BlueSky shoutout on Abbot Elementary!

And yes, as @caseym.org noted, and I meant to mention-- the combination of ABC stations being off of the third-biggest cable company (YouTube TV) + folks watching election returns in some big cities almost surely helped end the streak.

More amazingly, the third rerun of 2022's STEP INTO THE MOVIES, featuring the two hosts of DWTS, averaged 2.6M viewers Tuesday at 10 p.m.-- doubling what NBC's NBA game did on the network in the hour (1.25M) and nearly tying CBS's NCIS: G'DAY (3M.) The ABC special was also No. 1 at 10 in A18-49

The amazing DANCING WITH THE STARS growth streak finally came to an end Tuesday. Per Nielsen's, this week's ep averaged 6.33M viewers, down just a tick from last week (6.74) but still bigger than any episode last season.

MADAME BLANC MYSTERIES' feature-length Christmas special will air in two parts on Acorn, December 15 and 22. Invited to a Christmas Eve soiree where Sally Lindsay's "Jean" and her team are asked to authenticate a rare box, only to find a ticking bomb inside.

I didn’t think anyone would get this because none of our four 1986 players couldn’t guess it even with all five clues, but…if you’re up on your 70s fads like @mikebirm.bsky.social and @nationalsliker.bsky.social, you might realize this isn’t about a team or city, but rather….

Lots of guesses. No correct answers. Let’s try with four clues. Can you guess the Super Password puzzle now?

It’s 1986. Can you solve the Super Password puzzle with these three clues?

Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover

The last-ever Election Night for MSNBC (which becomes MS Now in 10 days) was a HUGE one for the network. It was No. 1 in primetime viewers, per early Nielsens, notching 2.9M from 8-11, and currently edging out Fox News (2.75M) and walloping third-place CNN (1.67M) Best night for MS since 11/5/24

Georgia Democrats had not won a statewide race that wasn't for a federal office since 2006. They won two races tonight, both against GOP incumbents. The margins? 62% to 38% in both.

It was stunning to see CNN go to Van Jones and then Scott Jennings, both of whom lamented Mamdani’s speech was divisive

Tired: Watching Fox News on big nights for Dems to watch them melt down. Wired: Watching the Republican and Fake Democrats on CNN melt down and completely trash Mumdani after he gives one of the best political speeches of my lifetime

wrote this 364 days ago

Hey, someone from the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social team, I'm not a New Yorker, but I am a retro TV fan. You folks gotta do a spot using this theme and in the style of this opening. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm9z... Oh, and congratulations.

AP: California voters approve new US House map designed to boost Democrats in 2026, aiming to blunt GOP changes elsewhere

I’m watching the replay and the arrogance of this man is off the charts. He mentions the huge turnout and tries to say it was because of him. He thinks getting 42 percent as an indie is a big deal—even though he was the de facto GOP candidate. And he trashed the ideals of Mamdani’s campaign.

Not that I had any burning desire to hear from him, but it’s interesting that neither CNN nor MSNBC carried Cuomo’s concession speech. Little bit of extra indignity for someone who once had national ambitions.

OK, this means that Mayor Mamdani needs to make a cameo on MATLOCK, which is set in NYC and whose showrunner created JTV. Also, the Mayor-elect was 23 when he tweeted this.

Yes it’s biased and obnoxious and nowhere near their best… but it’s also classic Post clever.

Politicians should probably get on Bluesky to get better in touch with the American electorate.

So Decision Desk HQ has called NYC Mayor for Mamdani.... election-night.decisiondeskhq.com/date/2025-11...

Sunday's A NEWPORT CHRISTMAS saw 1.059 million watch live, making it highest-rated Sunday movie of the year so far for Hallmark—impressive given it was up against all-timer of a World Series game. Steady ratings rise exactly what Hallmark wants to see as the season starts to shift into high gear.

On Saturday, CHRISTMAS ON DUTY notched the highest holiday ratings of the year to date, with 1.341 million live + same day viewers. That's Hallmark's largest live audience since March, proving there is still some life left in linear TV, especially when there are Hallmark Christmas movies in November

This is fun: As DANCING WITH THE STARS continues to set ratings records, ABC has ordered DANCING WITH THE HOLIDAYS, a one-hour season special that will air Dec. 2 at 8 p.m. on ABC and Disney+. The show's pros and hosts will be involved and there will be new holiday dances and celeb appearances.

And the winner of this year’s Samantha Bee Award for Leopard Duping goes to…The View! youtu.be/wuSDfVRGI54?...

31 years ago right now, on FX: youtu.be/_oLgHhN5Tvc?...

Just now realizing CBS’s two tentpole reality show hosts were both regulars on FX around the same time.

Bob is trying to figure out how to warn Rita.

Watched the first 15 minutes of ALL’S FAIR on Hulu, and if I didn’t know it was written by actual writers, I’d swear it was the product of AI.

Truly why we do what we do. Please, subscribe, sign up for a paid tier, make covering TV from 1976 a viable, nay, thriving path forward. popheist.com/gift/products

So @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social went on @arimelber.bsky.social's show today and the segment started with a supercut showing how Zohran has been focused on the same core issues for years....and also revealed what he admits is his biggest mistake: A mustache. Hilarious. www.msnbc.com/the-beat-wit...

Belatedly watched 60 minutes Trump interview. OMFG. This isn't journalism.

We lost both Flos from the ALICE universe within the space of two months. 2025 can kiss my grits...

Diane Ladd, 1935-2025 💔

Meanwhile, NBC's very, very expensive NBA game brought in 2.16M viewers last Tuesday (including 25,000 people who watched via DVR) and a 0.45 demo On the same night in 2024, NBC's THE VOICE averaged 5.2M/0.38 while THE IRRATIONAL had 4.1M/0.30 DWTS in 2024 had 5.1M and a 0.74 A18-49

With three days of DVR replays, last Tuesday's Halloween edition of DANCING WITH THE STARS is up to a 1.45 A18-49 rating. That's bigger than the demo rating for all three CBS Tuesday dramas *and* ABC's own HIGH POTENTIAL-- combined (1.32 rating.) Total viewers so far: 7.4M

Fox leaning into the blue sky vibe of BEST MEDICINE (its upcoming “Doc Martin” remake) by using ELO’s “Mr. Blue Sky” in its teaser for the show. Still feels like this show should be on CBS or ABC, but fingers crossed it’s good (and that it works.) youtu.be/pthFzZAhUgk?...

In a world full of Norah O’Donnells, be a Jonathan Swan.

Someone on my block wasted no time switching their Halloween inflatables out for the start of their Christmas inflatables. All that’s missing is a yard sign saying “first!”

Current lead story on the WSJ app: If Dems have a great night Tuesday, they’re still losers.

Trump just admitted he knew nothing about someone he pardoned, which either means he's lying to avoid answering further questions or is being told whom to pardon by others and just doing so. The NYT has printed multiple items from this interview-- but nothing on this as of 10:06 ET

Been watching the 1986 Super Passwords All-Star week with Dennis Weaver, Harvey Korman, McLean Stevenson and Ed Begley, Jr. Love all four of them but whew... the contestants on SNL's Celeb Jeopardy are quicker than these fellas. Dennis couldn't think of a synonym for "kill" other than "eliminate"!

I tuned in to the @60minutes Trump interview with low expectations, and I haven’t bern surprised. Norah let Trump lie and lie with barely any pushback or provision of corrective facts. Where is the Aussie guy from @axios when we need him?

It's telling that CBS hasn't released any footage of Trump exploding in anger at a question from Norah O'Donnell. While it's possible they don't want to provoke the WH further by doing so out of context, what's more likely is, the interview/Norah O job interview* is filled with banal** questions

Also, you know how Trump attended a Great Gatsby roaring 20s party on Halloween as he was cutting SNAP benefits? The NYT's only coverage of this fact is a brief reference here that doesn't mention the theme or lavishness and quotes ZERO Democrats. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...

Heads Dem lose; tails Dem lose: Compare how the Washington Post's Dan Balz covered a November '21 Biden approval poll vs today's poll on Trump. Trump has far higher disapproval on economy and overall, but today's story is about how the numbers are...bad for Dems. (Gift links) wapo.st/4oMSmrs

No, Ms. Welker, normalizing Trump’s behavior is what you and most of your colleagues in the DC press do daily. Newsome is *satirizing* Trump’s behavior, at least in part to get people like you to realize it is not normal and maybe start covering it as such.

1985 is quite in my top 5 of all-time best years for music (music I like vs objectively great.) I can sing/hum, by title alone, the top 25 songs on the CHR top 40 for this week in ‘85; I can do the same for 12 of 15 of the rest.