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That's no coincidence. It's some The Americans shít. Meanwhile:

Anne Heche wanted to do a fill-in bit on AW after hitting it big - I always found that classy.

Speaking of, I'm catching up on my marathon stories to watch and I see they omitted a number of Dalek stories, presumably due to what must be the umpteenth legal battle with Terry Nation's estate or something.

Comicon trailer. Nice Rick and Michonne stuff. Too bad it looks a lot like the show I wanted a few years ago - a few years too late. I'll catch it on Netflix eventually.

Video game visionary and Peaks fan Hideo Kojima is back at it:

I know, that's the most hilarious part. Meanwhile - yikes:

Womp womp:

I felt he played them sparingly compared to RTD, tbh.

Even Whoopi still occasionally gets it right sometimes:

I am v iffy on Chibnall but he's come a long way since the old days, and if anyone would benefit from a writers' room setup it's him.

Would you be my new best friends?

The hits keep coming:

Images from the new series surface as I finally crack the lid on Series 10:

Wow:

Now trending again, the Svengali of our times:

Stacy Haiduk (Patty, Y&R; allegedly soon to be DAYS) has a surprise cameo in episode 2 of HBO's excellent Sharp Objects, playing a meth-addicted cancer-ravaged hick mother. I didn't recognize her until I saw her name in the credits. She was great.

It's Iraq all over again. A lot of them still want to pretend that the Russia story is too diffuse, never enough to prove, etc. The reason is because admitting it's all real is both 1) a massive system shock which upends our democracy as we know it, indicates a massive national danger and destroys any remaining illusion of the same old political games, and 2) an indictment that they are culpable in this by way of their handling of the election and how they let ratings, Russian strategy, psy-ops and resentment of the Clintons and the Democrats shape their coverage. They had a very, very hard time admitting that on Iraq - it took years - and while some in media have said it, for many it will be harder now. But for all my anger, I am glad they are covering it and saying it. There is a huge swath of the general public for whom our deeply flawed media is still the only major outlet they have. Notably, Maggie Haberman - who spends a lot of time strenuously defending her access and the NYT on Twitter - has abruptly left it as of the other day.