Faulkner

You know who’s annoying? Patrick McEnroe.

I haven’t been watching the match (because work) but looks like Vika is dominating Sloane. EDIT: Sloane is making a comeback.

Oh I haven’t seen him in a while. Eddie from a couple seasons ago...

Not gonna lie. Eddie and David Beador would make a hot couple.

Yeah. Gotta hand it to Raonic. He pushed Delpo. Made him dig deep for the win.

Del Potro comes through!

Del Potro just gave me quite a scare going over that barrier. Miami fans are the WORST.

Yikes. Del Potro totally out of sorts, double-faults, and hands Raonic the first set.

Yeah, I saw. Heh. And Venus exits. She was classy in defeat as usual. She just didn’t have any answers for Collins today. I think those early matches in which she conceded early leads and had to dig out of holes didn’t help. Even if she had managed to escape, she wouldn’t have had enough in the tank for Ostapenko or Vika/Sloane.

Again, watching Venus like this can be frustrating as a fan. I wish she’d swallow her pride and ask David Witt to come down. It’s a tool at your disposal outside the Slams to win matches. Use it.

It’s not often that you see real tears on a sitcom, but Gilbert did it twice.

If Danielle Collins has a major breakthrough here, the American tennis media will push her HARD. Much more than they ever pushed Madison or Sloane... I’m gonna need Venus to handle business and put the upstart in her place. Venus is letting this girl get away with powderpuff second serves.

Roseanne adjusted up to a 5.2 in the final ratings. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-march-27-2018/ Interview with ABC head Channing Dungey about last night’s ratings and the possibility of a fall launch for the next season.

Tobias Menzies (Outlander, Game of Thrones, etc) is the new Prince Philip. http://deadline.com/2018/03/the-crown-tobias-menzies-prince-philip-matt-smith-netflix-1202354968/ He is an *incredible* actor. He and Olivia Colman together will be special.

Yeah, he’s only made it past the third round at one of the clay Masters twice. But who knows in this current field? You have folks like Krajinovic making deep runs in tournaments.

He has semifinal points from Rome, Cincinnati, and Paris from last year he has yet to defend, but I dunno.

Chung is giving this match away. But Isner’s rise says more about the vacuum that exists at the top of the ATP than it does about his play.

Sheesh. No bueno. Chung is gonna have to do a complete reset after that terrible first set against Isner. I haven’t seen him play that badly (uninjured) in a while.

Chung’s thighs, wow.

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.