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Between this and the respectable ratings of the AI reboot, Channing Dungey has likely bought herself a couple more years atop ABC. EDIT: Forgot to mention The Good Doctor. Yeah, people on social media are definitely trying to co-opt the show for shallow political purposes that are at odds with what’s on screen. I have seen a few conservatives claim that it’s portraying liberal caricatures of conservatives.

W&G’s premiere got a 3.0 demo rating, which I thought was huge at the time.

Those are astonishing ratings in this day and age. Well, the reboot/return trend will continue with renewed zeal...

For all of Kyrgios’s talent, he makes some dumb shot selections.

A seemingly injured Kyrgios is handing this set to Zverev. I wonder if he’ll simply retire from this match.

The show does feel extra laugh-tracky, like a show within a show. EDIT: That was actually better than I thought it would be. Everyone settled back into the rhythms of the old show so quickly. And the political stuff was handled relatively organically. Those first two episodes were great. They really captured what was fantastic about the show at its peak. And Sara Gilbert was the MVP.

Berdych played a shocking tiebreaker and lost in three. Tiafoe is currently on court with his next match against Kevin Anderson. This Shapovalov kid is good for 18. But then he goes and serves disastrously in his final game.

What don’t you like about Tiafoe? Just curious. He seems to have more potential than his American next-gen peers.

Tiafoe takes out Berdych.

Love seeing Sloane methodically exposing Kerber’s weaknesses.

I guess. I can just imagine Sara Gilbert thinking to herself, “Damn, this is how you guys are running things over here?”

Glad that Venus is getting a day off after these long three-setters. I wonder if Tiafoe can keep things up. He seemed to have Berdych’s number last night. I think this is the most interesting tournament in terms of matchups in a while, on both sides. Lots of new blood with a few veterans mixed in.

What a weird, awkward interview with Roseanne, John, and Sara on The View. Lots of dead silences and missed cues from Whoopi and team. Just very unprofessional.

So interesting. Berdych was outhitting Tiafoe to start, especially with the wind as a factor, but Frances adapted pretty quickly.

Oh snaaaaaap! Oh and Venus beat Konta’s ass. And Jo gave a nasty handshake as usual. I’ll be happy to see her plummet down the rankings.

Venus is creaming Konta in the second set. I don’t want to jinx it given that Venus surrendered a 5-0 lead yesterday, but it’s looking good atm. EDIT: Venus won the 2nd.

Oy. What happened with Venus? She had a set point, I leave for a minute, and Konta comes back to win it? I just want someone to beat that annoying woman.

Steve called Justin a liar, and it wasn’t a “haha” moment. It felt edgy and uncomfortable. So weird. Viewers pointed out the tension and Justin responded: Verdasco has been whiny for a long while. It’s not a good look.

Renewed. http://deadline.com/2018/03/one-day-at-a-time-renewed-season-3-netflix-1202353529/

Speaking of which, Justin Gimelstob and Steve Weissman seemed to be sniping at each other during the Kokkinakis/Verdasco match. Was that just very dry light-hearted banter or is there some animosity there? There are times when Tracy Austin appears clearly annoyed with Steve. Haha Nick deleted this tweet before Verdasco won:

Total collapse from Schwartzman. Oh well.

A lot of dumb unforced errors.

For such a crafty player, Schwartzman is playing so stupidly against Raonic, whose serve is totally off. When you have three break points against a servebot, you have to seize your opportunities. And stop it with the dropshots.

Chardy just beat him. Sheesh.