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@DaytimeFan- are you a Brit or an Anglophile? I need to give The Crown another try. Many people I respect loved it, but the first few eps left me cold even though I enjoy almost everyone involved with it. (I was a HUGE fan of Matt Smith’s Doctor.) But I’m allergic to British costume dramas, aside from the Gugu Mbatha-Raw movie Belle and a few other exceptions. I also tried to watch The Crown while loopy on meds on a long haul flight to Japan so...

I loved Ellen Bethea and forgot she was on the show as I wasn’t regularly watching at this time. She just sparkled. But yikes this doesn’t seem like a particularly good era.

A good article on the economics of the reboot craze and how Fuller House really started the current trend: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/new-economics-tvs-reboot-craze-1086797 I want to be Sara Gilbert. She just seems to have a really good head on her shoulders.

I honestly thought this would be a three-day story, eclipsed by more Russian intrigue, but they’ve given this thing legs. Good for them.

Wow, Rubio is way out of his depth. He should have left public life after his Republican primary humiliation. There’s no way he could ever win a national election, and that’s the only reason why he’s still in the senate: to build a resume for an eventual presidential run. Idina Menzel should play Dana Loesch in the inevitable movie.

I’d never seen the night version of Access Hollywood, but I stumbled upon it tonight, and my oh my, the co-host is just stunning. His name is Scott Evans (like the former OLTL star and brother of Captain America). He reminds me a bit of Nate Parker but without the homophobia and the problematic past.

For those Rainer Werner Fassbinder fans:

Fergie’s sexy jazz version of our national anthem at tonight’s NBA all-star game is making the rounds.

Oh totally. In an ideal world where the networks don’t completely dictate what you write and order you to change direction mid-plot based on some whim. I’m sure Doug Marland had more leverage than, say, Chris Van Etten, given who he was, his track record, and the relative strength of soaps in his era. And I’m sure even Doug had to deal with significant meddling from time to time, especially in those later years. But I suspect the writers of yore were thinking more long term than the current-day scribes. Now it’s, “What can I do to give me a short-term bump around sweeps, ensuring ad rates stay high for a little while, and make this show last six more months to two more years? If I need to do something absolutely drastic that would cripple my show five years down the line, then so be it. I won’t even be writing this show by then, if the show even lasts that long...but hey, let me cash that paycheck and contribute a little bit to my 401(k).”

To be generous, I think most soap writers of the past were operating under the assumption that their soaps would still be there in 10 years. I don’t think the soap writers of today have such luxury.

Aaaand Federer improves to 7-0 against Dimitrov. Heavy sigh. None of these guys have the swagger Andy and Novak did when they were younger. Maybe Kyrgios, but that guy has no discipline.

The harmonies with Patty Loveless in this are just perfect.

I saw what happened to Goffin, but what happened to Grigor?

Love Lecy and Sarah next to each other.

Wow. Totally didn’t know that either. The Frons-era ABC black actors are literally taking over the world while Rebecca Budig is doing what again?

They are burying that up against the Olympics.

Ugh. Erika is SO unlikable. I just hate her and her always sour disposition.

Hot daddy Dutch speed skater Kjeld Nuis:

Bobsledder Sam Michener.

I think guys get it now, though. People don’t skip leg day as much as they did 10-20 years ago when you’d see big bulky torsos on chopsticks.

Thighs are very underrated body parts on men.

I have a feeling, between this and Tennys Sandgren, racism in American tennis will finally become a major conversation.