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Four months? Okay, better than nothing. And maybe CBS is the best option for now, since NBC is okay with using The Terminator on their celebrity show.

Just read a headline saying that Secretary of State is down to Mitt and Rudy. Some choice: disingenuous or just plain scary? I do have a pick-me-up: the latest issue of Ms. Marvel is election-based and very positive. I don't know if G. Woodrow Wilson would have been as optimistic had she wrote the story a few weeks ago, but it's a nice one-shot. And check out Kamala Khan. When I heard that Marvel was creating a Pakistani-American Muslim girl and giving her Carol Danvers' old superhero identity, I figured that the series wouldn't last, she'd appear in a New Warriors relaunch, then fade into obscurity. I am happy that I was wrong about her. That girl is everywhere. I've read her stories from trade paperbacks via the library, I'm reading her in Champions, and she's going to be in an Inhumans-based comic coming out next year. I wouldn't consider myself Marvel-inclined, but it's like a factory for plucky heroines. ETA: I got good news . . . CBS remembered that The Amazing Race is on the shelf, and they've slated it for an April launch. The odds of an epic thirtieth season are still shaky, but I'm trying to feel optimistic. And isn't that the point of this thread?

I recommend trying to find episodes of Too Cute and Dogs 101 for baby animal goodness. You can locate clips on YouTube. For instance, here are Coton de Tulears dealing with Pipsqueak, the psycho baby goat.

We get to meet the Rolling Pirates, with the original Lola and Risky Brothers. And then . . . they shove a hundred shadows into Luffy. I know that I have a tendency to "go there," but seeing Luffy deal with so much getting pushed into his body . . . can you blame me? Really?!? I will say that Nightmare Luffy is going to look so badass, even moreso than Afro Luffy. Moria is so annoying. It's like Eiichiro Oda decided to take the worst parts of Choji and Shikamaru from Naruto to create this pudgy asshole with great power and greater laziness. ETA: Nice of Perona to have clothes laying around for Nami to change into. Fighting Oars in a wedding dress would've been a problem. Look at Robin . . . it's like she knew that the crew was going to get sucked into a gothic adventure beforehand.

And we're getting three new shows for an hour's block on Friday: Mr. Neighbor's House, The Hindenburg Explodes! and The Mark Lembeck Technique. No clue what's going on down in Georgia, but I'll be watching.

Damn. When will Anderson Cooper call ABC? "Look, you want to bring back The Mole? I'll do it. I know you didn't like Ahmad Rashad and the other guy. I'll do that and a weekly stint on Good Morning America. Please rescue me."

I know, right? What about a Christmas episode where the team tries to save Santa from the Watchdogs because they think he's an Inhuman? And then he gives Phil new Captain America cards to replace the ones that got bloodied when Loki skewered him. Anybody else half-expecting Ward to be in the cocoon? That guy is the baddest of bad pennies. "I'm alive! And I'm gonna kill everybody because unresolved family issues!!" Yeah, Aida seems quaint now that Westworld is a huge deal. At least she isn't making like Maeve and trying to play god.

My ideal civil disobedience would be to hang the president-elect's portrait upside-down. Why burn the flag? Rick Monday might come out of nowhere to grab it and tackle you. Still sore about the impending end of The Amazing Race because I remember how YKW hated how it constantly beat The Apprentice at the Emmys. Now he's going to be President, Celebrity Apprentice is going to continue with his Austrian counterpart, and a good show is going to go off the air. Doesn't seem fair. John McCain was today's Moment of Zen on The Daily Show. I reckon he feels that he might not live through that presidency. Also, nominating Sarah Palin as a running mate almost doesn't seem that bad. Almost.

"What's wrong with 'Skirt'? Sara wears pants. Amaya wears pants. Kendra wore pants. It just seems impractical. Yeah, I know what that word means. Shut up."

Holy crap. Can we get the MIT ninjas on the pro circuit? Perfect record . . . did anybody from the first season pull that off?

That's more like it. Sure, we're drowning in subplots from the other shows, and I'm grateful J'onn and James stayed behind. Oh, and Huckster becoming Wally's mentor? Brought to you by Bad Idea Jeans. Anybody else wanna compare the Dominators to the Cth . . . Char . . . the aliens from The Avengers? At least they had Loki. At least they seem to recognize that Sara is the alpha. I like Barry, but I'm okay with the heroes (and Mick) taking turns smacking him, with Cisco wearing elaborate disguises to get multiple hits. It's the only way he'll learn. At least Oliver was sympathetic for five minutes. He would bend time as well to bring back his folks. Tomorrow: Dominators versus the Team Arrow newbies. Well, the crossover was fun while it lasted.

In light on the dire news that we might get just one more season, I have to ask: can't Bert & Elise bring their show to another network? I haven't been a huge fan of NBC, but they do good work with The Voice, America's Got Talent and American Ninja Warrior. And they haven't tried to resurrect Last Comic Standing recently, so that can be considered another plus. Not like NBC would want Phil replaced by JB Smoove or Anthony Jeselnik.

And yeah, I'd like one more blowout. Send the show off on a high note, and give new fans a taste of it's old glory. I'm not saying we'd need Racers and cake. I would get clown noses if Jon & Al can't make it.

She's like the frat aliens from Aqua Teen Hunger Force. "My dad owns a dealership!!" I signed another Change.org petition, this time for auditing the election. Once again: this is very straw-graspy, but WTF else can I do?

Holy crap. They did it. They actually did it. Is there a clause where he can opt out after a year or two? Because nothing says "Mets" like that.

My uncle sent my mother this . . . I think I've seen it before, but it's too damn cute not to share. And here are two more videos from folks I like . . . Honest Trailers covers The Secret Life Of Pets (warning: the Epic Voice Guy really doesn't like Minions) . . . . . . and here's the latest Epic Rap Battle Of History . . .

Here's hoping. I'm willing to give money for a final get-together in New York if needed. Send the show out with a bang.

No links, two reactions. 1. "Horror-Clown" fits so well, especially with the scary clown sightings prior to the election. I'm all for coming up with new nicknames (shit, I conjured up "Orange Skull" today), but the thought of Pennywise checking his closet and under the bed to make sure he wasn't there? That has to make you smile. 2. Poor Jared. Forever doomed to be overshadowed by "the other man" with Ivanka. BTW, how messed up is it that "fake news" is being called as one of the swing factors, when most of us watched The Daily Show for a long time? ETA: Not directly related to You-Know-Who, but what the hell: 2016 gets a stuffed toy.

I'd ship Barry & Kara. They're so dorky alone, and they would be unbelievably adorkable together. If Barrlicity is off the table for now, I can get behind Karry. Barra?

Before we get Gal Gadot, here's Lilly Singh on Epic Rap Battles of History.

"Mom, I'm gay." "Alex? Honey? Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhh." Okay, it's not in keeping with this show's tone, but that would've been hysterical.

I should've watched this "live" and Supergirl on DVR. I need to start my Monday with batshit insanity, and a crossover shouldn't have gotten in the way. Geez, Jim. If you're gonna shoot Super Psycho Mario, could you make sure the murder weapon doesn't wash away? Even if Mario flunks tests, Leslie is not gonna be happy with Jim. Maybe she can team with Barbara and Valerie to form a League Of Bitter Exes? And now, a moment of silence for TV's greatest short-lived bromance. On the bright side, Ed throwing in with Babs, Butch and Stumpy should make the rest of the season interesting as hell. I will have to rewatch this again to get the Owls plot.

This was a prelude. It was nice, with Lena turning against her mother, Mon and J'onn getting "cured," and some sweet Maglex action. But this was a "zero issue" to a three-issue miniseries. Once again . . . I'm okay with the real Henshaw being a Big Bad, I'm good with the upgrades, but "Cyborg Superman" cannot be a thing. It just can't. And no movement on James as Guardian. Probably for the best. I bet he'd mesh well with the Team Arrow newbies. ETA: Was anybody else expecting the big threat to come from Earth-Supegirl, since it's teeming with aliens? Or am I bring racist?

Good news: There will be a marathon on Sunday. Bad news: It's RW2, so we'll have David, Young Beth, and the other major irritants of 1993. Sure, the season is "classic," but I'm still hoping for something really good and more recent. ETA: I liked MTV's contest in 2000, where the winner would get to the final stage of the casting process, as opposed to filling a slot immediately. Lori didn't turn out as memorable as Coral or Mike, but at least BMP had sense back then.

The Amazing Race might be ending soon. While I admit that I am very "Chicken Little" about this show, I think the events from three weeks ago might have been the death knell. I'm not blaming him for every little thing going wrong, but I'm guessing that CBS will stick to Survivor, Big Brother, and whatever subpar crap they decide to dredge up. Somebody on Facebook suggested we do the election over again. I added that YKW and Hillary be thrown into prison to appease both sides, and we start fresh with the runners-up: Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz. Even though Bernie is a socialist, an atheist, and might not finish a term . . . come on, at least he's not a total friggin' weasel.