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Oh! That was the epic Miami Storyline, complete with a 5-minute musical montage of Shane driving across the causeways of south Florida, heading to Victor's mansion where Victor was hosting Kimberly. A gorgeous location shoot. Kim was pretending to be romance Victor (to get the goods on Victor to help Shane find "The Purse The Power and The Pawn"). Victor knew she was lying. Shane was pretending to be some wealthy high-roller, although Victor knew he was ISA. Kim slept with Victor to keep him from killing Shane. Andrew Brady Donovan (Jeannie T's big brother) was born nine months later after a torturous pregnancy wherein Kim found evidence that her mother had given birth to Victor's child, presumed that she was that child, and believed that she had been impregnated by her birth father. That of course led to the revelation that Bo was actually the child in question, just as Bo was about to shoot Victor dead. Ah, the 80s. And yes, DOOL actually used Phil Collins song. And that's not Rotox romancing Savanah Wilder....it's bar-owner-turned-attorney Chris Kositchek. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWlEN-DiPcY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUUnEfLgSGE&index=86 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=050irijRKx4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQZ1IqlfLDw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1NtTq-RubE

I predict she is actually Sarah Horton. No, she isn't an adult playing name games a la Jeannie Theresa. Instead, "Serena" is the screenname/pseudonym/identity she uses as part of her internet dating profile. She won't live in Salem and her romance will be with someone who hasn't seen recent Horton family photos and is also somewhat embarrassed by internet trolling, er dating (ie Eric). Just a thought......

It will probably turn out that when they were considering adopting a baby during Round One, they also went to some fertility specialist who harvested seed to analyze sperm count in addition to testing Kritter's ability to carry a child to term. Of course, they'll tape "new flashbacks" and discuss it as if everyone in their lives all knew about it.

I was almost certain that Bonnie's impromptu 4+ hour midday trek from Sonoma County to Chico (believe me, I drive it, it takes forever) would reveal that Daddy Alvin was secretly paying a huge chunk of rent on that upscale murder house and that he had arranged for the AA Realtor to move them in at the lowball $900 rent. It was nice they didn't do that sitcom-y thing. Or maybe that will be the Big Reveal that happens once full family reconciliation appears imminent.

I doubt she can dethrone Julia Louis Dreyfus, but Tracee Ellis Ross has knocked it out of the park nearly every episode. Never watched her UPN/WB/CW/BET show, but have always been aware of her. I am still not much of a fan of Anthony Anderson's style/schtick, but she has been outstanding.

Perhaps because there was no elimination?

Because the in-show live-person infomercial paid for a week's worth of co-host salary.

There is a great TimeOut NY article (http://www.timeout.com/newyork/dance/right-on-cue)from 2008 in which Tony tells his story Tony's partner was the cue card person for Letterman at NBC. When Marty died, Dave hired Tony. Tony may be gone, but as the NYPost screed noted: Worldwide Pants is paying him and his insurance until the Dave leaves the Late Show in 2015.

It's going to be a "whole new View" at least through this season, maybe all the way until big-bash Season Twenty begins in a few years. It's silly, but it's marketing in the 2000s. Nearly every major city has a radio station that still calls itself "new" anywhere from 2-5 years after they re-branded.

News about the former Casa de Consuelos. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/26/kelly-ripa-penthouse-for-20-million/

Mrs Brolin refuses to be recorded unless she can display her "good side". All her interviews must have her facing to her right, showing her "good side". Fallon had two choices: rebuild his set or trade places.

Nicolle was showing her rough edges on that topic. She tossed out a controversial topic, but didn't do a good job in succinctly expanding on the topic. I think she has great potential and will grow into the role, but she clearly is out of her league with these three professional performers, each with decades of experience in front of live audiences. Each week will get better, but she is going to need to speak in short confident, complete thoughts, not rambling paragraphs. She is used to spouting "talking points" that are often crafted not to offend and tend to over-explain. I don't recall what day it was, but one day she got flustered and mumbled something about being with all "these celebrities" as the crosstalk returned to the stage. It seems like she really can't believe she's there.

Because they don't have to pay the 100 or so technical staff to help produce a live show on Friday. It's cheaper to piggyback a second taping earlier in the week. Michael and Kelly do it. HodaLee and KathieLee do it. Ellen pretapes everything and does multiple shows so she can sneak away with Portia for long weekends. I don't understand the obsession with :live: shows. Maybe it's because I have lived on the west coast for 20 years. We don't even get the :live: nightly news. No biggie. I love the Whoopi "look" with her dreads pulled back. It makes her downright gorgeous. I despise the "dreads flopping all over the face" just as I do anyone with bangs that cover their eyebrows/face.

In the hands of a skilled moderator, the pre-set time cues wouldn't come across as so awkward. This is a highly scripted, scheduled program, likely with every break cued to the second. That's not likely to change. A trained moderator (not an actress, not a comedienne) knows how to steer the conversation when there is 90 seconds left, then 60 seconds, then 30 seconds. You can't just blow out 5 minutes of paid sponsors. Plus, local stations have pre-set commercials/promotions already loaded into their computers. Sure, there is a degree of automation already in place. For over a month, my local CBS station launched one minute of local commercials exactly 22 minutes into the CBS Evening News, even though CBS had changed the time cue to Minute 24. The same is likely true for the hundreds of ABC affiliates, especially in markets where The View airs live. (The west coast feeds can always be tweeked.) It does seem that they have reduced the Hot Topic count a bit. The serious/airhead topic flip flop is a bit jarring. I suspect that the rationale is cover all their audience base. Especially in a TV landscape where folks click away when a topic lasts longer than 3 minutes.

They might have moved to the East Side. On Friday, Kelly mentioned that Lola had asked to go to some nail salon on "Second Avenue".

The former Casa de los Consuelos http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2005/12/08/is_kelly_ripa_the_new_donald_trump.php http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/01/09/kelly_ripa_lists_crosby_street_penthouse_for_245_million.php#50ede0c8f92ea1536b0406e0 http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/kelly-ripa-sells-crosby-st-home-article-1.1795235 http://www.inquisitr.com/1380654/ripas-nightmare-move-kelly-dishes-on-relocation-challenges-with-hubby-mark-consuelos/ New location remains a mystery.....Though they still have their place in "Long Island"

Rosie talks The View. A few highlights...she requested the studio move ("old studio had rats"), pretaped Hot Topic Overviews ("to set the facts"), no "flat earth" comments (ha). http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/rosie-odonnell-the-view-return-interview-1201301076/

<<Michael is: the star of Live with Kelly and Michael, NFL star, Hall of Fame, GMA star>> Every dollar counts. Not quite Colgate or Electrolux. http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7ry1/metamucil-meta-effect-featuring-michael-strahan

The View is airing the entire Final Week Of Barbara as a lead-out for Season 17, leading in to the all-new Season 18. Mo 9/8: David Letterman, Michael J. Fox, guest co-host Jane Fonda (R 5/12/14) Tu 9/9: Jimmy Kimmel, Goldie Hawn, Hugh & Deborah Jackman (R 5/13/14) We 9/10: Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet, Martin Short (R 5/14/14) Th 9/11: Meredith Vieira, Star Jones, Joy Behar, Debbie Matenopoulos, Lisa Ling, Rosie O'Donnell, Elisabeth Hasselbeck (R 5/15/14) Fr 9/12: Mayor Bill de Blasio, Hillary Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Cheri Oteri, Michael Douglas (R 5/16/14)

They are still taping this week, through Thursday 08-07-14. Next week are all pre-taped shows, likely with the intro "a special edition of The View". Then it's 4 weeks (weeks of the 18th, 25th, 1st, and 8th) until Season 18 starts on 09-15-14. That's been the taping pattern for almost a decade now. I wonder what their rerun selection will be. The post-Barbara shows have bordered on cringeworthy, so finding "best of" from that timeframe might be a challenge. Maybe we will get an amazing surprise and get a press release this week announcing that each of the 4 weeks will re-air shows from the entire 17 years of the show, including rebroadcasts of the first episode all the way through the Barbara Farewell Show.

Regis may have looked decent as co-host, but it was super-clear that he was out of practice for most of the show. KLG really carried the hour, even moreso than the last time he was co-host in 2012. Regis had a hard time keeping up the the rat-tat-tat ADHD squeeze-seven-segments-in-45 minutes approach that is Today. The highlight of the hour was the bird who perched atop KLG for most of the wildlife segment.