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The saga continues:

Uh-oh!

Sure did air against it. As a kid I often had to choose between DAYS at the height of Billie/Bo/Hope (so good!) and the possession and AMC.

Jenifer Lewis on Whitney.

I was under the impression the voodoo plotline was in part due to pressure from ABC to emulate DAYS. I could be wrong and that's fan supposition. I remember liking the pre-crazy Taylor. The voodoo thing and then the ludicrous Disney fairy tale wedding for Noah and Julia (which Keith Hamilton Cobb rightly lambasted as a betrayal of his character) turned me off them even as a kid. You put it up against OLTL's gritty stories and characters at the time and AMC just came off corny as fùck a lot, but I understand the contrast in style and tone in the shows more now than I did as a child - today most of its flights of fancy or goofier moments are of a piece with the show's fabric and brand. It was a great show I loved regardless but it had a lot of peaks and valleys in that era. The 2000s still made its flaws look like high art.

Why I'll always love Superman:

That little balcony stunt was his shortest rally ever - under 20 minutes.

Amanda Seyfried in the Mank teaser.

More of Amanda Seyfried (AMC/ATWT) in David Fincher's upcoming Mank.

Not very strong, since it's likely they'll lose the Senate. But McConnell is playing the long game, hoping to win the midterms. Meanwhile: