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Anderson Cooper is by far the most favorably viewed cable news anchor, according to a Variety study. What’s semi-surprising (at least to news junkies and the terminally online) is how many people polled hadn’t heard of the anchors listed. (43 percent hadn’t heard of Rachel Maddow for example. 61 percent hadn’t heard of Jake Tapper, and 49 percent don’t know who Laura Ingraham is. How I envy those lucky souls.) https://variety.com/vip/survey-theres-a-clear-mvp-among-cable-news-anchors-and-its-not-even-close-1235415771/

A few outlets jumped the gun on this, but the news is now confirmed:

Gilang from Indonesia 🇮🇩

Sergio Fernandez from Spain 🇪🇸

John from Canada 🇨🇦

These shows had a good run for 70+ years on television, and nothing lasts forever. In the same way roots music begat rock and pop, the influence of soap operas on serialized TV is undeniable, and I’d love to see more effort placed on preserving that rich history for future generations. YouTube has been a great resource in that respect, even though the video quality is often sh!tty and there are huge gaps in what’s available. But I’m resigned to the genre being pretty much zombified. The four remaining U.S. daytime shows aren’t inspired at all beyond the energy of a few talented actors operating far below their potential due to lack of rehearsals and tepid writing. They don’t offer a lot of incentive to give up five hours a week that could be spent doing other things, unless you’re *really* invested, which obviously most people on this board are. They still pull in an OK audience, but it’s hard to compare the volume that daytime has to produce to how a primetime series operates. There’s a reason why these soaps all look like crap. I dunno: I can’t be arsed in coming up with ways to save the remaining soaps or resurrect old ones when there’s so much other content that scratches some of the itch soaps used to scratch. (That includes watching what’s available on YouTube.)

Scott Blokker 🇺🇸

Melissa Villaseñor says leaving SNL was her choice to protect her mental health; says she was struggling with panic attacks last season. She added: “When I’m in a big group of a lot of amazing people, and everyone’s speaking over everyone else, I think I tend to get small. I get nervous, like, where do I fit? What am I supposed to do? That’s how I was in high school, too. And so I think that’s what caused it. And I was like, I think I’m okay. I feel like there’s nothing else that I feel like, oh, I need to be sharing this, I want to do this on the show. I think I’m ready. There was just something telling me, I think I could part ways.“ https://deadline.com/2022/10/melissa-villasenor-leaving-snl-mental-health-de-1235155547/

I find it fascinating that after all these years, Albert Ramos-Viñolas is still such a solid player and not just on clay. He’s a bit under the radar as he’s never a real threat for big titles, but he’s kept his ranking up well into his mid-30s.

Ashton Hall 🇺🇸

Not mad at it.

You must receive a bat signal when I post an Asian man lol. That was a quick reply!

Eason from Taiwan 🇹🇼

Kelvin Fletcher from Emmerdale 🇬🇧

Interesting to see what happens to BBCA after this. Doctor Who has been the main thing keeping that channel relevant with viewers, especially with Killing Eve and Orphan Black both gone:

Matt from NYC 🇺🇸

Toya held her own pretty well there against M2M’s second biggest loudmouth (No. 1 being Heavenly).

Sam Smith finally has the No. 1 that eluded them with “Stay With Me”: