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I had no idea! I haven't had broadcast TV, cable, or satellite service in ages. Maybe 20 or 30 years ago when I last had cable, it was was like $30.00/month or something. (maybe I'm remembering wrong, but I don't think I'm off by a huge amount). I was used to watching shows on cbs.com and nbc.com for free (if watched within 5 days of airing). And for free on abc.com but you have to wait a week or two or three before it appears for free, and then catch it before it is locked. I never paid anything at all to watch TV. I wasn't interested in movie channels so I didn't need that. I had no idea people paid that much for cable nowadays! I finally paid for ParamountPlus to watch all the old AND new StarTrek series which is a priority for me. Essential for hopefulness during covid lockdowns when I couldn't leave the house to do anything. I subscribed to Peacock to watch the Olympics but found it unwieldy and found it much easier to watch specific matches/games on youtube for free a few days later -- I kept the Peacock to watch BeyondSalem and didn't get around to unsubscribing. But I really cannot afford both. I can barely afford my rent and food.

Hulu's prices increase on Oct. 10. Differing amounts depending on what tier you have. https://decider.com/2022/09/07/hulu-price-increase-begins-october/

Eric Martsolf and Camila Banus discuss the potential for DAYS being racier on Peacock: https://soaphub.com/interviews/eric-martsolf-and-camila-banus-talk-days-being-racier-on-the-peacock/

The write-up says they shake hands, and there is a moment of connection, and suddenly they kiss and tear their clothes off. In her office.

Week of 12 September

Cable guide: Monday 12 September 2022 Liam confronts Thomas about his intentions with Hope. Sheila shares a stolen moment with Hayes. Tuesday 13 September 2022 Ridge remembers the good times with Taylor and Brooke. Paris wears the newest designs by Zende for Ridge and Thomas. Wednesday 14 September 2022 Steffy urges Ridge to admit his feelings to Taylor. Hope attempts to process Liam's concerns about Thomas's intentions. Thursday 15 September 2022 Steffy and Hope battle over Taylor, Brooke, and Douglas. Bill and Brooke talk about Katie then reminisce about their past. Friday 16 September 2022 Ridge returns home to find Brooke and Bill in an embrace. Thomas asks Carter for legal advice as they work out at the Forrester gym. undated for Week of 12 September: -Brooke and Taylor stand their ground in the battle for Douglas and Ridge. Mag preview for Week of 19 September: -Deacon receives a message from someone in his past life. -Hope worries that a new Forrester vs. Logan war is brewing. -Steffy secretly intervenes in Brooke's plan for a romantic night with Ridge.

Star Trek Day 2022. Jackie Cox (from Beyond Salem and from Days) co-hosts the red carpet (but here it's called the "purple carpet") for Star Trek Day, Sept. 8, 2022. Jackie is an big Trek fan. Her co-host is Mary Chieffo who played the very powerful female Klingon L'Rell on Star Trek: Discovery. The entire Star Trek Day 2022 event (more than two hours) was streamed live on Paramount Plus today. You can watch the entire event on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhaHHis27sE Jackie and Mary are on camera for an entire half-hour interviewing people from the various Trek series. They start at 5:58 interviewing Sir Patrick Stewart, and the "purple carpet" continues through 35:08. One of the interviewees on the carpet is a guest at the event - Bill Nye the science guy. At 20:20 they interview Kate Mulgrew! At 1:16:00 Jackie Cox and Mary Chieffo appear on the main stage of the event. They do a short segment honoring the cosplay costumes of a few event attendees.

The queen held on long enough to do the final ceremonial whatever meeting process to get the new Prime Minister instated? (sorry I'm American and I don't know how this works exactly, so forgive my inexact terminology). Just noting that the Queen worked until the end.

Season 7, Episode 1 of Queen Sugar. Kofi Siriboe is amazing. He was always amazing but he's even better now.

In a quarterfinal match that finished at 2:50 a.m., Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner set a record for the latest-ever US Open match. The epic, five-set quarterfinal—which Alcaraz won, 6-3, 6-7(7), 6-7(0), 7-5, 6-3—started on Wednesday night and finished in the early hours of Thursday morning in Arthur Ashe Stadium. The match lasted five hours, 15 minutes—the second-longest US Open match ever—and surpassed the previous record for latest finish of 2:26 a.m., set three times, most recently in 2014.

Apparently they were Douglas's paints. I agree that the paint seemed very color-coordinated! The show released a bunch of photos of the paint fight here: https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/the-bold-and-the-beautiful/photos?episode=21710

Here's another old clip (July 25, 2019) of Thomas threatening Douglas: https://www.facebook.com/433905550012381/videos/1528183020945907

Zende Forrester Dominguez https://www.soapcentral.com/bold-and-beautiful/whoswho/zende.php This character should be a dynamic force but is usually relegated to being a background character.

Faith's brief underage drinking story was just a prop for an Adam storyline, where he gives her a transplant. And a hospital scene to facilitate the recast when AAL left to go star in "Chucky".

as @dragonflies said in the thread-opener re: the Deadline article (about the start dates of the fall season) Deadline mentioned this: "There’s also a special crossover episode planned with The Bold and the Beautiful on Sept. 26, which marks the start of B&B‘s 36th season." Okay yes Sept 26 begins B&B's season, But this is the update according to TV Insider: https://www.tvinsider.com/1059567/young-and-the-restless-bold-and-the-beautiful-crossover-melody-thomas-scott-sean-kanan-deacon-nikki/ For Y&R: The crossovers begin on Tuesday, September 20 when Deacon shows up in Genoa City; For B&B, Nikki arrives in Los Angeles "the following week". I assume "The following week" for B&B is a reference to the "Sept 26" referenced in the Deadline article.

The new Y&R promo, released Wed. morning Sept 7, is Nikki planning to visit Deacon (internationally-viewable version follows) Y&R named this promo "Face Off". Internationally-viewable version: ^ This is referencing the crossover piece that airs on Y&R Sept 20. Nikki says "Next week I am going to Los Angeles to see Deacon Sharpe" but we know she doesn't visit him until the week of Sept 26. So I guess this is an advance promo for all the crossovers? I guess there will be another promo later on for the crossover piece that airs on B&B on Sept 26?

https://www.tvinsider.com/1059567/young-and-the-restless-bold-and-the-beautiful-crossover-melody-thomas-scott-sean-kanan-deacon-nikki/

Thanks for the heads up, I would not have noticed the "13 Days Left" if you hadn't mentioned it. I had to look closely at the picture you attached to see it. I just checked mine, and then I had to look closely at my screen to verify. I have the paid premium plus version (ad-free premium) and mine also says that Season 1 has 13 days left.

So Faith leaves for college after very little storyline as a teen ...

Frances Tiafoe vs. Rafael Nadal Monday Sept. 5 - Extended Highlights

This is a good (and easy-to-read) summary of the insanity of the "special master" thing. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/07/why-did-judge-grant-special-master-trump

Desiderio is from Politico: Emptywheel responds:

The Blue Wizards came in the Second Age, in one version of what Tolkien himself wrote. https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Wizards#Other_versions_of_the_legendarium Re: the Stranger who arrived with a meteor -- I don't know. So far he acts like Radagast. But he came on a fiery meteor and was fascinated by fireflies, which might have hinted at a connection to Gandalf except that the Elven Ring of Fire had not yet been created. And. as you said, Gandalf and Radagast don't arrive yet. If he ends up with a friend, then I'd guess he's one of the two Blue Wizards. One of the Harfoot characters in these first two episodes came from a village "in the east" which is the direction the Blue Wizards headed. Or maybe one of the Istari secretly (without telling anyone) comes to Middle Earth during the Second Age, then goes back to Valinor later. And then officially comes to Middle Earth in the Third Age. It's not canon in any way, but I suppose Saruman could have been secretly snooping about around the time of the forging of the rings. I read some interviews. The actress who plays the Harfoot girl who finds the Stranger -- she was not told who his character actually is ... until well into filming some episodes. They kept it under wraps. I guess the actor himself and very few others knew who his character really was. The actor says it's interesting reading all the guesses as to who his character really is. But maybe this character is not an Istari at all... Maybe he is some other species of being, that is not in the books. Maybe a different form of a Maia or something.