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After a year, the ''telenovela'' block faded into the mists along with anything resembling a point, with early promises to program imported or adapted programming from Sky in the UK and [[Fox News]] thrown aside for such [[Sarcasm Mode|illustrious programming]] as ''IFL Battleground'' (a failed attempt to turn [[Mixed Martial Arts]] into a team sport that eventually got eaten up by UFC), [[Lowest Common Denominator|the Ujena Bikini Jam, Hooters pageants]], the Taurus World Stunt Awards, and ''Santa's Funniest Moments'' (really just an hour of home-video Santas [[Groin Attack|being kicked in the chestnuts by kids]]). Thanks to them and Fox Reality, the nation also suffered through a second run of ''Paradise Hotel''.
The network kept limping along, however. Its only major grab was ''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] [[WWE Smackdown|Friday Night SmackDown!]]'', the rest of its lineup consisting of [[Reality Show|reality shows]], stage magic (new episodes of ''Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed'' were among the network's better shows), and ''Under One Roof'' (a short-lived [[Sitcom]] starring [[Public Enemy|Flavor Flav]], which was infamous for shooting in Toronto while the [[TV Strikes|2008 writer's strike]] went on). In September 2009, MyNetworkTV officially stopped pretending and became a two-hour [[Syndication|syndicated]] programming block, similar in concept to the short-lived [[PTEN]]. It discontinued all original non-syndicated programming that wasn't ''SmackDown!'' and replaced it with syndicated [[Game Show|game shows]], Thursday-night movies, and reruns of ''[[The Unit]]'' and ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]]''. One of its original shows, ''Jail'', got picked up by [[Spike TV]].
In October 2010, ''SmackDown!'' moved to [[Syfy]] and MNTV became the [[Old Shame]] of FOX and the network's affiliates, airing repeats of game shows already in syndication (usually in very low-rated timeslots) and other dramas such as ''[[Burn Notice]]'', ''[[Monk]]'', and ''[[Criminal Minds]]'', which act as [[Filler]] for independent stations scared of programming primetime. In 2011, even those pseudo-original games were ousted due to them not doing well at all in syndication, with ''[[Cold Case]]'' and ''[[Law and Order SVU]]'' rerun nights being added to fill out all five nights.
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