Faulkner

Premiere ratings up 30 percent from last season (and highest since 2017): https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/dancing-with-the-stars-carole-baskin-premiere-tv-ratings-1234770439/

From Orlando, Florida 🇺🇸

Nelly is still sexy but man is he stiff...

I hate Ms. Banks already lol. So phony and self-absorbed.

With Brandi claiming Heather Locklear received a cease and desist from Denise, I’m seeing more of those rumors of Heather joining BH (hinted at in this CD&N blind item). Heather reportedly hates Denise for hooking up with Richie Sambora right after (or before?) he and Heather divorced. I can imagine that Bravo would love to stick it to Denise by replacing her with an adversary who is an even bigger star. But with Heather’s personal problems, the last thing she needs is BH’s toxicity. The previews for this season’s Potomac have been persistently showing stuff happening two and even three episodes later. The show’s highly watchable, of course, so it’s not *that* annoying, but still...

From USA 🇺🇸

Hated. Laurel.

I didn’t often miss the fans—I hate the USO crowd, as I’ve said often—but I have missed them during the finals. The fifth set was the riveting tennis I was anticipating. Sad speech from Sascha... 😢

Dominic Thiem, finally a Grand Slam champion. Congrats, @Soapsuds.

Zverev got tight serving for it. Let see what Thiem does here...

Thiem handing back that break... 🤦🏾‍♂️ He worked so hard to get back into this!

Didn’t take this opportunity for #18. Plot twist. Too bad Dominic dug himself in such a hole or else I’d be more confident in this comeback.

What a dumb@ss Novak is.