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They keep covering the same ground. Mark Grossman is solid but if this is what they brought Adam back for, it wasn’t worth it. They need to move them off the hamster wheel or consider taking some of them off canvas if they can’t find other things for them to do. It’s boring.

More of Nick:

Monfils just won his first title (a 250) in a few years. Meanwhile…

Choices were made re: fashions.

I’m glad I’m able to just watch the Lois stuff because RS rules, and she has a great rapport with the actors she’s working with. The rest of the show? Zzzzz. If anyone else were playing Lois? Zzzzz.

Wow. That’s super sad. An icon of resilience and reinvention in a tough industry.

My first experience with the great Piper Laurie (and I’m sure a lot of other Gen X/Xennials):

I’m almost feeling like there isn’t a place for Nick anymore. He’s been essentially drifting for the better part of 15 years. He’s never made sense at Newman. His bar and Dark Horse were massive failures. He hasn’t had a successful pairing since Phick 1.0 and the repairings with both GT and MS have all flopped. His kids have no place on the show except for Summer, whose relationship with her mom drives more story for her. He’s the dictionary definition of a character that’s coasted. Everyone just wants him back with Sharon. I personally think he’s taking up space and money on a show that could use more dynamism, especially in his age group.

Karen is so casually hilarious.

Looks like Vanessa Marcil is finally gonna do Maurice’s State of Mind:

I think I’m a bit off the Housewives train in general (has become a parody of a parody of a parody for me—I couldn’t even get into the revived Miami), but NuRHONY wasn’t hittin’ for me. I do like RHUGT for allowing the women to almost totally break the fourth wall and discuss themselves as “Housewives,” although Gizelle’s contrived fûckery last season ruined it. I’m also still drained and disillusioned from the last season of Vanderpump Rules, which was great but intense and ugly.

And not poly? Haha.

The gay viral hit of the fall. I’m sure most of you have seen this, but sharing it because it seems like it hit a nerve. @Taoboi @Gray Bunny @Soapsuds @AbcNbc247

Grigor

Agreed. That’s a huge event that might even grab some long lapsed viewers. I’m not a regular watcher and I’m certainly tuning in to see Lois.

Yeah, Burton’s face looks really harsh there. He didn’t look quite as rough on GH. The lighting on DAYS might not be as forgiving or his appearance changed in his brief time away from soaps. In any case, a woman would never get away with looking like that, of course. No matter how banging their body is.

Wow. Another shocker. Used to watch him all the time on Food Network. Was being treated for an allergic reaction and died from anaphylactic shock. I don’t know if I knew about his sexual harassment allegations. There have been so many cases.

You’re welcome. Someone posted the various streaming services that have his films. Benediction is on Hulu:

Unbelievably sad. What an underrated giant. His last feature-length film, “Benediction,” is a powerful gem that somehow got slept on.

Love seeing Rena back on GH. She was great during her original run and she’s an even better actress now (she has had to be to sell some of the mess she’s had on B&B over the years). Can’t wait to see Lois lay in on Tracy and whoever else gets in her way…

Dru would have a lot of explaining to do, and knowing JG, she would have some BS reason for her absence. But this show needs VR more than it needs logic. She’s one of the few performers who can sell bad material.

I’m curious about casting in smaller cities/regions (like Potomac and SLC). Granted, we’ve seen them struggle with casting huge cities like NYC, but the difficulty in a place that has a tinier group of potential women must make it really hard (unless they’re literally recruiting people to move to the area to be on the show, which wouldn’t seem that reasonable. Becoming a HW isn’t a sure thing). It’s also harder to recruit authentic people unless they’re batsh!t crazy (and not in a good or fun way). You have more and more people who’ve watched for years and are either playing the part of HW (badly), looking solely to self-promote and give as little as possible, or find themselves at sea trying to navigate the game of it all. There’s a lot of straining for effect from new housewives and very few people can pull that off.