TheGreenKnight

Looking forward to Halliwell.

Not in reference to anyone specifically, but I've had the sense the last couple of years that someone or other from the show may be posting here as well as other places in an attempt to "steer" the conversation online... Wouldn't be surprised at Alyssa or Brian at all considering the way they obsess over the other ladies on the show these days to almost the same level as Geddie-Bitsy.* Meghan McCain wouldn't surprise me either because I remember how she obsessed over online feedback to the show and she was crazy as hell and still obsesses overthis show. I couldn't help noticing some of those Primetimer articles a few years ago that seemed like they always fixated on Ana and Joy read just like McCant could've written them. Just the manner in which they were written to be as deliberately misleading and hidtrionic as possible reminded me of her diatribes. * Speaking of Brian, I recall listening to one of Joy's appearances on the podcast that had an interesting aside about the discourse around the show. I remember posting something or other here once about how the show would be dumb to take feedback on how to improve the show from people who are clearly just watching to terrorize the co-hosts with hate-filled commentary, sort of the same way those disturbing ads were aired during the show last Fall simply to antagonize viewers of the show. Joy brought that same point up on the podcast and Brian tried to pretend that feedback from "haters" is equivalent to feedback from fans simply because they're watching the show, too... TBH, I'd say the only reason the show got back to #1 like they have the past few years is because they listened to the people who respond to the show without some kind of ulterior motive. Hiring Sunny and Ana because they were the most popular people with the viewers when they auditioned, for example, getting rid of McCain, axing the fluff that Jenny McCarthy and Raven were a part of and returning to a better mix of serious and light-hearted topics instead, etc. The hateful commentary can be useful sometimes--like a thermometer on how much impact the show's having (sparks and all that), I suppose--but it doesn't make sense to decide the direction of a show based off of feedback from people who would like it to be canceled, LOL.

I feel like John Foster is this season's winner. If not, I'll be very surprised.

I'm not a huge fan of Crockett or anything, but I agree with you, I'm glad the show didn't go down that direction. Especially since her comments didn't come across like they were focused on attacking him for being disabled or something so much as attacking him for being an awful human being who just happens to be disabled. Same. His every guest appearance on this show has been hilarious for as far back as I can remember.

Ever since the show introduced Tommy, I felt like they were genuinely moving towards Buck and Eddie as the endgame since it made sense to have a one-off character to be Buck's first in that way before they segued into a serious relationship.* But I had started to wonder if I was off about that until this episode. Having Tommy intuit not just that Buck has feelings for Eddie, but that Eddie may also have them for Buck confirmed it for me. I don't follow spoilers for this show to know if Eddie's actor is done with the show or something, hopefully this is just a temporary break, but what I expect is Eddie and Christopher to return with their relationship mended and then Buck and Eddie's relationship as the next story for both characters. Hope so anyway. :P * I wouldn't be surprised if the writers have Eddie experience a relationship of his own offscreen that is revealed after he returns.

Ana was on fire on Monday. I loved hearing someone challenge Sara for a change, since the others seem to kowtow to her so often. Ana was right that Democrats ultimately care too much to actually inflict the kind of harm that matching fire with fire on something like a shutdown would cause, no matter how angry they are. I've never been a big fan of Schumer, would rather someone else in charge-- Pelosi was the one I liked and saw as a true leader--but I do understand where he's coming from on this at least. Today, again with Alyssa trying to "correct" the others. Joy barely got done before Alyssa's saying, "That's not true," and then she had to reverse because there was nothing untrue about what Joy had said. Just laughable to have the biggest liar at the table always trying to police the others on what they say.

You know, outspoken woman who's liberal and gay. Then throw her being from New York on top of it all. All the same reasons that made me love her, personally, lol. ❤️

I don't think "most" would be the case. I couldn't care less where anyone lives, tbh, but I think she's still fairly popular. Of course, a minority do hate her vehemently, and for all the obvious reasons

I'm not even sure what you're saying, just arguing for the sake of it, I guess? You have a habit of quoting and arguing with my posts in the Idol forum, I've noticed. I think the last time, you were capslock-explaining to me how Carrie Underwood would never be a judge because she had no interest a page or two back.

I like both Carrie and Katy. I expected Carrie would do fine just going by how great she was hosting the CMAs with Brad Paisley all those years. I'm not crazy about the audition episodes, but I watched this one since Carrie just started. Liked the first three contestants.

Every season since, I don't know, season 7 or 8 has had the new worst rating, but they have better ratings than The Voice. I expect Dancing With the Stars, The Voice, and The Masked Singer will all leave television before Idol finally goes. Anyway, Katy left because of her album. If it was about money, I don't think she'd have made those comments about leaving the seat warm.

Joy's joke about Boebert being "willing to reach across the aisle" was hilarious.

Me, too. I think Carrie may only be interested in being involved for a season or two, so I expect Katy to return.

I watched the show last night and still don't recall what divisive thing Whoopi supposedly said that was referred to. I recall Whoopi having some mistep with her words at one point during the opening, but don't remember her saying anything "divisive" or even talking about the country being divided at all for that matter...? Anyway, I don't think a person silencing themselves or people attempting to silence others is ever the solution to division. Pumping less hatred and hate-filled rhetoric out into the world is the only answer. On another note, their economy discussion highlighted how absurd Alyssa is. She continually attempts to appear as if she's "correcting" Joy and Sunny--only to find both her attempted corrections were baseless when confronted on what they actually said--whenever a point inconvenient for "her side" is made. Like pretending Trump's deficit in his first term wasn't already skyhigh before the pandemic even began. That behavior is especially hilarious considering all through the last year, Alyssa essentially criticized the others FOR stating facts and stats where it concerned the economy and diverted every single conversation into why feelings are more important than facts. She was a major proponent of disinformation on this show where the economy was concerned. The real truth is she doesn't want facts or correct information--she just wants to spin.

I thought Whoopi had said she used Mounjaro already? So she's not being secretive about how she lost weight. I noticed a while back how small she was when she wore a blazer one day