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Yeah. I was sort of concerned when I saw her play Serena at the Tiebreak Tens. You’d think she’d take a bit more time to get a bit fitter before returning. We always talk about Taylor Townsend and whether she’d have more success on tour if she were a bit sleeker. It’s hard to dance around stuff like that, especially with the gendered lens through which we look at someone’s body. Wow at Danielle Collins taking out Madison Keys. The young American women are bringing it early on.

Leven Rambin (Lily/Ava, AMC) has joined the cast of Netflix’s Mötley Crüe biopic The Dirt: http://variety.com/2018/film/news/levan-rambin-sherice-neal-motley-crue-pic-the-dirt-1202723003/

For me, personally, as someone repulsed and disgusted by Trump, I’m sick of hearing about him. I have fortunately kicked a longtime cable news addiction because the networks no longer cover news that isn’t connected to Trump and his latest distraction. I don’t want to see it in the pop culture I consume either, even if it’s part of “The Resistance.” Especially if it’s done as poorly as W&G did it in the premiere. I do think the show has suffered creatively this season. There was really nothing to sustain the early momentum. The odd scheduling didn’t help.

Yeah, having the premiere so focused on Trump was ill-advised IMO. The episode with Will and Jack feeling old and out of place at the gay bar was much funnier, but I understand that they wanted an episode with the four of them together.

I wonder how much of a platform The Talk will provide for Roseanne given that it’s on a different network. Granted, talk shows promote series on competing networks all the time, but it will be interesting to watch. I’m sure Sara Gilbert won’t miss doing The View. Darlene was something of a dour wisecracker if I remember. SG comes across as somewhat cerebral and dry on The Talk (not that it’s a bad thing - I think she really tells it like it is while seeing both sides of an issue).

And apparently they all took steep pay cuts to do the show. Hey, it’s not like they were setting Hollywood on fire. But I thought the show might settle in the mid-1s in the demo, but it’s poised to go fractional. I know The Good Place had a lot of buzz this season, but for a show like that to settle at a number better than old-school comfort food like W&G sort of surprises me.

I hate Konta’s game, hate her ‘tude, hate her everything.

Frances Tiafoe is currently getting his butt kicked by Ernesto Escobedo. AND... this never gets old... but it’s appropriate for today:

This show has dropped TWO full points in the demo since its season premiere and is now getting the same ratings as Superstore (a 1.0). Scandal is now outrating it in the time slot. Way not to capitalize on buzz and renewed interest through wonky scheduling, NBC.

Mark Teschner certainly has an eye for good-looking guys.

Classic Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis:

I think Meghan’s just around for her last name and for morbid reasons surrounding her dad’s terminal illness. But I digress...

I would take Aviva Drescher, Kelly Bensimon, Brandi Glanville, Kim Richards at her most desperate and vicious, Jill Zarin, or Kim Zolciak over Ms. Erika Jayne and her frozen sourpuss any day of the week. Hell, give me the Salahi woman from DC.

She ruins BH for me. Just a toxic, hostile, thoroughly unlikable presence.

Why this obnoxious woman has fans I’ll never know.

Sade is BACK!

Didn’t know whether to post in the KC/SJP thread or here, but here ya go.

Ha. He’s a good host and an appealing personality but... yeah... random. The line about him being the polar opposite of Wendy and thus not a threat is funny. I can’t picture him sipping tea and dishing on celebrities. Someone like Bevy Smith, sure.

I love him. This is my favorite of his solo work:

It’s a huge factor, and I suspect Black Panther will be nominated for BP and possibly other major categories next year for this very reason. However, I do think this audience erosion is largely irreversible and once live events and sports begin to collapse, it’s curtains for broadcast.

I’m assuming the bigger winners (Shape, Tonya, Billboards) will take a theatrical victory lap before hitting streaming but I’ll check them out once they do. Last night’s telecast was watched by 26.5 million, the least-watched by a wide margin. I just wonder how many will tune in 10 years from now.

I prefer Madonna’s version surprisingly, but this is good.

I was wondering where I saw her before. Attractive couple.

Totally. Leslie hosting the BET Awards last year was painful to watch. So much mugging. I saw that as someone who found Robin Williams intolerably manic even as I recognized his talent (and his impressions were often spot-on). But it’s hard out there for black comedians.