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Congrats to Hsieh and Mertens!

I was so happy to see Barty win the final. She must have wanted it so much as an Australian especially, and in honor of Goolagong's victory 50 years ago, and Plishkova was making it so close after the first set. But Barty has such a great all court game and it was so great to see her stay calm and come through in the end. Congrats to her! By the way the great Hsieh Su-Weh is playing in the women's doubles final and I am going to be sure to record that one - I think it's tomorrow after the men's final?* She is an amazing talent to watch. Good luck to Matteo! *Actually the women's doubles is on now, it looks like another tight match in progress!

That was a great semifinal match between Ash Barty and Angie Kerber. I hope Ash is able to win the title on Saturday. Her grass court game is so great to watch and her outfit as tribute to Evonne Goolagong is touching. As for the men, I'd be happy with Denis, Matteo, or "HuHu".

I've been a fan of Roger since 2004 but I'm not surprised he wasn't able to win today - I wasn't home to see it but I had thought he was possibly going to lose to Mannarino in the first round before Mannarino got hurt. He's played very little this year after all. And I had watched Hurkacz beating Lorenzo Musetti in the first round and saw how tough his serve was to return. Maybe his serve overwhelmed Roger? It's sad that Roger's gone out but he has 8 titles and hopefully he can look back on that with satisfaction. I hope Shapo will have a chance against Novak, who knows. Sorry for Felix but he did well to get there at his age. I did see a little of Leo Borg's match in the boy's event last night on ESPN plus. The camera work was terrible - hard to watch either player very well but hopefully he will do well enough that I can get another glimpse of him someday.

I want to see Roger's last Wimbledon (if it comes to that) as well. I really hope that he ends up playing the stylish young Lorenzo Musetti in the last 16. That would be some grass court matchup! Other than that, yes, I am not really excited. On the women's side it's very hard to predict I agree. It's nice that Ash Barty will be wearing as a tribute an outfit inspired by the one Evonne Goolagong wore at her first Wimbledon victory 50 years ago.

Thanks so much @LisaM, that was wonderful. and that trailer at the end!

I tend to think that Stephen's demo is pretty young and a lot of younger people aren't vaccinated yet. However I'm sure they will be conscientious about checking for status. I hope they will continue having those intimate segments between Evie and Stephen, it's been a lot of fun.

I just read the Dick Van Dyke interview in the Washington Post this week. It's so touching to see him so alive and active at 95. And the tributes from various co-workers were great to read. So glad that he is being honored. I had known that Van Dyke befriended Stan Laurel in his last years but didn't know that he was also friends with Buster Keaton. As a huge Buster fan it warms my heart.

The Roku channel seems to have a similar habit of really bad commercial breaks, I was watching Barney Miller on it and they'd break right in the middle of a scene. I should check Pluto again to see what they have.

I've been listening to "Conan O'Brien Needs a Fan" in which Conan wings it with random fans around the country and it's really a fun listen. One of the guests, a man with a dairy farming background from Ohio, suggested he have a show called "Conan Within Borders" and visit the country. Sounds like a fun idea.

I love that the subtitle is "This is Gus". It took me a minute to get the pun. Now I will have to renew Peacock I guess!

I thought this was by far the best episode of Season 7 although I did enjoy the season overall. It's true that we've been missing some of the semi-regulars - no Frodo again and only a cameo by Mrs. Marlowe at the end - however I was really glad they finally resolved the Tania story from Season One, which had always confused me. It was clear that she and her children were in witness protection and that Mike couldn't tell anyone about it, but I never was sure what their history was - I had actually wondered if she was his ex-wife and the kids were also his. It was very sad to watch her dying but hopefully Hughes will be able to see to it that no threat of harm will come to the children. The other case was at least unpredictable to me, I actually didn't guess the culprit until they revealed it right at the end (though I often don't anyway). I did worry about Tyron (I can't remember the episode when he first appeared) and his obsession with Sims, but he didn't seem to be more than a goof in the end. Sims and Chalmers did work well together. I hope there will be a Season 8 as well, hopefully post-Covid we will see more of the extra cast - I would love to have Jared return for an episode or two.

Interesting, I had no idea about this until now. I will end up watching it I'm sure just to see John Larroquette again. I wonder if Markie Post will be available?

I wish the academy would just swallow their pride and in the future ask TCM for permission to show their "in memoriam" montage instead every year.

I didn't realize there were more episodes of Brokenwood, thanks for the info @LisaM! Previous seasons were only 4 episodes I think? I'm glad there are a couple more (checking IMDB and seeing there is another after this one).

And what a speech he made! I didn't know I could love him more.

I was hoping for Nomadland winning for Cinematography myself. Fern in her solitude against those grand landscapes was something else.

Youn Yuh-jung was wonderful in Minari. Very happy to see that one.

I'm so happy to see Chloe Zhao win! I thought Nomadland was brilliant but wondered if the Academy would consider the subject too much of a downer. Glad to be wrong. And she seems like a lovely person as well.

Lt. Tragg is one of my favorite supporting TV characters. Perhaps as @Milburn Stone suggests, the writers moved quickly to make him more genial in his manner, the cast was said to have a great rapport off screen. Maybe it's because I am a big fan of Ray Collins also, but I just love his humor which probably did become more evident as the show went on. I always thought it was odd the way the show replaced him with Lt "Andy" Anderson (Wesley Lau) who delivered all his lines in such a deadpan Jack Webb manner.

I really liked this one as well. I watched it a second time tonight and caught all the details more completely. In the end I felt sorry for Devin, he really was suckered and almost paid a terrible price at the end. Great move by Kristen. I agree on poor Bernie. I honestly had thought the young teller might have been behind the murder though there was no real motivation for that so I guess it wouldn't have made sense. Also glad to see Frodo involved, however ineptly (though well meaning of course). And the hilariously awful Dennis Buchanan was back again. Though eventually he was a little more sensible this time. I wonder if some of the recurring cast were not available due to Covid? Although New Zealand was said to do an amazing job with containing the virus.

I just saw the third episode of Season 7 of Brokenwood Mysteries. I don't want to give too much away yet, but for those who are keeping score, of the usual semi-regulars, we've had Frodo, Mrs. Marlowe, Ray and Trudy (formerly at the pub, now at a pizza parlor), and the hilariously awful attorney Dennis Buchanan. The first episode wasn't a favorite of mine, much of that had to do with the murder which was pretty gruesome, but it had a couple of good subplots that were more entertaining. The second and third were both very good I thought.

I'm glad the show is back as well! I have to admit that the first episode was too gruesome for me when it came to the murder (I couldn't watch when they showed the flashback scene) though I did enjoy the subplot about the art fraud question. The second episode, The Witches of Brokenwood, was excellent however, I always like it when there are a lot of interesting characters and you can't really guess how it's going to end until they get there. I am sorry Breen is leaving, however, I agree that the new detective looks promising. I did think that Sims was looking interested in him, I wonder if there will be a romance there. It's always great when Frodo and Mrs. Marlowe make their appearances. I do miss Jared and his extended family (last seen in the ducks episode), I wonder if they will return. I wonder if you really can order an I Love Brokenwood hat?

Very sorry to hear about George Segal. I remember him very well also from Just Shoot Me and from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. As said above, I am also glad he was able to stay so active well into his later years. Rest in Peace Sir.

Speaking of the low resolution, I really wish they had made this show on film. You can watch an old show like Perry Mason and it looks so much better. Oh well.