]'' and ''[[Repo Games]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morabito |first=Andrea |title=Spike Orders Two New Reality Series |url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/spike-orders-two-new-reality-series-37396 |access-date=2019-08-30 |website=Broadcasting & Cable|date=31 January 2011 }}</ref> During Viacom's upfronts presentation that May, it was announced that Spike would undergo a brand repositioning, with a larger focus on reality programming and a broader audience of males in the [[key demographic]]. The changes were intended to pivot Spike's brand in a more mature direction, which were described as an aim to be less like ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]'' magazine and more like ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]''.<ref name=":2" /> A promotional campaign emphasized [[adversity]] as a common theme in Spike's programming.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/ink-spike-hopes-tomaster-reality-broaden-audience-38927|title=With Ink, Spike Hopes to Master Reality, Broaden Audience|last=Morabito|first=Andrea|website=Broadcasting & Cable|date=9 January 2012 |access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/spike-picks-six-unscripted-pilots-37914|title=Spike Picks Up Six Unscripted Pilots|last=Morabito|first=Andrea|website=Broadcasting & Cable|date=11 May 2011 |access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/29/business/media/29adco.html|title=Spike Pursues an Older and More Female Audience|last=Elliott|first=Stuart|date=2011-03-28|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-08-30|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

The following year, Spike ordered the new series ''Rat Bastards'' (a series following a [[pest control]] business in Mississippi), ''[[Tattoo Nightmares]]'', along with a revival of ''[[World's Wildest Police Videos]],''<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Levine |first1=Stuart |date=2012-01-30 |title=Spike orders three new series |url=https://variety.com/2012/tv/news/spike-orders-three-new-series-1118049465/ |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> and ''Full Bounty''—a [[bounty hunting]] reality series that was later revealed to actually be a third season of ''The Joe Schmo Show''.<ref name=":3" /> In 2013, [[Bellator MMA]] made its network debut with the premiere of its [[Bellator MMA: Season Eight|eighth season]]; the now Viacom-owned [[mixed martial arts]] promotion previously aired on sibling channel [[MTV2]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mma/2013/01/17/spike-tv-hopes-to-propel-newest-mma-partner-bellator/1842433/|title=Spike TV bets on propelling newest MMA partner Bellator|work=USA Today|access-date=2018-06-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mmafighting.com/2013/6/11/4419838/bellators-new-time-slot-in-fall-will-be-friday-nights|title=Spike announces Bellator for Fridays in fall|work=MMA Fighting|access-date=2018-06-27}}</ref> Later that year, [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] reality series ''[[Cops (TV program)|Cops]]'' moved to Spike beginning September 14.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2013/08/26/cops-moves-to-spike-tv-saturday-september-14-at-800pm-404410/20130826spiketv01/|title="Cops" Moves to Spike TV Saturday, September 14 at 8:00PM|work=The Futon Critic|date=August 26, 2013}}</ref> In the fall, [[kickboxing]] promotion [[Glory (kickboxing)|Glory]] made its network debut with [[Glory 11: Chicago]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mmafighting.com/2013/6/27/4470514/glory-spike-sign-multi-year-broadcasting-deal |title=GLORY, Spike sign multi-year broadcasting deal |date=27 June 2013 |publisher=MMA Fighting |access-date=April 8, 2014}}</ref> This was not Spike's first time broadcasting a kickboxing event as, in 2012, they partnered with [[K-1]] to broadcast several events on their website.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Spike TV And K-1, World's Premier Kickboxing Promotion, Agree To Multi-Platform Partnership|website=Spike.com|date=August 20, 2012|url=http://www.spike.com/press/2012/08/20/spike-tv-and-k-1-worlds-premier-kickboxing-promotion-agree-to-multi-platform-partnership/|access-date=May 12, 2014}}</ref> The end of the year saw the ''Video Game Awards'' revamped and become known as VGX.<ref name="2013VGX">{{cite web|url=http://www.polygon.com/2013/11/15/5107808/spike-video-game-awards-vgx-2013-date|title=Spike Video Game Awards renamed VGX, set for Dec. 7|date=November 15, 2013|author=Samit Sarkar|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |access-date=November 15, 2013}}</ref>

At the end of the year, ''Impact Wrestling'' would air its last episode on Spike on December 24, 2014, before moving to [[Destination America]] in 2015.<ref name=deadline-tnadiscovery>{{cite web|title=Discovery's Destination America Adds TNA Impact Wrestling To Lineup|url=https://deadline.com/2014/11/discovery-destination-america-total-nonstop-action-impact-tna-wrestling-1201289194/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=19 November 2014 |access-date=November 20, 2014}}</ref> Spike also announced that they would drop their video game award show;<ref name="tga 2014">{{cite web|last1=Takahashi|first1=Dean|title=Geoff Keighley unveils The Game Awards 2014 to replace the VGAs|url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/11/10/geoff-keighley-unveils-the-game-awards-2014-to-replace-the-vgas/|website=Venture Beat|date=10 November 2014 |access-date=November 29, 2014}}</ref> Geoff Keighley would go on to create his own award show in the form of ''[[The Game Awards]]''. In January 2015, following a similar deal made by [[NBC Sports|NBC]], Spike announced they would air monthly fight cards by the ''Haymon Boxing''-created "[[Premier Boxing Champions]].”<ref>{{cite web|title=Spike Gets In The Ring With Premier Boxing Champions|url=http://www.spike.com/articles/lazzcp/premier-boxing-champions-spike-gets-in-the-ring-with-premier-boxing-champions|date=January 22, 2015|work=Spike.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150126050234/http://www.spike.com/articles/lazzcp/premier-boxing-champions-spike-gets-in-the-ring-with-premier-boxing-champions|archive-date=26 January 2015|access-date=January 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2339217-premier-boxing-champions-start-date-tv-schedule-fighters-for-spike-tv-series|title=Premier Boxing Champions: Start Date, TV Schedule, Fighters for Spike TV Series |work=Bleacher Report|date=January 22, 2015|access-date=January 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Spike TV to begin airing monthly PBC fights|date=22 January 2015 |url=http://www.premierboxingchampions.com/article/spike-tv-begin-airing-monthly-pbc-fights|access-date=January 24, 2015}}</ref>