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I also agree about the awful hair extensions. Katy's short hair is cute and refreshing. Because of the repetition of commentary on MSNBC, we only watched part of MJ in the morning and about half of Deadline WH later in the day on weekdays. Though that is more than enough time watching TV. Are they combining the Katie Phang and Jonathan Capehart shows on the weekend? I like them together but the show only ran one hour today. They could do 2 hours together, cover more topics and not be so serious all the time. Ali Velshi has started to irritate me with his short almost only one comment from each guest at times. Read an article about Claire McCaskill. She bakes so the desserts behind her are made by her.

It has been months since I've watched this show. Every once in awhile I check in here to see if I'm missing anything. Thanks to the updates I made the right decision. Lol. The only thing I'm probably missing is watching Hope stand up for herself. I would have enjoyed her pushing back. I also saw TN on the Liberty commercials. He comes across as more relaxed and actually looks like he's having fun with the commercial. I think he has potential as an actor.

I agree. The weather reporter needs to slow down. She talks too fast.

I was watching Morning Joe at that time, and I don't recall that Chris was that way. I seem to recall that he appeared occasionally in the control room like Alex. He had a cerebral hemorrhage in 2010. I recall Mika saying something about how much they used to fight about what to put on the show, and she felt terrible that he almost died. He left within a couple of years and went to CBS for a few years. I thought the show went downhill a little after he left. It took some time for them to get going again, and then the pandemic hit. Maybe someone else can remember the details. Seems to me he had a presence that was more in the background, but I was aware of his role.

I enjoy watching Li. She even went back into Sheila's hospital room after Sheila was saved by Finn to make sure Sheila was secure and the guard was actually guarding. Cannot watch another second of most of the other women in the current story lines. They are constantly portrayed in a so unlikable and unrealistic way.

UGH! I wear makeup occasionally, and did the minimum when I worked to look more professional. So while I am not against makeup, my opinion is to put it mildly not very high on the focus on it in our society. This week, I commented to my husband that while I appreciate most of the changes to the show, I was happy that there were no segments on makeup, fashion, or the latest deals for products you can order. So what is presented today? Something about a regular segment on airmail health and beauty. I may have missed the point as I was put off by the topic. Joe mentioned there are many famous people who make a lot of money selling these products. A short while later they were back to Alex Murdaugh. Sigh! Turned off the show at that point though it was almost over.

We used to watch CNN. After too many unnecessary morning host and program format changes, we switched to MJ. I am getting a little tired of the know your value push. It seems more like an elitist way to gain attention. Where is the focus on regular people? Maybe it is there and I am not paying enough attention.

I caught the last half of Joe's special. I agree he did a good job. Maybe it should have been a 2-hour show because the interviews were too short and controlled. The guests were interesting, and I wanted to hear more from them.

Great comments by everyone here. I watched this week. Hate the B- S story line, but so nice to have new dialogue, and more of the cast on the screen. My main complaints are still about the poor writing. Steffy's reactions and support of Hope were refreshing. During the last fashion show, she was pretty nasty to Hope and kept saying (not exact words) this better be successful or else! The writing is all over the place. I can't help but wonder if consistency has no meaning to the writers. Characters don't need to be completely predictable and can be flawed, but I would prefer better stories over extreme personality changes.

Except for a few minutes here and there, I haven't watched the show much lately. It wasn't something I thought about. Watching the show had become a habit. It was nice to see Taylor and Brooke stand up to Ridge recently. I often enjoy Liam's and Wyatt's scenes as brothers. I admit I had expectations of the show improving. It didn't. RuntheTable said it well.

In my initial viewing of the episode, I thought Brooke and Taylor were over the top. I've changed my mind. I can see how two women in this situation were feeling relieved and giddy about what they had done and should have done years ago. Yes, I watched the episode a second time. The actresses were probably happy to finally have new dialogue. They have great chemistry. The last couple of episodes are the first where I can see that Krista can be a good actress, and understand why they hired her. We don't have a window into the direction the show's going. I will treat this as a Christmas gift. The writers have been in a rut. Can they get past it and come up with some new ideas, that don't completely change the characterization of their characters like they are doing with Bill! I agree with CountryGirl because I want to see more shows like this and less fighting over a worthless idiot. Somehow this show fell in a hole by focusing almost exclusively on TODs.

Most times, I barely watch this show. I may actually watch this episode again. It's past time for Brooke and Taylor to stand up for themselves. I just hope the writers don't mess this up going forward. I could have done without Steffy, Finn, Hope and Liam but I guess their conversation served the purpose. I would have loved for them to have opened the door to see their Mom's high-fiving. Looking at Ridge smirking makes you wonder if he believes their decision won't last.

Really liked this part of CRASHCOURSE's post. I couldn't think of the right words for why I was disgusted with the start of Brooke's and Taylor's conversation. Saying Brooke had a lot of nerve to give Taylor a dressing down was perfect. The rest of the conversation when they actually listened to each other was fine. If TK is on sabbatical. I can't help but speculate if Ridge will return married to someone else. Seems like an idea the lack-of-vision writers would come up with.

Most of the show today was an improvement over the norm. It was a wonder that Hope finally told Liam about Thomas trying to kiss her. While I'm neutral towards Brooke and Taylor, perhaps because I don't have a consistent history with either one, the one off putting scene was when Brooke first confronted Taylor. I could understand Brooke being upset that Taylor didn't tell the truth right away, but she should have been more angry at Ridge and not Taylor. As someone said in a post above, Ridge got off easy. It was also good when they actually talked and Taylor said she ran away from Ridge at first but he followed her and said his feelings had nothing to do with Brooke. Does the show have new writers? The last couple of months there's been more truth-telling more quickly than in the last several years. I first noticed it when Donna had to tell Brooke something. She said it right away instead of the audience having to wait through several commercials while she was getting interrupted a few times. The cast is small, but I hope the writers can come up with some new ideas for interesting story lines without the constant breakups.

Finally, Brooke told Ridge to stop with the back and forth. I wish she had been more angry and disgusted with him. Instead, I expect she'll take her anger out on Taylor for not telling Ridge the truth. There is a lot of bad history between the women, and the writers are going down the age old path once again of blaming the other woman. Brooke and Taylor are both at fault, but I bet they will still pine over that loser Ridge hoping he will pick one of them.