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Now watching The Chair on Netflix with Sandra Oh, Holland Taylor, Bob Balaban, and Jay Duplass. I’m reminded of my ex, who was a history professor, and not in a good way.

Tuned in for the first time in a while, and they’re doing another missing person story, this time with Abby? Josh is lazy af.

“Daytime” vs. “Primetime” seems like such an antiquated 20th-century distinction in this age of streaming. Most of the Daytime awards are handed out to web properties nowadays, and a lot of the Primetime awards are going to Netflix, etc. The Daytime Emmys always felt like such a hodgepodge of genres compared to the primetime awards, but it feels even weirder now. I guess this addresses some of that by creating genre distinctions.

This guy’s name is Artem. 🇷🇺

I just watched the first episode. I agree that Kenya is the MVP, followed by messy Ramona. It’s refreshing to see the women break the fourth wall and acknowledge their status as celebrities/Bravolebrities and not just “a group of friends.” I wish they did that more on the actual Bravo franchises.

The 2019 comparisons are interesting. DAYS demo numbers have basically been halved.

Reusable for all the soaps, but I agree re: KKL/Brooke. I feel the same way about MTS/Nikki on Y&R, who is also used as a buttinsky/glorified Gladys Kravitz, instead of the icon of soaps that she is. At least Brooke is not playing ping-pong between Bill and Ridge, as that’s the only story Brad seems to give her.

Ugh. He’s so beautiful.

I read them, although I’m so out of the loop with watching DW these days. A little burnt out. Haven’t really watched consistently since the first Peter Capaldi season.

Sabalenka is a mess. She just unravels at the worst moments.

Feels like an odd tonal/stylistic fit IMO. The synergy I get. I’m curious what the day-to-day audience will think.

Cross-promo between two Disney properties (NatGeo and GH) but an odd fit.

I wish I were happy with GH, as it has many of the ingredients to be good, but I find it a frustrating, disjointed, misguided, deeply unsatisfying show that could theoretically be decent but chooses not to be. None of these shows have the momentum for me to “tune in tomorrow.” I’m waiting for the next crop of streaming soaps or for the existing network shows to move to streaming permanently.

I can’t give any of these shows a passing grade these days either. It’s a bleak, uninspired landscape IMO.

I know a four-part reunion seems excessive for Potomac, but these women deliver. If Askale wanted another season from that reunion performance, she failed. She doesn’t seem like a reality-TV personality anyway, so it’s all for the best. Team Wendy.

What happened to Berrettini? Seeing tweets that he really injured himself in the Zverev ATP Finals match…. Ok he retired and Sinner (another Italian) will replace him, which I guess is good for the home crowd:

Alan Sarapa, the soap podcaster, seems to rally the few I’ve seen on Twitter.

Edit: Just updated with WTA statement (I was surprised to see it too):

The openly gay Chinese model Edison Fan 🇨🇳