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Seeing Julie Chen talking about the incident in that segment dealing with the Superbowl irritated me. I could feel a frown coming onto my mouth. Knowing about how much vitriol she got from CBS and Moonves.

Barty is very bland. Still, I don't hate her, I don't even dislike her. It's probably not the first time this has happened but it's still strange to discover that Danielle Collins played an entire major final without a clothing or shoe sponsor.

For whatever this is worth because market value is a different thing than actual gross profits. But at the very least, the "titans" of Wall Street may just pay attention.

Between the banning of books that tell "uncomfortable" histories and corporate news media failing the public at large, I can only shake my head at the sad potential for further ignorance and erosion of decent quality public discourse, let alone sensible collective action.

I only caught a few games of the men's final but figured that Barty was not going to let this moment pass, she would have her Murray moment. I also figured Kokkinakis and Kyrgios would take the men's doubles trophy. I'm sure it's a big deal for Australian sports fans. Like, I said before, they are not missing a thing with any player's absence.

The viewers who are already watching, watch, it's unlikely that they will substantially expand their audience at this point, let alone convert any former ATWT fans, so I think, at this point, they're just trying to maintain what viewers they do have, similar to the rest of daytime. If only P&G would follow the Bells and allow uploads of ATWT onto a dedicated YouTube page. Between the years when they had the AOL portal and when the SoapClassics people digitized all those episodes for DVDs and streaming on their sites, P&G likely has many episodes (although I would just start with the 1980s) and they could just do analog with the rest, similar to B&B.

It wouldn't surprise me. They may feel that it serves as a reminder that they are the show that replaced ATWT. Years ago, I got the impression that they were trying to court former ATWT fans but at this point, after multiple scandals to which some fans have asked "They replaced my soap for this?!", The Talk may decide not to bother anymore.

Ouch, and Ming has always been so open about her time on ATWT. She did a reunion livestream last year and for the Mulan anniversary and live action movie, she even mentioned how both she and Lea Salonga (the singing voice of Mulan in the animated movie) both played the role of Lien Truong. The Talk is so disrespectful, lol, they don't do their research.

Oh wow, well that's interesting and the NBC role is more than something to consider. I admit, I don't know that much about the business machinations of Days. I wonder if NBC will even keep keep tighter control over what ads will be allowed to run. I like the fact that movie trailers as well as classic commercials sometimes run during B&B: From The Beginning. I am not sure how intentional this is though, lol but I like that they sometimes choose to just go with the flow. Of course, sometimes quality control is absent but oh well, it's free content, what're you gonna do?

From the clips I saw, Janet said it was always Michael's song and she was supporting him on that. I am always interested in how others engage in the writing and creative process, and it was interesting to see Janet on her laptop, typing away while Michael threw around the lyrics of "Scream", which Janet chided him for dropping an "F-bomb" in the lyrics (which would be replaced with the lyric "the whole system sucks" instead of the F-word). Honestly, the clip of Janet's session with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for the Rhythm Nation album looked a whole lot more contentious by comparison.

Very very interesting. The Bold And The Beautiful effect, would you say? I ask because I have noticed that B&B gets daily engagement on their YouTube channel. Also with their uploads, they have likely been able to monetize much of their content and of course, stream all kinds of ads since YouTube is sort of agnostic (other than Google) when it comes to media and other brands. I have seen ads from Amazon, Netflix, HBO Max, NBC, Paramount+, Hulu, even A24, and a whole host of brands (Vrbo, Buick). I have joked that B&B From The Beginning is probably getting a better variety of ads than what today's B&B gets on network. Moving to YouTube will probably be more lucrative or at least a more seamless platform than to deal with maintaining their own app, imo. What do you think @Errol?

That's a good question for someone in the family to answer, lol. From what I have understood and inferred, Janet was not confiding in Latoya because she talked too much. Yeah, from what I gathered it wasn't a rift, it was that Michael was in a very different place, in that he literally wasn't around for much of the time because his career was becoming white hot. He no longer seemed to have the time or frame of mind for the simple things like hanging out with family. Of course I remember Latoya talking about this. She had alienated the family and named her abusive husband as the reason for this. Having said that Janet implied that she couldn't confide in her. You can love someone and repair the relationship and still feel cautious as to how much you can trust them. It's not a great feeling but it's human nature.

TBH, I don't think she's as close with LaToya. I remember after her divorce with René, I got the distinct impression that LaToya didn't even know she had been married...for 9 years!

Janet was such an adorable baby girl. It's obvious that this documentary has been in the making for years. I am always fascinated by docs that have so much unseen archival footage. That someone who is among one of the most followed and photographed/filmed pop stars out there still has all that footage hidden away. To hear how the "neighbors" didn't want the family in their neighborhood after the Jacksons moved to California. Being called racial epithets and the microaggressions- I shouldn't be surprised with this being America but my image of the Jackson family was one where, once they signed with Motown and were living in California was as celebrities. Seems that the reality was quite different. It was obvious that her marriage to James was troubled and that James had problems. I would really like to know why he rode that hidden child rumor for so long, but that's really something only James can answer. This obviously still pains Janet. I wonder how much of that relationship she has managed to make piece with, and how much is still an open wound. Janet's relationship with Rene always seemed mysterious but towards the end of their relationship (marriage but nobody knew then) there were ominous signs that he was a looming figure who might have had too much of a creative hand in her career. I was never sure if he was a boyfriend, bodyguard or some sort of manager or a collaborator. I'm not sure that the relationship was ever a right time or right relationship for Janet. Sound like his rampant drug use put her through hell.

And the so-called "Movie Star" is currently on the cover of the special *Actors On Actors" edition of Variety Magazine. 👀

He makes reprehensible statements and she obviously disagrees. Yeah, but how does that marriage actually work??

How does that marriage between Cheryl Hines and RFK Jr. actually work??

Is the inference supposed to be that Noah still has romantic feelings for Tessa?! The only feelings Noah should feel towards Tessa are revulsion and maybe a growing suspicion about Tessa's fidelity. Have Noah decide he's going to expose this. Do something to add some element of tension. Something. This is all so bland. 🤣 Every time I have read a spoiler or story projection for Y&R for the last few years, it sounds exactly like this!

I don't think so. At least that's not what is being described here. It seems as though Asderaki blew the whistle via signaling to the umpire. She's Greek, and no doubt, understands what Stefano's father is saying.

The right-winger and covidiots are mocking Neil Young for giving Spotify the ultimatum and are now mocking Barry Manilow and Peter Frampton for taking their music off Spotify in solidarity with Young. Whose work will be listened to well after they're all gone? I don't see see loads of millennials and Gen Zs on YouTube doing reaction videos of Rogan's videos.

Legacy heroine narrows down the possibilities. Across the remaining soaps, how many are there? Which show has the most to spare? Also, reading some of the initial responses under the tweet makes me wonder if many soap fans know what actually constitutes a legacy character.

Next, I expect to hear something like, "Irna Phillips, what did she really do anyway?"

That seems to be the consensus among fans who watched the match. I didn't see it because there was no way in hell I was going to get up that early to watch a Keys/Barty match, especially knowing Keys' reputation for choking in big moments. People are now comparing Keys to Dementieva but I don't remember Elena playing this poorly in majors. I remember in a Wimbledon match (QFs or SFs?) against Serena, she had a bit of a choke but it was a brief moment of constant pressure that Serena put on Dementieva's very shaky serves. I just remembered by the time I was able to tune into that U.S. Open final against Sloane, I looked at the score and was glad I only had to watch a few games and of those few games, Madison couldn't put one ball in the court. I could only guess what the rest of the match had been like. And it's really become a pattern for Keys.

The eyes and the pressure will definitely be on Sinema and Manchin. Both will have hell to pay if they decide to gum up the SCOTUS process. People already have their eyes wide open to all the tactics that some are already trying to use including this ridiculous one. Also the "move VP to AG and Merrick Garland to be the SCOTUS nominee" as though there weren't enough white males in the Supreme Court. Although this one seems like a fever dream that originated from some corner of the far-left. The one that usually refers to Black voters in the South as being "low-information voters".

That comment about "stanning" Bill Bell has me screaming 🤣! Is the implication that the creator and original HW/showrunner of Y&R is somehow...uhm, overrated??