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I'm no expert on any of this. Originally, the Neilsens measured about 1600 homes. Now there are other ratings services, plus data gathered from streaming services & such as that. From the chart, I would say that the first broadcast of a show is what is primarily tabulated. So, the Tue info is published the next day, Wed. BUT, to ensure all the various viewing methods are included, the final data are published in an update later in the week. That is why I always wait until Fri to post: I wait for the Tue shows' updated info. @SunnyBeBe has been interested in how ratings are collected. Maybe she has a more knowledgeable answer to your Q.

I take any opp to show Twit hating cake.

There was a moment, between either S-2 & S-3 or S-3 & S-4, when I am convinced there was a possibility that MBFFL would be cancelled. Maybe it was a contract dispute -- I don't know. But every time a fan asked the Q, "when does the new season start?" Twit had a funny look on her face & replied, "I don't know," not "soon!" So, I suspect we will get a sense of the status of MBFFL during its hiatus.

Good one, @Irate Panda! No, GREAT one -- I hope the PMG scriptwriter is taking notes. Actually, I doubt there will be a "final" show in terms of the way many shows end. I think there will just be a pink slip given to PMG from TLC telling them MBFFL is cancelled. I think Twit is in for a big fall. No more personal attendant massaging her feet & hooking her bra. No more slobbering over her by Ryan & Chase who are going to be in the wind immediately, moving away even faster than the former barnacles. No more BGDC, NoBSactive or -dance bc she can't sustain any on her own. No more leisurely afternoons spent at the gym. (It'll be hard for her to convince her McD's mgr that she needs the time off.) Ditto for all those naps. In short she is going to be devastated when she has to go back to being a workaday, normal human being.

I just report the facts, ma'am, I don''t interpret them. But if you want to double MBFFL's results, you'd have to double all results, wouldn't you? And you'd end up back at the same place. For some reason you have been disputing these ratings posts of mine since last year. As I told you then, I don't make them up. I get them from showbizdaily.com, the website address I gave you last year. I have no doubt you now go to that website weekly, as I do. Would you like to take over reporting the data to the forum? Or would you simply prefer not to see these data reported if they are not supportive of MBFFL?

I don't get it.

But if you hadn't bought it, we'd have missed out on Twit's background that you've been able to provide. I hear ya about hoping no one saw you purchase it. I could get a copy to read thru my library's participation in an interlibrary service, but my local librarian is a good friend of mine & I wouldn't want her to know I was reading it.

It was marked down from a dime, so you paid a nickel.

Yeah, @Tosia, I find Twit's prissy way of speaking particularly annoying in her THs. And speaking of bad acting: the best example in this episode was when she pretended to be dismayed as she came thru the doorway for the fitness competition. Talk about over acting.

All of the above.

Ryan is always a jerk. I can't stand him. So far, Twit herself has not driven me away from watching MBFFL. Ryan may.

It used to be Lennie, but I don't know now, esp. since she is in Charlotte. Maybe she boards them.

Aaaannnnd -- the tongue is back! 😝 She sure has spent a lot of days on vacay recently -- Paris, Zurich, LA, now northern Calif & across the country from there. How does she maintain her NoBSactive biz on that schedule? It couldn't be that she really has never contributed anyway, can it?

I tried to go to the Pike, UNCC, page & it turns out that that chapter has been thrown off campus for being bad boys. Here's a comment: "These guys went from top dogs to the bottom of the barrel after their actions towards their pledges. Peeing on naked pledges in the woods while they were naked is absolutely disgraceful. Hopefully they learn better when they come back after a certain amount of years." Maybe this explains the naked photo of Ryan & Chase! Jeez! I've become as obsessive about Ryan = Pike? as Twit was in hunting down Avi's other GFs.

More aboit Chase's early days Chase Severino Is from North Carolina Born on June 7, 1990, Chase Severino calls Huntington, West Virginia his hometown. But he and his younger sister, Kylie, were raised in North Carolina. He also goes by Casey Severino among family. Chase’s parents, Harry and Dorian Severino, are based in Clayton, North Carolina. Harry Severino, a former baseball player, graduated from Marshall University in West Virginia. Harry’s father, Harry Simmons, passed away in 2014. Harry Severino is a sales consultant for multiple car dealerships. It appears he and his family later relocated to Clayton. Chase attended Carroll Middle School in North Carolina, where he also played sports.

You imply you, or someone you are close to, know Ryan personally. If so, ask him if he was in a frat at UNC.

Per their IG pages, Buddy & Twit are apparently traveling by car across the country from SoCal & occasionally stopping at tourist sites such as Yosemite. Their mutual fans don't seem to have tumbled to the fact that this is a strange thing for a newly engaged woman to be doing. That is IF she is really engaged & not "reality" engaged. And isn't it interesting that celeb rags are already calling Chase a "reality star." Just what he intended, I suspect.

i This seemed like a good idea, so I Googled Ryan & Chase. Below is info I got from a couple of on-line celebrity rags. Whitney, who runs a line of activewear with size inclusivity called NoBS Active, met her handsome, long-haired fiancé through her NoBS business partner, Ryan Andreas. Chase and Ryan attended college together at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he received a B.S. degree in Accounting and Finance, according to Distractify. In addition to his new “reality star” and “fiancé” status, Chase worked as a revenue field auditor at the North Carolina Department of Revenue from 2014 to 2016, Distractify reports. It’s unclear at this time what he does for a living today. (BTW, I read the Distractify article & it offered nothing new from the above.) Another mag: Given Chase Severino’s age, you might think that the star would be interested in clubbing. On the contrary, he enjoys chilled nights or days at a local club joint. He told Whitney that he loves breweries Since there is a brewery in town that only brews cider they both agreed to go and try out the Cider brewery. And [H]e worked as a revenue field auditor for two years at the North Carolina Department of Revenue. Additionally, Chase became the Director of Beverage Operations in Wilmington. In 2019, he said that he got a new job as the manager for Amplify bar. And Chase has a younger sister Kylie, and they were raised in North Carolina before moving to Clayton. Chase Severino’s mother is Dorian Severino and his father, Harry Severino, unfortunately, passed away in 2014. Harry Severino was a baseball player who had graduated from Marshall University in West Virginia and later became a sales consultant for some car dealerships. So, lots of good info, incl an explanation as to why a WVA boy went to college in NC, something I have been wondering about. But, dammmit! 😠 I still don't know if Ryan is also a Pike.

Ratings for this episode 42nd of Top 50 Tue cable shows (IIRC, this is the worst placement in the 2 years I've been reporting these data) 0.22 share 889,000 viewers

And at least one other woman conned by Avi posted photos of him on her SM pages.

@Irate Panda said, "I also read [Ryan], Chase and the Other Thanksgiving guy all went to the same school, so they’ve been friends for about 10 years." I continue to be confused by that TG video-feed. Cam (other guy) seemed to be the cook, so I now assume it was his residence. Prominent on the living room wall was a huge Ohio State banner. I used to think the home -- and therefore, banner -- belonged to Ryan bc he spent Xmas with his family in Ohio. So, I assumed he went to that school, but someone said he was a UNC grad Anyone know for sure what college Ryan attended? And did he meet Chase there?

Jeez, it was probably 40 degrees in Yosemite at sunset today. And she can't throw on a shirt over her bra?

Random thoughts 📌 Here's exactly what Will Powell said when he opened up the competition: "Thank you for supporting me going to the Crossfit Games. This is a fundraiser." Well, no, it's not. Using the term fundraiser is not appropriate if the "charity" you're raising money for is YOURSELF. 📌 How ironic that MBFFL is product-placement promoting Dish Network when that company dropped TLC from its basic package last year ! 📌 "Crush-worthy?" A nod to Seinfeld's Elaine designating her dates as "sponge-worthy"? 📌 Ryan: "I will not be replaced." No kidding; he's still getting more air-time than any other barnacle including Chase. There was absolutely NO reason for him to turn up at Will's competition. (I dislike this guy more & more.) 📌 It's sad that Ashley has regained all that weight she lost -- maybe more -- before she got pregnant. 📌 I cannot imagine any woman other than Twit saying that she & her BF "feeding each other" is "a good sign." 📌 Regarding the competition, Twit sez, "I should have been training, like, for months." When hasn't she said that about all her "competitions"? Shouldn't she have learned that lesson by now? 📌 And why would Jessica choose a super morbidly obese woman as her partner in a fitness competition? 📌 Buddy sez he needs to "trust the process" in getting to feeling comfortable on-stage. "I'm funny," he sez. "I can make people laugh." (Only some of Twit's barnacles, Buddy. The rest of us can't even understand your mumbling, much less find it funny.) 📌 Does anyone else think Chase stole his housewarming gifts from the saloon he manages? 📌 Someone upthread said she fast-forwarded thru all Twit's gym visits. I wish I had taken that as a suggestion. Who needs to watch a huffing, puffing, sweaty, morbidly obese woman perform various exercises badly?

I did not notice the chart -- good catch! (And she calls Buddy a hoarder.) BTW, I think the con man was named Avi.

Note the caption. Buddy is obviously trolling Whit's fans. And, @Irate Panda, we often see Twit drinking from or holding a glass, so I don't think it's any mystery that she takes a drink once in a while. Mainly wine, if you look at her SM photos.